Cal 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 5:48 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The California Golden Bears will face an FCS opponent, UC Davis, in their 2024 season opener on August 31. For the full Cal schedule, keep scrolling.
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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 toughness, 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 facing the 19th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
- According to its opponents’ projected win total this year (66), Cal has the 58th-ranked schedule in college football.
- In terms of difficulty, using their ACC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be facing the 57th-ranked conference schedule this year.
- In 2024, Cal’s schedule will see seven games against teams which finished with winning records a year ago, including three games against teams that had nine or more wins and two games against squads with less than four wins in 2023.
- The Golden Bears will clash with seven teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.
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Cal Stat Insights (2023)
- The Golden Bears averaged 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, allowing 413.2 yards per game.
- Despite having 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 the other side of the ball, 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 competitive.
- Cal totaled 172.8 rushing yards per game on offense (47th in FBS) last season, and it ranked 37th on the other side of the ball with 132.5 rushing yards allowed per game.
- 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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