Cal 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 4:48 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The California Golden Bears will open their 2024 college football schedule versus UC Davis, an FCS opponent, on August 31 — 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 playing the 55th-ranked schedule this year.
- Using our predictions, Cal will be playing the 19th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
- Based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (66), Cal has the 58th-ranked schedule in college football.
- The Golden Bears are playing the 57th-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their ACC opponents’ combined win total last year).
- Cal will play 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 year.
- The Golden Bears have seven games scheduled against teams that made a bowl game last year.
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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 allowed 413.2 yards per game (105th) on the defensive side of the ball.
- With 32.8 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 20th-worst in FBS last season, Cal had to lean on its 48th-ranked offense (30.2 points per contest) to keep it competitive.
- With 280.7 passing yards allowed per game on defense last season, which ranked third-worst in FBS, the Golden Bears had to lean on their 72nd-ranked passing offense (219.7 passing yards per contest) to keep them competitive.
- Cal totaled 172.8 rushing yards per game offensively last year (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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