Cal 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 7:43 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The California Golden Bears’ college football schedule for 2024 includes playing Florida State on September 21. See below to check out the full 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

  • In terms of difficulty, using their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be playing the 55th-ranked schedule this year.
  • In terms of toughness, based on our predictions, Cal will be facing the 19th-ranked schedule this season.
  • In terms of toughness — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — Cal will be facing the 58th-ranked schedule this year.
  • According to their ACC opponents’ combined win total last year, the Golden Bears will be playing the 57th-ranked conference schedule in terms of difficulty.
  • Cal will play seven games in 2024 against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and two of them notched less than four wins).
  • The Golden Bears will have seven teams on their schedule this year that made a bowl game in 2023.

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Cal Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Golden Bears put up 392.5 yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them 60th in FBS. On the other side of the ball, they ranked 105th, surrendering 413.2 yards per contest.
  • Despite having a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 20th-worst in FBS last season (32.8 points allowed per game), Cal played better offensively, ranking 48th in FBS by totaling 30.2 points per game.
  • The Golden Bears owned the 72nd-ranked passing offense last season (219.7 passing yards per game), and they were worse on defense, ranking third-worst with 280.7 passing yards allowed per game.
  • Offensively, Cal ranked 47th in FBS last season with 172.8 rushing yards per game. Meanwhile, it ranked 37th in rushing yards allowed per contest (132.5).
  • With 27 forced turnovers (third in FBS) against 28 turnovers committed (130th in FBS), Cal (-1) owned the 74th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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