Saturday, November 14
Charlottesville, Va.
12:30 PM
California
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Virginia
Bears to close out road swing on the East coast this Saturday.
Photo by: Brianna Ali/Cal Athletics
11/10/2026 2:00 PM | Football
Bears, Cavaliers Ready For First-Ever Matchup In Charlottesville, Va.
California football (3-6, 2-4 ACC) will close out its three-game road swing with a contest versus Virginia (4-5, 2-4 ACC) this Saturday in Charlottesville, Va. Kickoff at Scott Stadium is set for 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET with the game to be aired live on the ACC Network.
SATURDAY LINEUP
Venue: Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA
Time: 12:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. ET
Watch (ACCN): Roxy Bernstein (PxP), Dave Clawson (Analyst), Madison Hock (Sideline Reporter)
Listen (English Radio): 810 AM – Justin Allegri (PxP), Mike Pawlawski (Analyst), Scott Butler (Sideline Reporter); Sirius XM Ch. 258/Sirius XM App, The Varsity App, YouTube Live Stream
BEARS VS. CAVALIERS
- Cal and Virginia will meet for the second time in program history and first game at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. this Saturday.
- The Golden Bears and the Cavaliers first met on November 1, 2025, in Berkeley, when the Bears were defeated, 31-21, by then-No. 14 Virginia.
- Both teams are coming off a Week 10 bye.
CAL...
- Is playing its third-consecutive conference game on the road and second-straight on the East coast after making the trip to NC State on Oct. 31, 2026.
- Ranks first in the ACC and 14th nationally in defensive touchdowns with two. DB Kingston Lopa registered a pick-six against Syracuse while ILB Kamar Mothudi had a scoop-and-score against Clemson.
- Ranks sixth in the ACC in passes intercepted with seven. Five of those interceptions were registered to Lopa through the first three games while DB Isaiah Crosby logged an interception in the opening drive of the game against Clemson and DB Aiden Manutai intercepted a pass in the end zone against UNLV in the second quarter.
LOPA NAMED SEMIFINALIST FOR BEDNARIK, THORPE AWARDS
- DB Kingston was named a Bednarik Award Semifinalist and a Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist, making him one of 18 and 15 defensive backs, respectively, on the short lists for the national awards.
- Lopa ranks second in the nation with five interceptions. He led the NCAA for seven straight weeks, despite not playing against Virginia Tech and only playing only one snap at UNLV. He registered at least one takeaway in each of Cal's first three games this season.
- Lopa needs one more interception to move into a tie for ninth place on Cal's single-season interceptions list.
- He tallied a career-best three interceptions in the Bears' win over Syracuse, making him the first Bear to record three interceptions in a single game since Jaylinn Hawkins intercepted three passes against TCU at the 2018 Cheez-It Bowl.
- Lopa took his first offensive snap of his collegiate career at SMU as a wide receiver. He recorded his first reception for 11 yards to bolster a Cal offense that had limited pass-catchers available for the game.
JKS: JUST KEEP STACKING
- QB Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele continues to stack the accolades as he now ties for sixth on Cal's all-time career 250-yard passing games list (11). He surpassed Aaron Rodgers and Fernando Mendoza, who each had 10 at Cal, and currently ties with Davis Webb. Jared Goff holds the Cal record with 30 250-yard games in his career as a Bear.
- Sagapolutele also ranks tied for seventh in career 300-yard passing games (4). Goff holds the Cal record with 22.
- Sagapolutele has surpassed 5,000 career passing yards through 20 games played in his collegiate career. He has put up 1,751 this season through eight games (two of which he played less than half of the contest in).
- He is the second-fastest Cal quarterback in recent history to reach 5,000 passing yards as a Bear behind Goff who reached the milestone in his first 17 games played between the 2013-14 seasons.
- Sagapolutele's 67.4 completion percentage is sixth-best in the conference while his completions per game (22.25) rank fourth in the ACC and tie for 14th nationally.
HENDRICKS HAULS IN THE NUMBERS
- WR Chase Hendricks leads the Bears in several receiving categories this season.
- Hendricks paces the Bears with four receiving touchdowns, 61 receptions and 565 receiving yards. He has led the Bears in receptions for seven straight weeks.
- His 61 receptions and 6.8 receptions per game are both tied for third-most in the ACC, while his receiving yards rank in the top-10 in the conference.
- Hendricks surpassed 2,000 career receiving yards in Cal's game versus Wake Forest. He now has 2,181 in his career. Hendricks compiled 1,616 yards receiving across three seasons at Ohio University.
- He set his Cal-best in the Bears' Week 2 win over Wagner with 9 catches for 98 receiving yards. His longest reception of the season was a 42-yard grab in the second quarter during Cal's win over Virginia Tech.
THE CROSBY COMEBACK
- DB Isaiah Crosby was named to the 2026 Comeback Player of the Year Midseason Watch List last week. He was placed on the Preseason Watch List earlier this year.
