Cal 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 7:51 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

A highlight of the California Golden Bears’ 2024 college football schedule is a matchup with Florida State on September 21 — see below for more information.

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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 last year).
  • In terms of difficulty, based on our predictions, Cal will be playing the 19th-ranked schedule this year.
  • According to its opponents’ projected win total this season (66), Cal has the 58th-ranked schedule in college football.
  • The Golden Bears will have the 57th-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their ACC opponents’ combined win total last season (54).
  • Cal has seven games this season against teams that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that ended with nine or more victories and two squads with three or fewer wins last year.
  • The Golden Bears will face seven teams in 2024 who played in 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. Defensively, they ranked 105th, giving up 413.2 yards per game.
  • Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 20th-worst in FBS last season (32.8 points allowed per game), Cal put up better results on offense, ranking 48th in FBS by averaging 30.2 points per game.
  • With 280.7 passing yards allowed per game on defense last season, which ranked third-worst in FBS, the Golden Bears were forced to rely on their 72nd-ranked passing offense (219.7 passing yards per contest) to keep them in games.
  • Cal totaled 172.8 rushing yards per game on offense last season (47th in FBS), and it surrendered 132.5 rushing yards per game (37th) on the other side of the ball.
  • Cal forced 27 total turnovers (third in FBS) last season and turned it over 28 times (130th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -1, 74th-ranked in college football.

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