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… Cal @Washington …
The Huskies …
… mauled …
… the Bears 41-17 at Husky Stadium, leaving Cal at 0-5 in the Pac-12 and 1-7 on the season …
… once again, the Bears were doomed by a slow start, as they fell behind 17-0 before getting on the scoreboard themselves …
… thus continuing a season-long pattern of first quarter struggles.
Although the defense showed signs of improvement, big plays once again plagued the Bears …
… with the Huskies scoring on a 59 yard run and passes of 68 and 47 yards …
… and also completing non-scoring passes for 25, 21 and 21 yards …
… while HB Bishop Sankey had 241 yards rushing on 27 carries, averaging 8.9 yards per carry and scoring 2 touchdowns.
Washington finished the game with 642 yards in total offense and averaged 8.2 yards per play from scrimmage, while recording 24 first downs …
… to 483 yards (5.5 per play) and 21 first downs for the Bears.
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There were a few Cal highlights …
… HB Khalfani Muhammad busted a 73 yard TD run, the longest of the season for the Bears ….
… QB Jared Goff was 32 of 54 for 336 yards passing, with 1 TD …
… WR Bryce Treggs had 8 receptions for 95 yards, with a long of 32 yards …
… and WR Chris Harper had 6 catches for 98 yards, including a 5 yard TD and a long of 49 yards.
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… GAME REPORTS …
… stats and photos are available on ESPN:
http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?id=332990264
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… and the official Cal Bears website:
http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=209292812…
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The BCS and other college football poll rankings are here:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings
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… NEXT UP …
… Cal hosts the Arizona Wildcats …
… with an 12:30 pm Saturday kickoff…
… the Bears are 14 1/2 point underdogs this week, but this is a winnable game.
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GO BEARS!
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