NCAA Football: Oregon State at California - Source: Imagn
The California Golden Bears were able to win a laugher at home in Week 9 against the Oregon State Beavers 44-7. The game was never close as Fernando Mendoza was able to do a lot, including a career-high 364 passing yards.
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The Beavers (4-4) are on a three-game losing streak while the Golden Bears (4-4) were able to snap a four-game losing streak. Let's take a deeper dive into this game and figure out how things went through the box score.
The Oregon State Beavers were not able to get much going offensively as they had 200 total yards of offense and just 12 total first downs. They could not extend drives as the Beavers were just 1-for-12 on third downs but were able to convert on 3-of-5 fourth downs. Oregon State struggled as they turned the ball over twice and were unable to get much going at any point.
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The Golden Bears destroyed offensively as they had 44 points on 478 total yards of offense (364 passing, 114 rushing). The team did not turn the ball over and were able to convert on 7-of-14 third-down attempts while also moving the chains on their singular fourth-down opportunity. Below is the scoring breakdown for this game.
11:33 1Q: Fernando Mendoza 9 Yard Passing TD to Fernando Mendoza | California 7-0
8:59 1Q: Fernando Mendoza 20 Yard Passing TD to Nyziah Hunter | California 14-0
14:08 2Q: Derek Morris 33 Yard Field Goal | California 17-0
9:31 2Q: Derek Morris 46 Yard Field Goal | California 20-0
5:09 2Q: Jaivian Thomas 2 Yard Rushing TD (Fernando Mendoza Two Point Conversion to Mikey Matthews | California 28-0
0:00 2Q: Derek Morris 19 Yard Field Goal | California 31-0
8:37 3Q: Derek Morris 25 Yard Field Goal | California 34-0
14:12 4Q: Derek Morris 38 Yard Field Goal | California 44-0
5:00 4Q: Ben Gulbranson 2 Yard Passing TD to Trent Walker | California 44-7
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