Cal 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 8:48 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
On September 21, the California Golden Bears will play Florida State — a highlight of their college football schedule in 2024. The full slate is in this article.
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2024 Cal Game and TV Schedule
| Opponent | Date/Time | Score/Tickets | TV Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Davis (FCS) | August 31 | 5:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ACC Network Extra |
| @ Auburn | September 7 | 3:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN2 (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| San Diego State | September 14 | 10:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| @ Florida State | September 21 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Miami (FL) | October 5 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Pittsburgh | October 12 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| North Carolina State | October 19 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Oregon State | October 26 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Wake Forest | November 8 | 8:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ACC Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| Syracuse | November 16 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Stanford | November 23 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ SMU | November 30 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
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Cal 2024 Strength of Schedule
- In terms of toughness, using their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be facing the 55th-ranked schedule this year.
- Using our predictions, Cal will be playing the 19th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
- Based on its opponents’ projected win total this year, Cal will be facing the 58th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
- In terms of difficulty, using their ACC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be playing the 57th-ranked conference schedule this year.
- Cal will play seven games in 2024 against teams with winning records in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and two of them picked up less than four wins).
- The Golden Bears will face seven teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.
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Cal Stat Insights (2023)
- The Golden Bears ranked 60th in total offense (392.5 yards per game) and 105th in total defense (413.2 yards allowed per game) last season.
- Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 20th-worst in FBS last season (32.8 points allowed per game), Cal played better on the other side of the ball, ranking 48th in FBS by putting up 30.2 points per game.
- With 280.7 passing yards allowed per game on defense last season, which ranked third-worst in FBS, the Golden Bears were forced to rely on their 72nd-ranked passing offense (219.7 passing yards per contest) to keep them in games.
- Cal totaled 172.8 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 47th in FBS. On the other side of the ball, it ranked 37th, surrendering 132.5 rushing yards per game.
- Cal ranked 74th in college football with a -1 turnover margin last season after forcing 27 turnovers (third in FBS) while committing 28 (130th in FBS).
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