BERKELEY – The California football team crosses the Bay for the 126th Big Game with a 3:30 p.m. PDT kickoff Saturday at Stanford Stadium. The Golden Bears (4-6, 2-5 Pac-12) and Cardinal (3-7, 2-6 Pac-12) are set to meet for the last time as members of the Pac-12 Conference.
  
SATURDAY LINEUP
Venue: Stanford Stadium
Time: 3:30 p.m. PDT
Television (Pac-12 Network): Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Lincoln Kennedy (analyst)
Cal Bears Sports Network Powered By Northern California Auto Dealers: 810 AM
Justin Allegri (play-by-play), Mike Pawlawski (analyst), Kevin Danna (sideline reporter);
SiriusXM Ch. 119 or 198 SXM App 960, The Varsity App

ABOUT THE SERIES
– Saturday will be the 126th all-time meeting between California and Stanford 
– Stanford leads the series 65-49-11, but the Bears have taken three of the last four matchups, including a 27-20 come-from-behind victory in the 125th Big Game last season at California Memorial Stadium
– Cal blew out Stanford on its last trip to The Farm, taking down the Cardinal 41-11 behind three plays of at least 75 yards, including the longest play in Big Game history, an 84-yard touchdown pass from Chase Garbers to Trevon Clark

JAYDN 1K  
– All-American candidate Jaydn Ott cemented the 19th 1,000-yard rushing season in Cal history and first since Patrick Laird in 2017 in last week's win over Washington State; 17 Cal players have recorded 1,000 rushing yards in a season with Marshawn Lynch and Russell White each doing it twice
– Ott has 1,016 rushing yards through the first 10 games of 2023 and is within 161 yards of Shane Vereen for 10th place on Cal's all-time single-season list
– Ott has four of the top eight rushing games by Pac-12 players in 2023 while no one else has more than one (190 at North Texas, 167 vs. Washington State, 165 vs. Arizona State, 153 vs. USC)
– Ott is among Pac-12 and national leaders in several rushing categories - rushing yards per game (112.9 ypg, #1 Pac-12, #8 NCAA), total touchdowns (12, #1 Pac-12, #17 NCAA), rushing yards (1,016, #2 Pac-12, #13 NCAA), rush yards per carry (5.9, #5 Pac-12, #29 NCAA), rushing TDs (10, #3 Pac-12, #23 NCAA) and all-purpose yards per game (126.0 ypg, #3 Pac-12, #19 NCAA)
– Ott moved into Cal's all-time top 10 for rushing touchdowns, currently in a tie for 10th with 18, while his 10 in 2023 are two shy of the top 10 and five off of the school record of 15 shared by J.J. Arrington (2004), Justin Forsett (2007) and Jahvid Best (2008)
– Ott is rewriting the Cal record books with 1,913 yards rushing through his first 21 games as a Golden Bear, the most in program history through 21 career games. J.J. Arrington had 1,901 in his first 21 games, while Marshawn Lynch (1,680), Jahvid Best (1,615) and Joe Igbor (1,506) round out the top five  
– Scoring on touchdown runs of 61 and 43 yards in the Oct. 28 game vs. USC, Ott now has five career TD runs of at least 40 yards

CADE'S WORLD  
– Freshman All-American candidate Cade Uluave has made an instant impact after stepping into a starting role at inside linebacker. He was named Pac-12 Defensive Player and Freshman of the Week on Monday after recording two fumble recoveries (one returned for a TD), one interception, a forced fumble and nine tackles in Week 11's win over WSU
– Uluave is second among Pac-12 freshmen in total tackles and tackles per game (45, 4.5), while his career 0.2 fumbles forced per game and 0.2 fumble recoveries per game are both the second most of any active Cal player
– Uluave became the first Cal player since Nick Forbes in 2012 vs Washington with multiple fumble recoveries in the same game as the Bears were the first FBS team since Western Kentucky in 2007 to have three fumble recovery touchdowns in the same game. Cal is the first Pac-12 team since USC in 2003 vs. UCLA to have multiple fumble recovery scores in the same game

TAKE IT AWAY 
– Cal is atop the Pac-12 and tied for second in the NCAA with 21 turnovers gained
– The Bears are first in the conference and tied for ninth nationally with three defensive touchdowns
– Cal leads the nation in fumbles recovered (12) and fumble return touchdowns (3)
– Cal is the conference leader and is tied for fifth nationally in fumbles recovered (9), while sitting fifth in the Pac-12 with nine interceptions

RUSHING THINGS  
– Cal is third in the Pac-12 and 16th nationally with 24 rushing touchdowns. The school record for rushing touchdowns in a season is 34 in 1951  
– The Bears are averaging 189.0 yards rushing per game (4th Pac-12, 25th NCAA), the most since putting up 235.2 per game in 2005 and more than doubling the 96.6 average in 2022

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