Scoring Summary
California 0 0 7 0 - 7
Washington State 0 17 0 14 - 31
TEAM STATISTICS
UC WSU
First downs 13 21
Rushes-yards 35-58 41-95
Passing 116 227
Return Yards 64 56
Comp-Att-Int 13-33-1 23-38-0
Punts 9-39.2 8-40.1
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1
Penalties-Yards 7-60 13-125
Time of Poss. 28:38 31:22
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
California
Rushing
Att Yds Avg TD Lng
Fields 17 56 3.3 0 10
Igber 3 11 3.7 0 6
Muhammad 3 5 1.7 0 4
Ainsworth 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4
Boller 11 -10 -0.9 0 11
Passing
C-A Yds Int TD Lng
Boller 13-33 116 1 0 43
Receiving
No Yds Avg TD Lng
Igber 4 15 3.8 0 11
Pipersburg 4 12 3.0 0 5
Ainsworth 2 25 12.5 0 13
Ward 1 43 43.0 0 43
Surgener 1 16 16.0 0 16
Young 1 5 5.0 0 5
Tackles
Tac Ast Tot
Sanyika 3 6 9
Carter 4 3 7
Ward 5 1 6
Marzett 4 2 6
Parker 1 5 6
Destefano 3 2 5
Jimenez 2 3 5
Waasdorp 4 0 4
Tugbenyoh 3 1 4
Miller 1 3 4
Harris 3 0 3
Callen 2 0 2
Hale 1 1 2
B. Watts 1 1 2
Fa’avae 1 1 2
Ainsworth 1 0 1
Jackson 1 0 1
D. Watts 1 0 1
Muhammad 1 0 1
O’Neal 0 1 1
Nwangwu 0 1 1
Hunter 0 1 1
Ugenti 0 1 1
Smith 0 1 1
Washington State
Rushing
Att Yds Avg TD Lng
Burnett 25 104 4.2 1 24
Hawkins 2 19 9.5 0 12
Thielbahr 4 6 1.5 0 3
Mencke 2 4 2.0 0 7
Philley 1 0 0.0 0 0
Birnbaum 7 -38 -5.4 1 4
Passing
C-A Yds Int TD Lng
Birnbaum 23-38 227 0 2 27
Receiving
No Yds Avg TD Lng
Taylor 9 77 8.6 0 17
Williams 5 64 12.8 1 22
Henderson 2 30 15.0 1 18
Zubedi 2 17 8.5 0 10
Scott 2 12 6.0 0 6
Philley 1 27 27.0 0 27
Mizin 1 6 6.0 0 6
Burnett 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6
Tackles
Tac Ast Tot
Gleason 5 4 9
Newman 6 2 8
Trufant 4 2 6
Matson 3 3 6
Thompson 1 4 5
Smith 4 0 4
Gibbons 3 1 4
Emmerson 3 0 3
Hollimon 2 0 2
Ratcliff 1 1 2
Hedeen 1 1 2
Shavies 0 2 2
Adedipe 1 0 1
Lindell 1 0 1
Tuupo 1 0 1
Hawkins 1 0 1
Marong 1 0 1
Kongaika 1 0 1
Anderson 0 1 1
Aleaga 0 1 1
Meier 0 1 1
Holden 0 1 1
Banks 0 0 0
Thielbahr 0 0 0
A-27,682.
How they scored
Second quarter
WSU 7, Cal 0
Collin Henderson 18-yard pass from Steve Birnbaum, Rian Lindell kick. Twelve plays, 59 yards, 4:23. Faced with third-and-16 at the Cal 45, Birnbaum found Nian Taylor for a 17-yard gain to keep the drive alive.
WSU 10, Cal 0
Lindell 40-yard field goal. Four plays, seven yards, :28. Lindell popped up the kick off at the 30-yard-line, where Fa’avae Fa’avae fumbled the ball. Jeremy Thielbahr recovered the fumble for the Cougars.
WSU 17, Cal 0
Birnbaum 1-yard run, Lindell kick. Four plays. 11 yards, 1:37. Mory Banks blocked Nick Harris’ punt. It was recovered by walk-on Wendell Smith at the 11, setting up the quick score.
Third quarter
WSU 17, Cal 7
Jacob Waasdorp 25-yard fumble return. Jeremy Hershey kick. Waasdorp busted through the left side of the line and hit Birnbaum to cause the fumble. He then picked it up and went untouched into the end zone.
Fourth quarter
WSU 24, Cal 7
Marcus Williams 10-yard pass from Birnbaum, Lindell kick. Fifteen plays, 96 yards, 5:43. The longest drive of the season was kept alive by timely penalties and passing by Birnbaum. A pass interference call on Cal’s Damain Marzett put the Cougars inside the 20.
WSU 31, Cal 7
Deon Burnett 24-yard run, Lindell kick. Five plays, 55 yards, 2:13. Burnett’s number was called for all five plays and he responded by taking the Cougars down the field and chewing up the clock.