- Crosby has started in the last six games and played in each one this season after being sidelined the majority of 2025 due to injury. He only played four games last season, starting in all of them and contributing 17 tackles, three passes defended and a TFL during his short stretch of playing time.
- Crosby leads the defensive backs room in total tackles this season with 51 and has logged the most solo tackles by any Bear this season (32).
- He has also registered one interception, two pass breakups and a quarterback hurry.
SOLO SNATCH
- DL Solomon Williams recovered a fumble at NC State, which was the first fumble recovery of his career.
- He is the third Bear to recover a fumble this season, after Kamar Mothudi's fumble recovery against Clemson which he scored a touchdown on, and DB/RB Niles Davis recovered a fumble at UNLV.
- Williams has 18 tackles this season (4.5 TFL-19 yards), two of which have been sacks. He has also registered five quarterback hurries.
TRIPLE-THREAT MASON
- TE Mason Mini now has touchdowns receiving, rushing and passing in his collegiate career after he gained points on the ground against SMU.
- Mini is now a member of an elite fraternity of Cal players in recent history to record touchdowns all three ways. Other notable triple-threats include: Keenan Allen (who had a passing TD in the 2010 Big Game, 17 career receiving TDs and two rushing TDs), Marshawn Lynch (who had a 20-yard passing TD in addition to 29 rushing TDs and six rushing TDs), Terrell Williams (who had one receiving TD, 8 rushing TDs and three TD passes) Chuck Muncie (who had three passing TDs, 32 rushing TDs and six receiving TDs) and Fernando Mendoza (who was credited with a receiving TD on a lateral pass against Oregon State in 2024 and had 30 passing TDs and four rushing TDs at Cal).
AUSSIE ANGUS PUNTS FOR OVER 9,000 YARDS
- Aussie punter Angus Davies surpassed 9,000 career punting yards earlier this season and is approaching 2,000 yards punted in 2026. He compiled 7,488 yards punting across three seasons at Tulsa prior to Cal.
- Davies ranks second in the ACC with 1,985 punting yards this season.
- Of his 46 punts (which are tied for most in the conference), 14 have been fair caught, 12 have pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line and nine have been over 50 yards.
DAVIS DOES IT ALL
- True freshman DB/RB Niles Davis has been taking snaps on both sides of the ball as a running back, returner and defensive back.
- Davis registered his career-first reception with a six-yard grab against NC State. He had four carries on the ground for 11 yards, including a 7-yard scamper, against SMU the week prior.
- He has also handled 15 kick returns for the Bears this season, totaling 280 return yards, which included a long 46-yard return against UNLV. His kick return yards rank fourth in the ACC.
- On defense, he recorded one tackle at SMU. He has totaled five tackles this season, including one TFL (-2 yards) and recovered a fumble at UNLV.
SATURDAY LINEUP
Venue: Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA
Time: 12:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. ET
Watch (ACCN): Roxy Bernstein (PxP), Dave Clawson (Analyst), Madison Hock (Sideline Reporter)
Listen (English Radio): 810 AM – Justin Allegri (PxP), Mike Pawlawski (Analyst), Scott Butler (Sideline Reporter); Sirius XM Ch. 258/Sirius XM App, The Varsity App, YouTube Live Stream
BEARS VS. CAVALIERS
- Cal and Virginia will meet for the second time in program history and first game at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. this Saturday.
- The Golden Bears and the Cavaliers first met on November 1, 2025, in Berkeley, when the Bears were defeated, 31-21, by then-No. 14 Virginia.
- Both teams are coming off a Week 10 bye.
CAL...
- Is playing its third-consecutive conference game on the road and second-straight on the East coast after making the trip to NC State on Oct. 31, 2026.
- Ranks first in the ACC and 14th nationally in defensive touchdowns with two. DB Kingston Lopa registered a pick-six against Syracuse while ILB Kamar Mothudi had a scoop-and-score against Clemson.
- Ranks sixth in the ACC in passes intercepted with seven. Five of those interceptions were registered to Lopa through the first three games while DB Isaiah Crosby logged an interception in the opening drive of the game against Clemson and DB Aiden Manutai intercepted a pass in the end zone against UNLV in the second quarter.
LOPA NAMED SEMIFINALIST FOR BEDNARIK, THORPE AWARDS
- DB Kingston was named a Bednarik Award Semifinalist and a Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist, making him one of 18 and 15 defensive backs, respectively, on the short lists for the national awards.
- Lopa ranks second in the nation with five interceptions. He led the NCAA for seven straight weeks, despite not playing against Virginia Tech and only playing only one snap at UNLV. He registered at least one takeaway in each of Cal's first three games this season.
- Lopa needs one more interception to move into a tie for ninth place on Cal's single-season interceptions list.
- He tallied a career-best three interceptions in the Bears' win over Syracuse, making him the first Bear to record three interceptions in a single game since Jaylinn Hawkins intercepted three passes against TCU at the 2018 Cheez-It Bowl.
