Cal 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 4:44 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The California Golden Bears will face UC Davis (FCS) on August 31, their opening game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for the complete slate.

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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

  • The Golden Bears are playing the 55th-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year).
  • Cal will have the 19th-ranked schedule in college football, based on our predictions.
  • In terms of toughness — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — Cal will be facing the 58th-ranked schedule this year.
  • The Golden Bears will have the 57th-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their ACC opponents’ combined win total last year (54).
  • Cal has seven games scheduled against teams that put up winning records in 2023, including three teams that had nine or more wins and two with less than four wins last season.
  • The Golden Bears have seven teams who played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Cal Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Golden Bears averaged 392.5 yards per game offensively last season (60th in FBS), and they gave up 413.2 yards per game (105th) on defense.
  • Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 20th-worst in FBS last season (32.8 points allowed per game), Cal played better on offense, ranking 48th in FBS by averaging 30.2 points per game.
  • Despite sporting a bottom-25 pass defense last season that ranked third-worst in FBS (280.7 passing yards allowed per game), the Golden Bears played better on the other side of the ball, ranking 72nd in FBS by averaging 219.7 passing yards per game.
  • Cal ranked 47th in run offense (172.8 rushing yards per game) and 37th in run defense (132.5 rushing yards allowed per game) last season.
  • With 27 forced turnovers (third in FBS) against 28 turnovers committed (130th in FBS), Cal (-1) had the 74th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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