Cal 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 9:46 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The California Golden Bears will open their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, against UC Davis of the FCS. Keep scrolling for more.

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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

  • The Golden Bears are facing the 55th-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year).
  • Using our predictions, Cal has the 19th-ranked schedule in college football.
  • In terms of difficulty — and using its opponents’ projected win total this season — Cal will be playing the 58th-ranked schedule this year.
  • Using their ACC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Bears will be facing the 57th-ranked conference schedule in terms of toughness.
  • Cal has seven games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that had nine or more victories and two squads with less than four wins last year.
  • The Golden Bears will have seven teams on their schedule this season that made a bowl game in 2023.

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Cal Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Golden Bears totaled 392.5 yards per game on offense last season (60th in FBS), and they ranked 105th on defense with 413.2 yards allowed per game.
  • With 32.8 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 20th-worst in FBS last season, Cal had to rely on its 48th-ranked offense (30.2 points per contest) to keep it competitive.
  • The Golden Bears sported the 72nd-ranked passing offense last year (219.7 passing yards per game), and they were worse defensively, ranking third-worst with 280.7 passing yards allowed per game.
  • Cal ranked 47th in run offense (172.8 rushing yards per game) and 37th in run defense (132.5 rushing yards allowed per game) last year.
  • Cal forced 27 total turnovers (third in FBS) last season and turned it over 28 times (130th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -1, 74th-ranked in college football.

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