The Cal­ifornia football team hosts Oregon State on Saturday for a 1 p.m. PT kickoff at California Memorial Stadium. The Golden Bears (3-4,0-4 ACC) and Beavers (4-3,0-0 Pac-12) will meet for the 77th time in history and first time as nonconference opponents since 1960.
 
SATURDAY LINEUP
Venue: California Memorial Stadium (Berkeley, California)
Time: 1 p.m. PT
Television (ESPN2): Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), Dawn Davenport (sideline)
Cal Bears Sports Network Powered By Northern California Toyota Dealers: 810 AM
Justin Allegri (play-by-play), Mike Pawlawski (analyst), Kevin Danna (sideline reporter);
SiriusXM Ch. 138 or 194 SXM App 956, The Varsity App 
 
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– Is playing former Pac-12 foe Oregon State for the 30th consecutive season with the last year the teams did not meet coming in 1994. The teams are playing a nonconference tilt for the first time since 1960 when Cal was in the AAWU and Oregon State an independent.
– Is playing its fourth and final regular season nonconference game of 2024.
– Is in the second week of a stretch that includes four home games, one bye and one road trip.
 
THE TURNOVER TALE
– Cal is tied for second nationally in interceptions (13) and also among the nation's best in turnover margin (T4th, +1.57 per game, +11 total), turnovers gained (T4th, 16), turnovers lost (T14th, 5) fumbles lost (T26th, 5) and passes had intercepted (T26th, 2).
– Cal has only five turnovers in 2024 after committing 28 in 2023 that were the fourth-most nationally.
– Cal has either won (UC Davis, at Auburn, San Diego State, at Pitt, NC State) or tied (at Florida State, Miami) the turnover battle in all seven games.
– Cal has capitalized on its turnover success with a 41-13 points off turnovers advantage.
 
NOHL'S NOTES
– DB Nohl Williams' six interceptions in 2024 are two more than seven others tied for second nationally with four, tied for eighth on Cal's all-time list and the most since Jaylinn Hawkins also had six in 2018. Williams has as many as any Cal player since Daymeion Hughes' eight in 2006 when he was the Lott IMPACT Trophy winner, a consensus first-team All-American and the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year. Williams is three shy of Deltha O'Neal's single-season school record of nine in 1999.
- Williams' 13 career picks (Cal 8, UNLV 5) are tied for the most by any active FBS player.
- Williams' four career touchdowns (all at Cal) have been scored in three different ways, most recently on a 40-yard interception return for a touchdown against Miami. Williams previously returned a kickoff 80 yards for six points vs. UC Davis in the 2024 season opener and had two fumble returns for scores in 2023 in back-to-back games at Oregon (9 yards) and against Washington State (52 yards).
– Williams is also tied for second nationally in 2024 with one interception return for a touchdown and one kickoff return for a touchdown, as well as tied for fourth with 10 passes defended.
 
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