California Golden Bears

4-2

Ugh, no.

California Golden Bears lost to the Duke Blue Devils

4-2 45 – 21

4-2

Final · Sat, Oct 4

Game Details

California Memorial Stadium (Berkeley) · 42,240 fans · ESPN

Highlights

Duke starts slow then rolls past California 45-21

Duke quarterback Darian Mensah passed for 265 yards and two touchdowns, helping the Blue Devils rally and beat California 45-21 on Saturday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:23 Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele connects for 5-yard TD pass

0:21 End Zone! Kendrick Raphael scores 5-yard rushing touchdown

0:34 Touchdown! Nate Sheppard scores vs. California

0:41 Touchdown! Kendrick Raphael scores vs. Duke

Clips play on ESPN

California Memorial Stadium · Berkeley

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DUKE	7	24	0	14	45
CAL	14	7	0	0	21

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Game Leaders

Duke Blue Devils

Darian Mensah · 22/30, 265 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Nate Sheppard · 12 CAR, 91 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
Que'Sean Brown · 7 REC, 108 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Elliott Schaper · 2Sacks
Elliott Schaper · 12Tackles

California Golden Bears

Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele · 20/31, 245 YDS, 1 TD, 3 INTPassing Yards
Kendrick Raphael · 18 CAR, 67 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
Trond Grizzell · 4 REC, 56 YDSReceiving Yards
TJ Bush Jr. · 1Sacks
Cade Uluave · 12Tackles

2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

Team
Miami
Pittsburgh
Duke
SMU
Wake Forest
Clemson
Florida State
Virginia
Virginia Tech
NC State
California
Louisville
Stanford
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Syracuse
Boston College

Scoring

Q4 5:50

TD Nate Sheppard 46 Yd Run (Todd Pelino Kick)45–21

Q4 8:22

TD Cooper Barkate 10 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick)38–21

Q2 0:00

FG Todd Pelino 25 Yd Field Goal 31–21

Q2 1:10

TD Anderson Castle 1 Yd Run (Todd Pelino Kick)28–21

Q2 5:50

TD Que'Sean Brown 26 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick)21–21

Q2 7:47

TD Anderson Castle 2 Yd Run (Todd Pelino Kick)14–21

Q2 12:17

TD Kendrick Raphael 4 Yd Run (Chase Meyer Kick)7–21

Q1 2:38

TD Nate Sheppard 12 Yd Run (Todd Pelino Kick)7–14

Q1 5:20

TD Kendrick Raphael 5 Yd Run (Chase Meyer Kick)0–14

Q1 9:11

TD Jordan King 6 Yd pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (Chase Meyer Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Duke Blue DevilsCalifornia Golden Bears

Offense

443 Total Yards 286

265 Passing Yards 245

178 Rushing Yards 41

24 First Downs 20

Efficiency

5-11 3rd Down 5-11

1-1 4th Down 0-0

22/30 Completions 20/32

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 4

7-63 Penalties 6-43

31:03 Possession 28:57

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Darian Mensah	22/30	265	8.8	2	0	82.6
Team	22/30	265	8.8	2	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nate Sheppard	12	91	7.6	2	46
Jaquez Moore	6	56	9.3	0	32
Anderson Castle	10	28	2.8	2	8
Travis Bates	4	13	3.3	0	9
Henry Belin IV	2	10	5.0	0	11
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Darian Mensah	2	-18	-9.0	0	0
Team	37	178	4.8	4	46

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Que'Sean Brown	7	108	15.4	1	26
Cooper Barkate	5	66	13.2	1	15
Landen King	1	33	33.0	0	33
Andrel Anthony	4	29	7.3	0	15
Jake Taylor	1	16	16.0	0	16
Nate Sheppard	1	6	6.0	0	6
Sahmir Hagans	2	6	3.0	0	3
Anderson Castle	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	22	265	12.0	2	33

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	QB HUR
Elliott Schaper	12	4	2	2	0
Wesley Williams	9	4	1.5	3.5	0
Luke Mergott	6	4	0	1	1
DaShawn Stone	6	4	0	0	0
Vincent Anthony Jr.	5	3	1.5	3	0
Kimari Robinson	5	1	0	0	0
Landan Callahan	3	2	0	0	0
Caleb Weaver	3	1	0	0	0
Bradley Gompers	2	2	0	1	0
Bryce Davis	2	1	0	1	0
Ma'Khi Jones	2	1	0	0	0
Chandler Rivers	2	0	0	0.5	0
Aaron Hall	1	1	1	1	0
Tre Freeman	1	1	0	0	0
Josiah Green	1	1	0	0	0
Preston Watson	1	1	0	0	0
Kobe Smith	1	1	0	0	0
Tyshon Reed	1	1	0	0	0
Jaiden Francois	1	0	0	0	0
Semaj Turner	1	0	0	0	0
Team	65	33	6	13	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
Andrew Pellicciotta	1	34
Elliott Schaper	1	5
Chandler Rivers	1	0
Moussa Kane	1	0
Team	4	39

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Sahmir Hagans	2	61	30.5	39
Jayden Moore	2	39	19.5	24
Team	4	100	25.0	39

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Que'Sean Brown	2	7	3.5	4	0
Team	2	7	3.5	4	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Todd Pelino	1/1	100.0	25	6/6	9
Team	1/1	100.0	25	6/6	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Kade Reynoldson	5	248	49.6	1	3	57
Team	5	248	49.6	1	3	57

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	20/31	245	7.9	1	3	23.1
Devin Brown	0/1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0
Team	20/32	245	7.7	1	4	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kendrick Raphael	18	67	3.7	2	29
LJ Johnson Jr.	3	14	4.7	0	7
Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	8	-40	-5.0	0	1
Team	29	41	1.4	2	29

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Mason Mini	3	56	18.7	0	28
Trond Grizzell	4	56	14.0	0	29
Jacob De Jesus	6	56	9.3	0	30
Jordan King	3	38	12.7	1	22
Kendrick Raphael	3	25	8.3	0	13
LJ Johnson Jr.	1	14	14.0	0	14
Team	20	245	12.3	1	30

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jacob De Jesus	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Cade Uluave	12	1	0	0.5	1
Dru Polidore Jr.	7	5	0	0	1
Luke Ferrelli	7	3	1	1	0
TJ Bush Jr.	5	1	1	1	0
Aidan Keanaaina	5	1	0	0	0
Aiden Manutai	4	4	0	0	0
T.J. Bollers	4	1	0	0	0
Harrison Taggart	3	2	0	1	0
Aaron Hampton	3	2	0	0	0
Brent Austin	3	1	0	0	0
Cam Sidney	2	2	0	0	0
Hezekiah Masses	2	2	0	1	0
Ja'ir Smith	2	2	0	0	0
Jasiah Wagoner	2	1	0	0	0
Zae Smith	2	1	0	0	0
Jordan Sanford	2	1	0	0	0
Jayden Wayne	2	0	0	0.5	0
Chris Victor	2	0	0	0	0
Cole Boscia	1	1	0	0	0
Chase Meyer	1	1	0	0	0
Derek Wilkins	1	0	0	0	0
Jaiven Plummer	1	0	0	0	0
Odera Okaka	1	0	0	0	0
Team	74	32	2	5	2

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jacob De Jesus	2	37	18.5	19	0
Team	2	37	18.5	19	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jacob De Jesus	3	22	7.3	17	0
Team	3	22	7.3	17	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Chase Meyer	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3
Team	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Michael Kern	5	217	43.4	0	1	60
Team	5	217	43.4	0	1	60

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