Cal 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 6:48 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The California Golden Bears will open their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, against UC Davis of the FCS. See below for more.
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2024 Cal Game and TV Schedule
| Opponent | Date/Time | Score/Tickets | TV Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Davis (FCS) | August 31 | 5:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ACC Network Extra |
| @ Auburn | September 7 | 3:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN2 (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| San Diego State | September 14 | 10:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| @ Florida State | September 21 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Miami (FL) | October 5 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Pittsburgh | October 12 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| North Carolina State | October 19 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Oregon State | October 26 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Wake Forest | November 8 | 8:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ACC Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| Syracuse | November 16 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Stanford | November 23 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ SMU | November 30 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
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Cal 2024 Strength of Schedule
- In terms of difficulty, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be facing the 55th-ranked schedule this year.
- Cal will have the 19th-ranked schedule in college football, based on our predictions.
- In terms of difficulty — and using its opponents’ projected win total this season — Cal will be facing the 58th-ranked schedule this year.
- Based on their ACC opponents’ combined win total last year, the Golden Bears will be playing the 57th-ranked conference schedule in terms of difficulty.
- Cal has seven games this season against teams that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that had nine or more victories and two squads with less than four wins last season.
- The Golden Bears have seven teams that played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.
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Cal Stat Insights (2023)
- Offensively, the Golden Bears ranked 60th in FBS with 392.5 yards per game last season. Meanwhile, they ranked 105th in total defense (413.2 yards allowed per contest).
- With 32.8 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 20th-worst in FBS last season, Cal was forced to rely on its 48th-ranked offense (30.2 points per contest) to keep it competitive.
- The Golden Bears sported the 72nd-ranked passing offense last year (219.7 passing yards per game), and they were worse defensively, ranking third-worst with 280.7 passing yards allowed per game.
- Cal put up 172.8 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 47th in FBS. On the defensive side of the ball, it ranked 37th, allowing 132.5 rushing yards per game.
- Cal ranked 74th in college football with a -1 turnover margin last season after forcing 27 turnovers (third in FBS) while committing 28 (130th in FBS).
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