- Lopa took his first offensive snap of his collegiate career at SMU as a wide receiver. He recorded his first reception for 11 yards to bolster a Cal offense that had limited pass-catchers available for the game.
JKS: JUST KEEP STACKING
- QB Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele continues to stack the accolades as he now ties for sixth on Cal's all-time career 250-yard passing games list (11). He surpassed Aaron Rodgers and Fernando Mendoza, who each had 10 at Cal, and currently ties with Davis Webb. Jared Goff holds the Cal record with 30 250-yard games in his career as a Bear.
- Sagapolutele also ranks tied for seventh in career 300-yard passing games (4). Goff holds the Cal record with 22.
- Sagapolutele has surpassed 5,000 career passing yards through 20 games played in his collegiate career. He has put up 1,751 this season through eight games (two of which he played less than half of the contest in).
- He is the second-fastest Cal quarterback in recent history to reach 5,000 passing yards as a Bear behind Goff who reached the milestone in his first 17 games played between the 2013-14 seasons.
- Sagapolutele's 67.4 completion percentage is sixth-best in the conference while his completions per game (22.25) rank fourth in the ACC and tie for 14th nationally.
HENDRICKS HAULS IN THE NUMBERS
- WR Chase Hendricks leads the Bears in several receiving categories this season.
- Hendricks paces the Bears with four receiving touchdowns, 61 receptions and 565 receiving yards. He has led the Bears in receptions for seven straight weeks.
- His 61 receptions and 6.8 receptions per game are both tied for third-most in the ACC, while his receiving yards rank in the top-10 in the conference.
- Hendricks surpassed 2,000 career receiving yards in Cal's game versus Wake Forest. He now has 2,181 in his career. Hendricks compiled 1,616 yards receiving across three seasons at Ohio University.
- He set his Cal-best in the Bears' Week 2 win over Wagner with 9 catches for 98 receiving yards. His longest reception of the season was a 42-yard grab in the second quarter during Cal's win over Virginia Tech.
THE CROSBY COMEBACK
- DB Isaiah Crosby was named to the 2026 Comeback Player of the Year Midseason Watch List last week. He was placed on the Preseason Watch List earlier this year.
- Crosby has started in the last six games and played in each one this season after being sidelined the majority of 2025 due to injury. He only played four games last season, starting in all of them and contributing 17 tackles, three passes defended and a TFL during his short stretch of playing time.
- Crosby leads the defensive backs room in total tackles this season with 51 and has logged the most solo tackles by any Bear this season (32).
- He has also registered one interception, two pass breakups and a quarterback hurry.
SOLO SNATCH
- DL Solomon Williams recovered a fumble at NC State, which was the first fumble recovery of his career.
- He is the third Bear to recover a fumble this season, after Kamar Mothudi's fumble recovery against Clemson which he scored a touchdown on, and DB/RB Niles Davis recovered a fumble at UNLV.
- Williams has 18 tackles this season (4.5 TFL-19 yards), two of which have been sacks. He has also registered five quarterback hurries.
TRIPLE-THREAT MASON
- TE Mason Mini now has touchdowns receiving, rushing and passing in his collegiate career after he gained points on the ground against SMU.
- Mini is now a member of an elite fraternity of Cal players in recent history to record touchdowns all three ways. Other notable triple-threats include: Keenan Allen (who had a passing TD in the 2010 Big Game, 17 career receiving TDs and two rushing TDs), Marshawn Lynch (who had a 20-yard passing TD in addition to 29 rushing TDs and six rushing TDs), Terrell Williams (who had one receiving TD, 8 rushing TDs and three TD passes) Chuck Muncie (who had three passing TDs, 32 rushing TDs and six receiving TDs) and Fernando Mendoza (who was credited with a receiving TD on a lateral pass against Oregon State in 2024 and had 30 passing TDs and four rushing TDs at Cal).
AUSSIE ANGUS PUNTS FOR OVER 9,000 YARDS
- Aussie punter Angus Davies surpassed 9,000 career punting yards earlier this season and is approaching 2,000 yards punted in 2026. He compiled 7,488 yards punting across three seasons at Tulsa prior to Cal.
- Davies ranks second in the ACC with 1,985 punting yards this season.
- Of his 46 punts (which are tied for most in the conference), 14 have been fair caught, 12 have pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line and nine have been over 50 yards.
DAVIS DOES IT ALL
- True freshman DB/RB Niles Davis has been taking snaps on both sides of the ball as a running back, returner and defensive back.
- Davis registered his career-first reception with a six-yard grab against NC State. He had four carries on the ground for 11 yards, including a 7-yard scamper, against SMU the week prior.
- He has also handled 15 kick returns for the Bears this season, totaling 280 return yards, which included a long 46-yard return against UNLV. His kick return yards rank fourth in the ACC.
- On defense, he recorded one tackle at SMU. He has totaled five tackles this season, including one TFL (-2 yards) and recovered a fumble at UNLV.
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