Week 1 · 2026 · weekly brief

California

OPEN

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Integrity job ran recently — 710 checks, 335 minutes ago.
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Game is final — The provider has marked it complete.
Box score complete — 70 team rows, 512 player rows, 28 drives, 200 plays.
Mart is current — Rebuilt 2026-09-18 20:24Z.

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vs UCLA

09/05/2026 10:30 PMCalifornia Memorial Stadium

L 24–45

Season record

1–1

2 games played

Points for / against

45–63

Season to date

Point margin

-18

Season to date

Opponent context: UCLA — 2–0, Big Ten · Full matchup →

Team box score

Exactly as ingested — no derived column here.

Box score

	1	2	3	4	T
UCLA	7	17	0	21	45
CAL	7	10	7	0	24

General

	TOP	PLAYS	YDS	PEN-YDS	1ST	3RD	4TH
UCLA	25:11	54	461	12-110	20	6-11 54.5%	0-0
CAL	34:49	87	410	6-59	23	11-21 52.4%	0-3 0.0%

Passing

	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
UCLA	14-22	184	8.4	0	1
CAL	26-47	291	6.2	2	2

Rushing

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD
UCLA	32	277	8.7	6
CAL	40	119	3.0	1

Turnovers

	TO	FUM	LOST	INT
UCLA	1	1	0	1
CAL	3	2	1	2

Defense

	TCK	TFL	QB HUR	SACKS	PD	INT	INT YDS	DEF TD
UCLA	37	6	3	2	7	2	19	0
CAL	29	2	2	2	5	1	0	0

Returns

	KR	KR YDS	AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	AVG	PR TD
UCLA	2	56	28	0	1	12	12	0
CAL	2	38	19	0	1	3	3	0

Advanced metrics

⚠ Ingested from the provider, not computed here — anyone with a CFBD key has the same numbers.

Advanced stats	UCLA	CAL
Overall
Plays	53	89
Drives	14	14
PPA per play	0.42	0.13
Total PPA	22.2	11.8
Success rate	56.6%	33.7%
Explosiveness	1.25	1.48
Power success	100.0%	66.7%
Stuff rate	3.4%	20.5%
Line yards per rush	4.81	2.53
Line yards	140	99
Second-level yards per rush	2.03	0.82
Second-level yards	59	32
Open-field yards per rush	3.69	0.33
Open-field yards	107	13
Standard downs
PPA per play	0.52	-0.05
Success rate	66.7%	33.9%
Explosiveness	1.21	1.12
Passing downs
PPA per play	0.04	0.44
Success rate	18.2%	33.3%
Explosiveness	1.76	2.10
Rushing
PPA per rush	0.75	-0.07
Total PPA	21.6	-2.9
Success rate	72.4%	30.8%
Explosiveness	1.17	0.96
Passing
PPA per dropback	0.03	0.31
Total PPA	0.6	14.0
Success rate	37.5%	34.8%
Explosiveness	1.45	1.89

Every column is that team’s offense, which is also what the other team’s defense allowed — CFBD reports a defense as the opponent’s offense restated. Bold marks the better number in a row; a higher stuff rate is a worse offense, so it reads the other way.

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