Saturday, 09/19/09
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (8) California | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Attendance | |
|---|---|
| Attendance | 50,805 |
Play-by-Play
| 1st Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | Minnesota kicks off. Touchback. Ball on Cal20. | |
| California - 15:00 | ||
| 1-10, Cal20 | 15:00 | Vereen rush left for 15 yards to the Cal35. |
| 1-10, Cal35 | 14:48 | Sofele rush right for 2 yards to the Cal37. |
| 2-8, Cal37 | 13:58 | Best rush left for 6 yards to the Cal43. |
| 3-2, Cal43 | 13:34 | Best rush right for 2 yards to the Cal45. |
| 1-10, Cal45 | 13:34 | Best rush middle for 0 yards to the Cal45. |
| 2-10, Cal45 | 12:15 | Riley pass completion to the left to Ross for 8 yards to the Minn47. |
| 3-2, Minn47 | 12:15 | Riley rush middle for 6 yards to the Minn41. |
| 1-10, Minn41 | 10:50 | Ross rush left for 7 yards to the Minn34. |
| 2-3, Minn34 | 10:23 | Best rush right for 34 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 10:23 | Demopoulos PAT - GOOD. | |
| 9:51 | California kicks off. Carpenter returns 35 yards to the Cal47. | |
| Minnesota - 9:37 | ||
| 1-10, Minn47 | 9:37 | Minnesota penalized -5 yards. |
| 1-15, Minn48 | 9:37 | Weber incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-15, Minn48 | 9:33 | Weber rush middle for 0 yards to the Minn48. |
| 3-15, Minn48 | 9:33 | Weber pass completion to the left to Decker for 5 yards to the Cal47. |
| 3-15, Minn48 | 9:33 | Lateral to Decker. |
| 4-9, Cal46 | 9:33 | Orseske punts. No return. Ball on Cal14. |
| California - 9:33 | ||
| 1-10, Cal14 | 9:33 | Best rush right for 24 yards to the Cal38. |
| 1-10, Cal38 | 9:33 | Riley pass completion to the middle to Tucker for 60 yards to the Minn2. |
| 1-2, Minn2 | 9:33 | Best rush middle for 2 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 9:33 | Demopoulos PAT - GOOD. | |
| 7:09 | California kicks off. Stoudermire returns 22 yards to the Minn38. | |
| Minnesota - 7:03 | ||
| 1-10, Cal38 | 7:03 | Minnesota penalized -15 yards. |
| 1-25, Minn23 | 6:32 | Weber pass completion to the right to Stoudermire for 4 yards to the Minn27. |
| 2-21, Minn27 | 6:32 | Bennett rush middle for 0 yards to the Minn27. |
| 2-21, Minn27 | 5:37 | Minnesota time out. |
| 3-21, Minn27 | 5:37 | Weber incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-21, Minn27 | 5:32 | Haudan punts. No return. Ball on Cal27. |
| California - 5:22 | ||
| 1-10, Cal27 | 5:22 | Riley sacked by Lawrence and Moen for a 11 yard loss to the Cal16. |
| 2-21, Cal16 | 5:22 | Vereen rush middle for 4 yards to the Cal20. |
| 3-17, Cal20 | 4:04 | Riley incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-17, Cal20 | 3:55 | Anger punts. Stoudermire returns 8 yards to the Minn46. |
| Minnesota - 3:55 | ||
| 1-10, Minn46 | 3:55 | Weber pass completion to the right to Stoudermire for 13 yards to the Cal41. |
| 1-10, Cal41 | 3:55 | Eskridge rush right for 0 yards to the Cal41. |
| 2-10, Cal41 | 3:01 | Weber pass completion to the right to Green for 9 yards to the Cal32. |
| 3-1, Cal32 | 2:01 | Gray rush middle for 2 yards to the Cal30. |
| 1-10, Cal30 | 1:16 | Weber sacked by Alualu for a 2 yard loss to the Cal32. |
| 2-12, Cal32 | 0:46 | Carpenter rush left for 6 yards to the Cal26. |
| 2nd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota - 15:00 | ||
| 3-6, Cal26 | 15:00 | Weber pass completion to the right to Decker for 26 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 15:00 | Ellestad PAT - GOOD. | |
| 14:52 | Minnesota kicks off. Vereen returns 25 yards to the Cal29. | |
