The 2023 season's largest margin: California 58, North Texas 21. A 37-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Correction
2023 is a losing-side chapter for California. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Fernando MendozaQB1,708 passing yards
- Ben FinleyQB575 passing yards
- Jadyn OttRB1,310 rushing yards
- Isaiah IfanseRB365 rushing yards
- Ashton StredickRB200 rushing yards
- Jeremiah HunterWR709 receiving yards
- Trond GrizzellWR590 receiving yards
- Jack EndriesTE408 receiving yards
- Patrick McMorrisDB88 tackles
- Kaleb Elarms-OrrLB87 tackles
- Craig WoodsonDB80 tackles
- David ReeseDL7.5 sacks
- Xavier CarltonLB4.5 sacks
- Nathan BurrellDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: California 19, Oregon 63. A 44-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: California fell to Texas Tech 14-34 in the postseason.
"Go Bears"
2023 sits in California's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.