California 38, Michigan St. 31
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan St. 0 7 7 17 31 Final 
California 7 10 7 14 38  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Spartans - Golden Bears 
  1st Quarter
 Golden Bears TD Cal blocked punt attempt by Aaron Bates. Bryant Nnabuife returned for 5 yards (David Seawright made PAT) 0 - 7 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Golden Bears FG David Seawright kicked a 27-yard field goal 0 - 10 
 
 Spartans TD Otis Wiley intercepted Nate Longshore for 32 yards (Brett Swenson made PAT) 7 - 10 
 
 Golden Bears TD Jahvid Best rushed to the right for 2 yard gain (David Seawright made PAT) 7 - 17 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Spartans TD Javon Ringer rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 14 - 17 
 
 Golden Bears TD Kevin Riley passed to Cameron Morrah to the right for 4 yard gain (David Seawright made PAT) 14 - 24 
 
  4th Quarter
 Spartans TD Javon Ringer rushed to the left for 10 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 21 - 24 
 
 Golden Bears TD Kevin Riley passed to Will Ta'ufo'ou to the right for 5 yard gain (David Seawright made PAT) 21 - 31 
 
 Spartans FG Brett Swenson kicked a 35-yard field goal 24 - 31 
 
 Golden Bears TD Shane Vereen rushed to the right for 81 yard gain (David Seawright made PAT) 24 - 38 
 
 Spartans TD Brian Hoyer passed to Mark Dell to the right for 29 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 31 - 38 
 
 Team Statistics
  Spartans Golden Bears 
  First Downs 23 22 
    Passing 16 12 
    Rushing 2 7 
    Penalty 5 3 
  Third Down Efficiency 6-16 4-10 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 0-1 0-0 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 402 467 
    Total Plays 79 66 
    Average Gain Per Play 5.1 7.1 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 81 203 
    Rushes 31 36 
    Average Per Rush 2.6 5.6 
  NET YARDS PASSING 321 264 
    Completions-Attempts 20-48 20-30 
    Yards Per Pass Play 6.7 8.8 
    Times Sacked 0 1 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 0 4 
    Had Intercepted 1 2 
  PUNTS 6 5 
    Average Punt 31.5 38.4 
  PENALTIES 8 8 
    Penalty Yards 82 67 
  FUMBLES 1 0 
    Fumbles Lost 0 0 
 Passing                  
 Michigan St. Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 B. Hoyer 20 48 321 41.7 6.7 0 0 1 1 
 California Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 K. Riley 17 24 202 70.8 8.4 1 4 2 0 
 N. Longshore 3 5 62 60.0 12.4 0 0 0 2 
 S. Vereen 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 
 Rushing            
 Michigan St. Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Ringer 27 81 3.0 10 2 0 
 K. Martin 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 
 B. Hoyer 2 1 0.5 9 0 0 
 A. Anderson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 California Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Best 24 111 4.6 20 1 0 
 S. Vereen 9 101 11.2 81 1 0 
 K. Riley 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 Receiving            
 Michigan St. Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 M. Dell 9 202 22.4 52 1 0 
 B. Cunningham 5 63 12.6 18 0 0 
 B. White 3 21 7.0 11 0 0 
 C. Gantt 2 18 9.0 16 0 0 
 J. Ringer 1 17 17.0 17 0 0 
 California Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 C. Morrah 5 93 18.6 50 1 0 
 S. Young 4 81 20.3 42 0 0 
 J. Best 5 63 12.6 42 0 0 
 S. Vereen 4 16 4.0 13 0 0 
 L. Cunningham 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 
 W. Ta'ufo'ou 1 5 5.0 5 1 0 
 Kicking              
 Michigan St. XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 B. Swenson 4 4 1 2 34 50.0 7 
 California XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 D. Seawright 5 5 1 1 26 100.0 8 
 Punting            
 Michigan St. Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 A. Bates 5 37.8 49 1 2 1 
 California Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 B. Anger 4 48.0 59 1 3 0 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Michigan St. PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 J. Johnson 1 29 29.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 J. Ringer 0 0 0.0 0 0 5 102 20.4 33 0 
 K. Smith 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 6 6.0 6 0 
 J. Rouse 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 
 California PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 J. Best 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 103 25.8 35 0 
 D. Bishop 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 15 15.0 15 0 
 B. Johnson 1 5 5.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 T. Slocum 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 
 S. Young 2 -3 -1.5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 

Updated on Tuesday, Sep 2, 2008 1:51 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 Michigan St.
J. Ringer J. Ringer, RB
27 Rush, 81 yds
2 TDs
 California
K. Riley K. Riley, QB
17-24, 202 yds
2 TDs