| California - 14:47 | ||
| 1-10, Cal29 | 14:47 | Best rush left for 4 yards to the Cal33. |
| 2-6, Cal33 | 14:47 | Riley sacked by Small for a 1 yard loss to the Cal32. |
| 3-7, Cal32 | 14:47 | Riley pass completion to the right to Boateng for 9 yards to the Cal41. |
| 1-10, Cal41 | 13:02 | Best rush right for 6 yards to the Cal47. |
| 2-4, Cal47 | 13:02 | Riley pass completion to the right to Vereen for 9 yards to the Minn44. |
| 1-10, Minn44 | 13:02 | Vereen rush right for 2 yards to the Minn42. |
| 2-8, Minn42 | 11:37 | Riley pass completion to the left to Tucker for 15 yards to the Minn27. |
| 1-10, Minn27 | 11:37 | Riley incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Minn27 | 10:43 | Vereen rush middle for -3 yards to the Minn30. |
| 3-13, Minn30 | 10:43 | Riley pass completion to the left to Jones for 0 yards to the Minn30. |
| 4-13, Minn30 | 9:49 | 47 yard field goal attempt by D'Amato is NO GOOD. |
| Minnesota - 9:18 | ||
| 1-10, Minn30 | 9:18 | Decker incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Minn30 | 9:18 | Bennett rush middle for 3 yards to the Minn33. |
| 3-7, Minn33 | 9:18 | Weber incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-7, Minn33 | 8:30 | Haudan punts. No return. Ball on Cal26. |
| California - 8:23 | ||
| 1-10, Cal26 | 8:23 | Riley pass completion to the right to Tucker for 4 yards to the Cal30. |
| 2-6, Cal30 | 8:23 | Best rush middle for 3 yards to the Cal33. |
| 3-3, Cal33 | 7:18 | Riley pass completion to the right to Best for 9 yards to the Cal42. |
| 1-10, Cal42 | 7:18 | Riley incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Cal42 | 6:33 | Riley pass completion to the middle to Boateng for 20 yards to the Minn38. |
| 1-10, Minn38 | 6:33 | Best rush right for 3 yards to the Minn35. |
| 2-7, Minn35 | 5:49 | Best rush middle for 5 yards to the Minn30. |
| 3-2, Minn30 | 5:49 | Vereen rush middle for 3 yards to the Minn27. |
| 1-10, Minn27 | 4:09 | Riley incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Minn27 | 4:09 | Best rush left for 27 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 4:09 | Demopoulos PAT - GOOD. | |
| 3:47 | California kicks off. No return. Ball on Minn40. | |
| Minnesota - 3:47 | ||
| 1-10, Minn40 | 3:47 | Eskridge rush middle for 12 yards to the Cal48. |
| 1-10, Cal48 | 3:47 | Eskridge rush right for 3 yards to the Cal45. |
| 2-7, Cal45 | 3:02 | Weber incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-7, Cal45 | 2:34 | Weber incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-7, Cal45 | 2:34 | Haudan punts. No return. Ball on Cal8. |
| California - 2:34 | ||
| 1-10, Cal8 | 2:34 | Best rush middle for -2 yards to the Cal6. |
| 2-12, Cal5 | 2:05 | Vereen rush middle for 5 yards to the Cal10. |
| 2-12, Cal10 | 1:34 | Minnesota time out. |
| 3-7, Cal10 | 1:34 | Vereen rush middle for 2 yards to the Cal12. |
| 4-5, Cal12 | 1:34 | Anger punts. No return. Ball on Minn45. |
| Minnesota - 1:34 | ||
| 4-5, Cal12 | 1:34 | California penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-10, Cal40 | 1:00 | Weber pass completion to the middle to Green for 16 yards to the Cal24. |
| 1-10, Cal13 | 0:46 | Weber pass completion to the left to Decker for 13 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 0:46 | Ellestad PAT - GOOD. | |
| 0:40 | Minnesota kicks off. Vereen returns 9 yards to the Cal11. | |
| California - 0:35 | ||
| 1-10, Cal11 | 0:35 | Riley rush middle for -2 yards to the Cal9. |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| California - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | California kicks off. Touchback. Ball on Minn20. | |
