Bears Notch Stirring Victory In 125th Big Game - California Golden Bears Athletics (2024)

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Box Score

StanfordSTA3-8 , 1-8

WinnerCaliforniaCal4-7 , 2-6

StanfordSTA

3-8 , 1-8

Final

Nov. 19, 2022

CaliforniaCal

4-7 , 2-6

Winner

Score By Quarters
Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	F
STA Stanford	10	0	7	3	20
Cal California	6	0	0	21	27

Game Recap: Football | 11/19/2022 7:58 PM | Associated Press

Sirmon's Fumble Return For Touchdown Sparks Comeback Win

BERKELEY - Jackson Sirmon scored on a 37-yard return following a wild play with two fumbles and the Cal football team rallied from a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Stanford 27-20 in the 125th edition of the Big Game on Saturday.

''It's really neat... as a defensive player, you don't get a lot of opportunities to score touchdowns and you have to enjoy them when you get them," said Sirmon, who played in his first Big Game on Saturday. "It was very neat especially considering the timing of it all.''

The Golden Bears (4-7, 2-6 Pac-12) trailed 17-6 in the fourth quarter when Jack Plummer started the comeback with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Monroe Young.

Then things really went crazy on the ensuing possession for Stanford (3-8, 1-8).

Backup quarterback Ashton Daniels took a direct snap and ran to his left. He was stripped of the ball by Daniel Scott and Cal's Jeremiah Earby recovered. But Daniels then knocked the ball loose from Earby for a second fumble on the play only to have Sirmon scoop it up and run in to give Cal a 20-17 lead with 9:54 to play.

''It bounced right to me,'' Sirmon said. ''I was in the right place at the right time. All I did that play is I didn't mess it up. The ball came right to me and I ran with it.''

Stanford had three more drives to rally. But the Cardinal punted twice and Scott came up with an interception with just more than two minutes to play, setting up Jaydn Ott's 1-yard run that sealed the win in front of a sellout crowd of 51,892.

"We know how important this game is to us as a team, our administration and our support staff," Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox said. "Our fans and students were just incredible tonight. What an awesome environment."

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics
Game Stats	STA	Cal
Total Yards	400	393
Pass Yards	271	280
Rushing Yards	129	113
Penalty Yards	7-60	6-62
1st Downs	22	19
3rd Downs	4-15	4-14
4th Downs	1-1	1-2
TOP	34:00	26:00

Scoring Summary
Scoring Play	Visiting Team Score	Home Team Score
1st Quarter
12:08 - STA - Leigber,Mitch 1 yd run (Karty,Joshua kick), 6 plays, 75 yards, TOP 02:52	7	0
10:00 - Cal - Longhetto,Dario 54 yd field goal 7 plays, 39 yards, TOP 02:08	7	3
03:47 - STA - Karty,Joshua 42 yd field goal 11 plays, 51 yards, TOP 06:13	10	3
00:33 - Cal - Longhetto,Dario 38 yd field goal 8 plays, 55 yards, TOP 03:14	10	6
3rd Quarter
08:31 - STA - Higgins,Elijah 9 yd pass from McKee,Tanner (Karty,Joshua kick) 11 plays, 71 yards, TOP 05:29	17	6
4th Quarter
11:18 - Cal - Young,Monroe 1 yd pass from Plummer,Jack ( ) 7 plays, 47 yards, TOP 02:47	17	12
09:54 - Cal - Sirmon,Jackson 37 yd fumble recovery (Ott,Jaydn pass)	17	20
00:58 - Cal - Ott,Jaydn 1 yd run (Longhetto,Dario kick), 3 plays, 9 yards, TOP 01:18	17	27
00:00 - STA - Karty,Joshua 61 yd field goal 9 plays, 37 yards, TOP 00:54	20	27

Total Yards

STA

400

Cal

393

Turnovers

STA

Cal

First Downs

STA

Cal

Total Possession

STA

34:00

Cal

26:00

Game Leaders

Choose a category:

#13 Plummer,Jack

CMP

23
TD

1
YDS

280
INT

2

#6 Ott,Jaydn

Avg

5.4
TD

1
YDS

97
GAIN

103

#25 Brooks,DeCarlos

Avg

19.0
TD

0
YDS

19
GAIN

19

#13 Plummer,Jack

Avg

-1.0
TD

0
YDS

-3
GAIN

3

#3 Hunter,Jeremiah

No

5
TD

0
YDS

103
Long

44

#7 Sturdivant,J.Michael

No

5
TD

0
YDS

70
Long

33

#6 Ott,Jaydn

No

3
TD

0
YDS

51
Long

27

#10 Oladejo,Oluwafemi

Tackles

11
TFL

1.0
Sacks

1.0
YDS

4

#32 Scott,Daniel

Tackles

10
TFL

0.0
Sacks

0.0
YDS

0

#2 Woodson,Craig

Tackles

6
TFL

0.0
Sacks

0.0
YDS

0

Receiving Yards

Hunter,Jeremiah

103

Sturdivant,J.Michael

Ott,Jaydn

Anderson,Mavin

Passing Yards

#13

Plummer,Jack

280

Rushing Yards

Ott,Jaydn

Brooks,DeCarlos

Plummer,Jack

-3

Tackles

#10

Oladejo,Oluwafemi

Scott,Daniel

Woodson,Craig

Williams,Miles

Players Mentioned

#32 Daniel Scott: S; 6' 2"; Redshirt Senior; 6th

#14 Monroe Young: WR; 6' 0"; Redshirt Senior; 5th

#6 Jaydn Ott: RB; 6' 0"; Freshman; 1st

#8 Jackson Sirmon: ILB; 6' 2"; Redshirt Senior; 5th

#13 Jack Plummer: QB; 6' 5"; Redshirt Senior; 5th

#29 Jeremiah Earby: CB; 6' 2"; Freshman; 1st

Players Mentioned

#32 Daniel Scott
: 6' 2"; Redshirt Senior; 6th
: S

#14 Monroe Young
: 6' 0"; Redshirt Senior; 5th
: WR

#6 Jaydn Ott
: 6' 0"; Freshman; 1st
: RB

#8 Jackson Sirmon
: 6' 2"; Redshirt Senior; 5th
: ILB

#13 Jack Plummer
: 6' 5"; Redshirt Senior; 5th
: QB

#29 Jeremiah Earby
: 6' 2"; Freshman; 1st
: CB

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Total Yards

Turnovers

First Downs

Total Possession

Game Leaders

#13 Plummer,Jack

#6 Ott,Jaydn

#25 Brooks,DeCarlos

#13 Plummer,Jack

#3 Hunter,Jeremiah

#7 Sturdivant,J.Michael

#6 Ott,Jaydn

#10 Oladejo,Oluwafemi

#32 Scott,Daniel

#2 Woodson,Craig

Receiving Yards

Passing Yards

Rushing Yards

Tackles

Players Mentioned

#32 Daniel Scott

#14 Monroe Young

#6 Jaydn Ott

#8 Jackson Sirmon

#13 Jack Plummer

#29 Jeremiah Earby

Players Mentioned

#32 Daniel Scott

#14 Monroe Young

#6 Jaydn Ott

#8 Jackson Sirmon

#13 Jack Plummer

#29 Jeremiah Earby

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