The 2024 season's largest margin: California 44, Oregon State 7. A 37-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2024 — The Correction
2024 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 MendozaQB3,004 passing yards
- Jaivian ThomasRB626 rushing yards
- Jadyn OttRB385 rushing yards
- Jack EndriesTE623 receiving yards
- Nyziah HunterWR578 receiving yards
- Trond GrizzellWR401 receiving yards
- Teddye BuchananLB108 tackles
- Craig WoodsonDB70 tackles
- Cade UluaveLB68 tackles
- Xavier CarltonLB9 sacks
- David ReeseDL4.5 sacks
- Ryan McCullochLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2024.
The season's deepest loss: California 6, SMU 38. A 32-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: California fell to UNLV 13-24 in the postseason.
"Go Bears"
2024 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.