Regular season ·

California beat Stanford

Stanford3-820
California4-727Final
Sat, Nov 19 · California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Calif. · Crowd 51,892 · 59°, fairPAC12

Records are after this game.

California had a 10 percent chance to win in the 3rd quarter, by our win chance curve, and won 27-20, November 19, 2022.

How the game turned

California aheadStanford aheadBiggest swing

Q4 9:54 California 20, Stanford 17

California 69% to win

Sirmon fumble return TD, two-point try good, California goes ahead 20-17

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 12:08 · California 0, Stanford 7California's win chance fell from 50% to 45%.Leigber 1-yd TD run, Stanford goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q4 9:54 · California 20, Stanford 17California's win chance rose from 28% to 69%.Sirmon fumble return TD, two-point try good, California goes ahead 20-17
  3. 3Q4 0:58 · California 27, Stanford 17California's win chance rose from 84% to 94%.Ott 1-yd TD run, California leads 27-17

California's lowest chance to win was 10 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 9:54 left in the 4th quarter, California's chance to win went from 29 percent to 69 percent when California scored a touchdown.

The score went from California 12, Stanford 17 to California 20, Stanford 17.

The play: Sirmon fumble return TD, two-point try good, California goes ahead 20-17.

What happened next

  1. California's next game: L 28-35 vs UCLA, Nov 25

    6 days later
  2. Stanford's next game: L 26-35 vs BYU, Nov 26

    7 days later
  3. The teams' next meeting after Nov 19, 2022: California 27, Stanford 15, Nov 18, 2023

    about 12 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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