Last time Oregon State and Cal met...
Oct. 13, 2007 in Berkeley - Oregon State 31, No. 2 Cal 28
Oregon State and undefeated No. 2-ranked California met in front of a sellout crowd at Berkeley and the Beavers deprived the Golden Bears of an opportunity to rise to No. 1 (top-ranked LSU had lost earlier in the day) by winning a 31-28 thriller.

OSU took a 31-21 lead midway through the fourth quarters only to see Cal backup QB Kevin Riley mount a comeback. Cal scored a touchdown to draw within three points with 2:31 to play. The Bear defense forced an OSU punt and Cal took over at its own 5-yard line with 1:27 to play and no timeouts.

Riley drove the Bears all the way to the OSU 12-yard line with 14 seconds left, but was forced to scramble and was tackled with no timeouts and Cal did not have enough time left to get the field goal unit on the field.... more from BF.com

Last time Cal played in Corvallis...
Sept. 30, 2006 in Corvallis - #20 California 41 , Oregon State 13
California and Oregon State met early in the season at Corvallis and the Golden Bears jumped out to a 31-0 first-half lead and cruised in with a 41-13 victory.

Cal QB Nate Longshore completed 22-of-31 passes for 341 yards and four TDs to spearhead the Bear attack. WR Lavelle Hawkins had 128 receiving yards and a TD on six receptions.

California's defense limited OSU to 56 yards rushing and posted four QB sacks. Beaver PK Alexis Serna hit a 58-yard field goal to tie the school record for longest field goal. ... more from BF.com.

Last time Cal played...
Nov. 8, 2008 in Los Angeles - No. 7 USC 17, No. 21 Cal 3
Mark Sanchez threw two touchdown passes, and No. 7 USC's defense battered No. 21 California in a 17-3 victory.

The win was the sixth straight for the Trojans (8-1, 6-1 Pac-10), who have outscored the opposition 231-23 since losing 27-21 as 25-point favorites at Oregon State. The Trojans came in averaging 40.25 points and the Bears (6-3, 5-1) were averaging 36.4, with a single-game low of 24 ... more from CalBears.com.

Last time Oregon State played...
Nov. 8, 2008 in Pasadena - Oregon State 34, UCLA 6
FLEXING THEIR DEFENSIVE muscles, and capitalizing on the legs of record setting sensation Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon State overcame key first half mistakes to win going away 34-6 over UCLA on Saturday to become bowl eligible. OSU's stop corps owned the line of scrimmage, DT Stephen Paea and DE Victor Butler spent so much time in UCLA's backfield their mail will probably be delivered there next week.

And sometimes, stats don't lie. Quizz went over the 1,000 yard mark on the season in the first half, over the 100-yard mark for the game near the end of the third quarter, (finishing unofficially with 144 hashes on the day) and then in the fourth quarter, Quizz broke the all-time ... more from the BeaverFootball.com.

Series history (Cal leads 33-27, 11-11 in Corvallis).
California and Oregon State have met 60 times dating to 1905 with the Golden Bears leading the series 33-27.

The teams have split the last four matchups with the road team winning each time. Before that OSU had a five game winning streak in the series. OSU is 7-2 versus the Bears since 1999.

Cal has won the last two games in Reser Stadium in convincing fashion recording a 41-13 win in 2006 and a 49-7 victory in 2004.

The last 10 OSU/Cal  matchups.

Cal connections.
Oregon State mentor Mike Riley coached then quarterback and current California head coach Jeff Tedford during the 1988 Canadian Football League season in Winnipeg. The Bombers won the Grey Cup title that season and Riley was named the Coach of the Year.

Tedford signed his first professional contract in 1983 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, who were coached by Bud Riley (Mike’s father).

Riley also has another connection. He was a defensive graduate assistant in 1975, the last time Cal won the conference title.

Cal offensive line coach Jim Michalczik was Oregon State’s offensive line/special teams coach from 1999-2001 while defensive back coach Al Simmons coached in Corvallis from 2001-02 as the secondary coach.

2008 statistical leaders.