| Minnesota - 15:00 | ||
| 1-10, Minn20 | 15:00 | Eskridge rush middle for 2 yards to the Minn22. |
| 2-8, Minn22 | 15:00 | Weber pass completion to the right to Hoese for 3 yards to the Minn25. |
| 3-5, Minn25 | 14:14 | Weber sacked by Bishop for a 9 yard loss to the Minn16. |
| 4-14, Minn16 | 14:14 | Haudan punts. No return. Anthony returns 0 yards to the Minn46. |
| 1-10, Cal46 | 14:14 | Weber pass completion to the right to Decker for 2 yards to the Cal44. |
| 2-8, Cal44 | 12:29 | Bennett rush right for 1 yard to the Cal43. |
| 3-7, Cal43 | 11:58 | Weber pass completion to the middle to Tow-Arnett for 14 yards to the Cal29. |
| 1-10, Cal29 | 11:22 | Bennett rush right for -1 yards to the Cal30. |
| 2-11, Cal30 | 11:22 | Carpenter rush left for 11 yards to the Cal19. |
| 2-11, Cal30 | 11:22 | Carpenter fumbles, Payne of California recovers and returns 0 yards to the Cal18. |
| California - 11:22 | ||
| 1-10, Cal18 | 11:22 | Best rush middle for 2 yards to the Cal20. |
| 2-8, Cal20 | 11:22 | Best rush middle for 5 yards to the Cal25. |
| 3-5, Cal25 | 11:22 | Riley rush middle for 3 yards to the Cal28. |
| 4-2, Cal28 | 8:43 | Anger punts. No return. Ball on Minn13. |
| Minnesota - 8:11 | ||
| 1-10, Minn13 | 8:11 | Eskridge rush middle for 3 yards to the Minn16. |
| 2-7, Minn15 | 7:42 | Weber sacked by Alualu for a 8 yard loss to the Minn7. |
| 3-15, Minn7 | 6:43 | Weber pass completion to the middle to Tow-Arnett for 5 yards to the Minn12. |
| 4-10, Minn12 | 6:22 | Haudan punts. Thompson returns 9 yards to the Cal44. |
| California - 5:49 | ||
| 1-10, Cal44 | 5:49 | Riley incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Cal44 | 5:49 | Riley pass completion to the right to Vereen for 8 yards to the Minn48. |
| 3-2, Minn48 | 5:49 | Vereen rush right for 0 yards to the Minn48. |
| 4-2, Minn48 | 4:33 | Anger punts. No return. Ball on Minn23. |
| Minnesota - 4:11 | ||
| 1-10, Minn23 | 4:11 | Weber pass completion to the right to Green for 14 yards to the Minn37. |
| 1-10, Minn37 | 4:11 | Weber pass completion to the middle to Decker for 23 yards to the Cal40. |
| 1-10, Cal40 | 3:31 | Weber pass completion to the right to Stoudermire for 1 yard to the Cal39. |
| 2-9, Cal39 | 3:31 | Bennett rush left for 6 yards to the Cal33. |
| 3-3, Cal33 | 3:31 | Weber pass completion to the right to Decker for 17 yards to the Cal16. |
| 1-10, Cal16 | 1:14 | Bennett rush left for 9 yards to the Cal7. |
| 2-1, Cal7 | 1:05 | Decker pass completion to the left to Gray for 7 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 1:05 | Ellestad PAT - GOOD. | |
| 0:29 | Minnesota kicks off. Vereen returns 23 yards to the Cal49. | |
| California - 0:24 | ||
| 1-10, Cal49 | 0:24 | Riley incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Minn50 | 0:17 | Riley pass completion to the left to Best for 5 yards to the Minn45. |
| 2-10, Minn50 | 0:17 | California penalized -10 yards. |
| 4th Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| California - 15:00 | ||
| 3-15, Cal45 | 15:00 | Riley incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-15, Cal45 | 15:00 | Riley incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-15, Cal45 | 14:47 | Anger punts. No return. Ball on Minn2. |
| Minnesota - 14:40 | ||
| 1-10, Minn2 | 14:40 | Bennett rush middle for 1 yard to the Minn3. |
| 2-9, Minn3 | 14:40 | Weber pass completion to the middle to Decker for 11 yards to the Minn14. |
| 1-10, Minn14 | 13:27 | Bennett rush middle for -4 yards to the Minn10. |
