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Bears Announce Future Games Against San Jose State, Wagner

January 30, 2025
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The California football team has agreed to future nonconference games in a home-and-home series with San Jose State, along with a single game in Berkeley against Wagner. The Golden Bears will host the Spartans on Sept. 9, 2028, and travel to San Jose on Sept. 13, 2031. Cal is set to face the Seahawks on Sept. 19, 2026.
 
Cal is 29-6 overall against San Jose State and it will be the first tilt between the Bay Area squads since 1996, a 45-25 victory for the Bears in the season opener. Cal has won the last nine matchups and has outscored the Spartans 1084-514 in the all-time series. 
 
It will be the first-ever contest on the football field between Cal and Wagner, which plays in the Northeast Conference of the Football Championship Subdivision. The Bears' other nonconference games in 2026 are vs. UCLA (Sept. 5), at BYU (Sept. 12) and vs. UNLV (Oct. 3)

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Bears Announce Future Games Against San Jose State, Wagner

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bearsandgiants
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12:38p
When do Wagner tickets go on sale?
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12:46p
si.com announced this with the following:

https://www.si.com/college/cal/football/call-adds-san-jose-state-wagner-to-future-football-schedules-01jjw82gx7ms

Who's Call? Or is it whose call? Phone call?

Can't figure out how to post an image, so for the record in case they fix the webpage the headline of the SI article says:

"Call Adds San Jose State, Wagner to Future Football Schedules"
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In reply to bearsandgiants • 12:46p
bearsandgiants said:
When do Wagner tickets go on sale?
They are already sold out. Legends donors had first offer.
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1:31p
Bummer. I was looking forward to home and home and a trip to Staten Island
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Long before the Wagner College Seahawks roll into CMS in Fall 2026, let me go on record in expressing my utmost confidence that Coach Wilcox will maintain his sparkling 1.000 winning percentage against FCS teams.

Not sure I ever thought we'd host a less impressive opponent than the Presbyterian College Blue Hose, but I've been proven wrong again by the intrepid Jim Knowlton.
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In reply to BearBoarBlarney • 2:00p
We play UCLA, BYU and UNLV that season, so the FCS to round off the OOC schedule is the right choice.
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It will be a tough challenge for our Golden Bears to face a Wagner football team with such a proud history: 1987 National Champions.
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In reply to Cal88 • 2:15p
Cal88 said:
We play UCLA, BYU and UNLV that season, so the FCS to round off the OOC schedule is the right choice.

No issues with rounding out the OOC with an FCS opponent. If only we had some local programs in California that could have filled that slot and used a body-bag game to shore up their athletic dept finances.

I guess Wagner College flying out from Staten Island makes much more sense than playing UC Davis, Sacramento State, Cal Poly, or University of San Diego.
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I was hoping for the Fightin' Poets of Whittier University. Although they dropped football in 2022, they are due back in 2026!
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Games against FCS opponents are when we're supposed to get our backups playing time, especially our 2nd and 3rd string QB's but for some reason, it tends not to happen.
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In reply to bear2034 • 2:31p
It will against Wagner College (enrollment 1,950 undergraduates)...
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Will they bring their band which I understand is a four piece combo?
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In reply to Anarchistbear • 3:48p
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Will they bring their band which I understand is a four piece combo?
I laughed.
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What the heck is a Wagner?
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In reply to Cal88 • 5:46p
Cal88 said:
It will against Wagner College (enrollment 1,950 undergraduates)...


So don't expect a huge Wagner contingent flying across the country to boost our ticket sales?
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6:17p
This may be the most ridiculous football scheduling Cal has ever made.
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