Cal is really good at winning nonconference games -- Cal has as many nonconference losses from 2014 through 2018 as Chip Kelly has at UCLA.

From 2014 (post Dykes debacle season) to 2017, Cal won 12 conference games and 11 nonconference games.


2014
Nonconference wins: Northwestern, Sacramento State
Nonconferences losses: BYU


2015
Nonconference wins: Grambling State, San Diego State, Texas, Air Force
Nonconferences losses:


2016
Nonconference wins: Hawaii, Texas
Nonconferences losses: San Diego State


2017
Nonconference wins: North Carolina, Ole Miss, Weber State
Nonconferences losses:


2018
Nonconference wins: North Carolina, BYU
Nonconferences losses:

oskirules said:

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Those are some solid wins. I checked BYU off my revenge list, now we have to make it up to San Diego frigin State somewhere down the road.

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The "make it up" win would be easy if Cal were in the MWC!

Blueblood said:

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oskirules said:

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Those are some solid wins. I checked BYU off my revenge list, now we have to make it up to San Diego frigin State somewhere down the road.

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The "make it up" win would be easy if Cal were in the MWC!

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Doubt it, being in the MW, our recruiting will suffer.

oskirules said:

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Those are some solid wins. I checked BYU off my revenge list, now we have to make it up to San Diego frigin State somewhere down the road.

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Didn't we beat them 35-7 in 2015?

hotlanta said:

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oskirules said:

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Those are some solid wins. I checked BYU off my revenge list, now we have to make it up to San Diego frigin State somewhere down the road.

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Didn't we beat them 35-7 in 2015?

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Yes we did. Easily the biggest NCO win in the past 5 years, as that SDSU team went on to have a great season.

It may be a long time before we can have a proper revenge win against SDSU, as that would require Cal to beat them at their home. So far each team has owned home field going back decades.