| 2-14, Minn10 | 13:27 | California penalized 15 yards. |
| 2-14, Minn25 | 12:38 | California time out. |
| 1-10, Minn25 | 12:38 | Weber pass completion to the right to Hoese for 1 yard to the Minn26. |
| 2-9, Minn26 | 12:17 | Eskridge rush right for 0 yards to the Minn26. |
| 3-9, Minn26 | 11:22 | Weber incomplete pass to the left. |
| 4-9, Minn26 | 11:06 | Haudan punts. No return. Ball on Cal27. |
| California - 10:59 | ||
| 1-10, Cal27 | 10:59 | Best rush left for -2 yards to the Cal25. |
| 2-12, Cal25 | 10:59 | Riley rush middle for 1 yard to the Cal26. |
| 3-11, Cal26 | 10:59 | California penalized -5 yards. |
| 3-16, Cal21 | 10:59 | Riley pass completion to the left to Ross for 35 yards to the Minn44. |
| 1-10, Minn43 | 8:48 | Riley incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Minn43 | 8:33 | Riley pass completion to the middle to Curran for 11 yards to the Minn32. |
| 1-10, Minn32 | 8:33 | Riley pass completion to the right to Ross for 31 yards to the Minn1. |
| 1-1, Minn1 | 8:33 | Best rush middle for 0 yards to the Minn1. |
| 2-1, Minn1 | 7:33 | Best rush right for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 7:33 | Demopoulos PAT - GOOD. | |
| 7:14 | California kicks off. Thomas returns 9 yards to the Minn38. | |
| Minnesota - 7:08 | ||
| 1-10, Minn38 | 7:08 | Weber pass to the left intercepted by Mohamed and returned 0 yards. |
| California - 7:01 | ||
| 1-10, Minn44 | 7:01 | Best rush middle for 2 yards to the Minn42. |
| 2-8, Minn42 | 7:01 | Best rush middle for 2 yards to the Minn40. |
| 3-6, Minn40 | 7:01 | Best rush left for 5 yards to the Minn35. |
| 4-1, Minn35 | 7:01 | Riley rush middle for 1 yard to the Minn34. |
| 1-10, Minn34 | 7:01 | Riley pass completion to the middle to Miller for 26 yards to the Minn8. |
| 1-8, Minn8 | 4:25 | Best rush middle for 3 yards to the Minn5. |
| 1-8, Minn5 | 3:53 | California time out. |
| 2-5, Minn5 | 3:53 | Riley pass completion to the right to Best for 3 yards to the Minn2. |
| 3-2, Minn2 | 3:38 | Best rush left for 2 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 3:38 | Demopoulos PAT - GOOD. | |
| 2:59 | California kicks off. Stoudermire returns 7 yards to the Minn32. | |
| Minnesota - 2:54 | ||
| 1-10, Minn32 | 2:54 | Weber pass completion to the middle to Tow-Arnett for 7 yards to the Minn39. |
| 2-3, Minn39 | 2:14 | Weber pass completion to the left to Decker for 24 yards to the Cal37. |
| 1-10, Cal37 | 2:14 | Weber incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-10, Cal37 | 2:14 | Weber incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-10, Cal37 | 2:14 | Weber pass completion to the right to Bennett for 0 yards to the Cal37. |
| 3-10, Cal37 | 1:52 | Minnesota time out. |
| 4-10, Cal37 | 1:52 | Weber pass to the right intercepted by Hill and returned 0 yards. |
| California - 1:45 | ||
| 1-10, Cal37 | 1:45 | Best rush middle for -6 yards to the Cal31. |
| 1-10, Cal31 | 1:41 | California time out. |
| 2-16, Cal31 | 1:41 | Best rush right for -2 yards to the Cal29. |
| 3-18, Cal29 | 1:00 | Best rush middle for 6 yards to the Cal35. |
| 3-18, Cal35 | 0:50 | Minnesota time out. |
| 4-12, Cal35 | 0:50 | Anger punts. No return. Ball on Minn27. |
| Minnesota - 0:45 | ||
| 1-10, Cal27 | 0:45 | Minnesota penalized -10 yards. |
| 1-20, Minn17 | 0:45 | Weber pass completion to the middle to Carpenter for 15 yards to the Minn32. |
| 2-5, Minn32 | 0:23 | Weber pass to the middle intercepted by Mohamed and returned 0 yards. |
| California - 0:04 | ||
| 1-10, Minn46 | 0:04 | Riley rush middle for -2 yards to the Minn48. |










