California overcame the lack of beginning quarterback Sam Jackson V, accumulating 669 general yards of offense at the back of backup Ben Finley within the Golden Bears’ 58-21 victory over host North Texas on Saturday at Denton, Texas.
Jackson left the sport with a left shoulder harm with 13:58 closing in the second one quarter after he used to be tackled on a designed run.
He attached on 3 of four passes for 33 yards and a landing prior to his harm.
Finley finished 24 of 34 passes for 279 yards, with one landing and one interception.
Jaydn Ott rushed for 188 yards on 20 carries with two touchdowns for Cal. Isaiah Ifanse added 54 yards on 10 rushes with 3 touchdowns, and Ashton Stredick ran the ball 13 instances for 51 yards and a landing.
California completed with 357 yards dashing.
California’s new run-game coordinator Mike Bloesch used to be the offensive coordinator at North Texas below Seth Littrell, who used to be fired after remaining season. Offensive coordinator Jake Spavital returned to Cal after serving as head trainer at Texas State the remaining 4 years.
The 58 issues for California are its maximum since Oct. 21, 2016, when it beat Oregon 52-49 in double additional time.
California established regulate within the first part, taking a 33-21 lead into halftime.
Landing runs of 26 yards by means of Ifanse and 66 yards by means of Ott in consecutive possessions in the second one quarter constructed the Golden Bears’ result in 27-14 with 5:42 left within the part.
After North Texas scored on a 14-yard landing cross from Stone Earle to Xzavior Kautai, Finley engineered a snappy scoring ownership with seven seconds to spare prior to halftime.
The nine-play, 75-yard force lasted just one:40 and used to be capped by means of Ifanse’s 8-yard run.
California scored on 3 of its first 4 possessions of the second one part to drag away.
North Texas had handiest 8 offensive performs within the 3rd quarter as a result of an interception after one play, a three-and-out ownership, and turnover on downs after 4 performs.
The Imply Inexperienced completed with 17 offensive performs in the second one part, in comparison to 50 for California.
They’d handiest 9 yards of general offense in the second one part.
—Box Degree Media
