Cal Football: Nov. 11 Home Finale vs. WSU Set For 1 P.M. Kickoff
Cal football’s game against Washington State on Nov. 11 at Memorial Stadium — the Bears’ final home game ever in the Pac-12 Conference — will kick off at 1 p.m.
As traditions die hard in college football these days, at least the Bears get one last old-school afternoon kickoff before moving on to the Atlantic Coast Conference next season.
The Cal-WSU game will be aired on ESPN2.
The Bears (3-5, 1-4) are on the road this week, facing No. 6 Oregon (7-1, 4-1) in a 2:30 p.m. contest. The powerhouse Ducks, who dismantled Utah 35-6 in Salt Lake City last weekend, are 24.5-point favorites over Cal, according to SISportsbook.com.
The Ducks will be Cal’s fourth consecutive Top-25 foe — the Bears lost to Oregon State, Utah and USC their past three games.
In a rivalry that began in 1919, Cal leads the all-time series against WSU 48-30-5, although the Cougars (4-4, 1-4) have won the past two meetings. Washington State prevailed 28-9 a year at Berkeley in what one of the Bears’ worst showings of the season.
Washington State, which hosts Stanford on Saturday, began this season 4-0 including a win over Oregon State, and soared to No. 13 in the AP Top-25. But the Cougars have fallen out of the rankings after losing four in a row, including road defeats to UCLA, Oregon and Arizona State.
Game times on other Pac-12 matchups set for Nov. 11:
— Arizona at Colorado, 11 a.m., Pac-12 Network
— Stanford at Oregon State, 2:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network
— Arizona State at UCLA, 6 or 7 p.m., Pac-12 Network
Times for TV listings for the USC at Oregon and Utah at Washington games will be announced no later than Sunday.
Cover photo of WSU quarterback Cameron Ward by Craig Strobeck, USA Today
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