FINAL SCORE
UCLA Bruins at California Golden Bears game details
Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM ET
California Memorial Stadium · Attendance 54,283
Put the final score in perspective.
UCLA finished 21 points ahead. The teams combined for 69 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was UCLA 24, California 17. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, California outscored its opponent in 1 and UCLA in 2. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 UCLA | 7 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 45 |
 California | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 20 | 23 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-11 | 11-21 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-3 |
| Total Yards | 461 | 410 |
| Passing | 184 | 291 |
| Comp/Att | 14/22 | 26/47 |
| Yards per pass | 8.4 | 6.2 |
| Rushing | 277 | 119 |
| Rushing Attempts | 32 | 40 |
| Yards per rush | 8.7 | 3.0 |
| Penalties | 12-110 | 6-59 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 2 |
| Possession | 25:11 | 34:49 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
UCLA Bruins
passing
| Nico Iamaleava | 14/22 | 184 | 8.4 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 |
rushing
| Anthony Woods | 8 | 118 | 14.8 | 2 | 53 |
| Wayne Knight | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 3 | 31 |
| Jaivian Thomas | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 15 |
| Nico Iamaleava | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 1 | 10 |
| Brian Rowe Jr. | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Team | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Mikey Matthews | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | 43 |
| Wayne Knight | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Brian Rowe Jr. | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 15 |
| Landon Ellis | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Semaj Morgan | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Harry Lodge | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Anthony Woods | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
fumbles
defensive
| Sammy Omosigho | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Woods | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ta'Shawn James | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scooter Jackson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sahir West | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rodrick Pleasant | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Hartford | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Barksdale | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Sacca | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donavyn Pellot | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Ford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Martin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tao Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Hendrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Davillier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darold DeNgohe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Rivera | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osiris Gilbert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Cogshell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amier Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Fuimaono | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jewelous Walls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aiden Gobaira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
interceptions
| Ta'Shawn James | 2 | 19 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Wayne Knight | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 29 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Mikey Matthews | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
kicking
| Mateen Bhaghani | 1/1 | 100.0 | 38 | 6/6 | 9 |
punting
| Curtis Gerrand | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
California Golden Bears
passing
| Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele | 24/41 | 271 | 6.6 | 2 | 2 | 69.9 |
| Jackson Brousseau | 2/6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 |
rushing
| Adam Mohammed | 28 | 120 | 4.3 | 1 | 20 |
| Carter Vargas | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Ashten Emory | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Anthony League | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele | 4 | -16 | -4.0 | 0 | 2 |
receiving
| Ian Strong | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 0 | 49 |
| Chase Hendricks | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 1 | 30 |
| Mason Mini | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 1 | 26 |
| Adam Mohammed | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | 14 |
| Cooper Perry | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Carter Vargas | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jordan King | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
fumbles
| Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
defensive
| Kingston Lopa | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tristan Jernigan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Tuitele | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kamar Mothudi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Burrell | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Harris | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Khamani Hudson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Crosby | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Sidney | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Hampton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JD McKinley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan Dunn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Mohammed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quimari Shemwell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Wilkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Hurst Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aiden Manutai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Niles Davis | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Isaiah Crosby | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
kicking
| Towns McGough | 1/1 | 100.0 | 28 | 3/3 | 6 |
punting
| Angus Davies | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 10:28 | Chase Hendricks 9 Yd pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (Towns McGough Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 7:00 | Nico Iamaleava 9 Yd Run (Mateen Bhaghani Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 2 | 12:46 | Towns McGough 28 Yd Field Goal | 7 – 10 |
| 2 | 10:19 | Anthony Woods 31 Yd Run (Mateen Bhaghani Kick) | 14 – 10 |
| 2 | 3:23 | Wayne Knight 8 Yd Run (Mateen Bhaghani Kick) | 21 – 10 |
| 2 | 0:13 | Mason Mini 8 Yd pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (Towns McGough Kick) | 21 – 17 |
| 2 | 0:03 | Mateen Bhaghani 38 Yd Field Goal | 24 – 17 |
| 3 | 3:50 | Adam Mohammed 1 Yd Run (Towns McGough Kick) | 24 – 24 |
| 4 | 8:46 | Wayne Knight 31 Yd Run (Mateen Bhaghani Kick) | 31 – 24 |
| 4 | 2:58 | Wayne Knight 4 Yd Run (Mateen Bhaghani Kick) | 38 – 24 |
| 4 | 1:17 | Anthony Woods 53 Yd Run (Mateen Bhaghani Kick) | 45 – 24 |
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