This game was a complete reversal from the style both teams played in lopsided openers against overmatched teams. Unfortunately, we had so many chances but couldn’t do it.” “It’s very frustrating, extremely frustrating. “We had a great opportunity that we let slip through our hands,” Cal coach Justin Wilcox said. He also had a 51-yarder taken off the board by a holding penalty late in the first half. The Bears were also done in by the special teams mishaps with Michael Luckhurst missing two field goals from 42 yards and another from 44 to give him five missed field goals in two games this season. We really take pride everywhere we’ve been in not having many penalties and not turning the ball over and boy tonight was not that.” “I think that’s what this season’s really about, is us finding a way to grow and and get better each week. “We found a way to win and we can grow from that,” Freeze said. Cal drove down to the 15 but got backed up by a holding penalty and then Sam Jackson V threw an interception in the end zone on fourth and 13 with 1:44 to play.Īuburn ran out the clock from there, winning the game despite four turnovers and only 230 yards of offense. The Golden Bears (1-1) had a chance to come back after Jarquez Hunter lost a fumble for at Auburn at the Tigers 41 with 4:00 left. The key play on the drive was a 28-yard pass from Thorne to Fairweather to convert a third-and-17. This is one of those nights with how poorly we played on our offense.”Īuburn (2-0) had been stagnant most of the night offensively, generating only six first downs in the first three quarters before putting together a 69-yard drive midway through the fourth quarter to take the lead. And there’s going to be times where they got to hold them to 10 and we got to score 11. There’s going to be nights where we can score 50 and we might have to to win. “All the credit goes to to to that side of the ball tonight. I’m really proud of our defense,” coach Hugh Freeze said. “I don’t think we could have played any uglier or sloppier on offense. (AP) - Payton Thorne threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Rovaldo Fairweather following California’s third missed field goal of the game and Tigers rallied for a 14-10 victory on Saturday night.

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