Cal @ Minnesota Post-Game Thoughts (With Bonus EWU Thoughts)
The California Golden Blogs provides some post-game thoughts to the 2009 Cal vs. Minnesota college football game!
| Final - 9.19.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Golden Bears | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Stories
Golden Nuggets: A Trip Down Memory Lane
The Register-Guard looks back to when Tedford first noticed Kevin Riley. As Jeff Tedford remembers it, he was attending a scouting combine for high school football players in the Bay Area in...
Golden Nuggets: Dancing with the Bears
On a wildly different note, today's post looks ahead to tonight's portion of Dancing with the Stars, featuring one of the greatest athletes in Cal history, Natalie Coughlin! She dances at 8:50...
CGB Report Card: Grading Cal's Performance Against Minnesota
The California Golden Blogs gathered opinions from Cal football fans to grade their team's performance against Minnesota.
Reveling in Victory - Cal wins on the road!
Cal wins a road game - finally!
Golden Nuggets: "He's little"
Syd'Quan Thompson's production on the field is anything but "little." "Last year, I would kind of listen to the receivers and they'd say, 'He's little,' " Thompson said Saturday, shortly after...
Golden Nugz 9.21.09
Saturday's loss to Cal was a fun game wasn't it? Maybe some believe that nothing is more valuable than a win, but for many reasons I much prefer Saturday's loss to beating a MAC level or FCS...
Golden Nuggets: Best, Riley lead Bears to Victory in the 4th Quarter
Today we have a smorgasbord of delicious nuggets of information. First off, let's look at Cal's post-game press conference. Tedford on Sofele's interference and Riley's performance "Well the hit...
California 35 Minnesota 21: Postgame Thread + Grade the Bears
This is the postgame thread for the California Golden Bears-Minnesota Golden Gophers matchup. Grade Cal football's performance in Minneapolis!
Gophers lose a tough one to a top 10 Cal Bears team
Gophers lose a tough one to a top 10 Cal Bears team
Cal v. Minnesota 9.19.09 4th Quarter Thread
Discuss all the fourth quarter action against Minnesota here. GO BEARS!
Cal v. Minnesota 9.19.09 3rd Quarter Thread
Discuss all the third quarter action against Minnesota here.
GameThreads
Golden Gophers Fans GameThread on The Daily Gopher
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Golden Bears Fans GameThread on California Golden Blogs
Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Scoring Drives |
|---|
| Quarter 1 |
| 9:51 left: California Touchdown - 33-yard run by Jahvid Best. (Vince D`Amato kick). |
| 9:51 left: |
| 7:09 left: California Touchdown - 2-yard run by Jahvid Best. (Vince D`Amato kick). |
| 7:09 left: |
| Quarter 2 |
| 14:52 left: Minnesota Touchdown - 26-yard pass from Adam Weber to Eric Decker. (Eric Ellestad kick). |
| 14:52 left: |
| 3:47 left: California Touchdown - 27-yard run by Jahvid Best. (Vince D`Amato kick). |
| 3:47 left: |
| 0:40 left: Minnesota Touchdown - 12-yard pass from Adam Weber to Eric Decker. (Eric Ellestad kick). |
| 0:40 left: |
| Quarter 3 |
| 0:29 left: Minnesota Touchdown - 7-yard pass from Eric Decker to MarQueis Gray. (Eric Ellestad kick). |
| 0:29 left: |
| Quarter 4 |
| 7:14 left: California Touchdown - 2-yard run by Jahvid Best. (Vince D`Amato kick). |
| 7:14 left: |
| 2:59 left: California Touchdown - 2-yard run by Jahvid Best. (Vince D`Amato kick). |
| 2:59 left: |
| Team statistics | California | Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| Time of Possession | 33:26 | 26:34 |
| First Downs | 18 | 14 |
| Passing Yards Completions-Attempts Interceptions | 16-25 0 | 22-34 3 |
| Rushing Yards Attempts | 163 44 | 37 21 |
| Punt Return Yards | 10 | 8 |
| Turnovers Fumbles-Lost Interceptions | 1 3-1 0 | 4 1-1 3 |
| Penalties-Yards | 4-45 | 3-34 |
| Punts-Average | 6-41.7 | 7-42.1 |
