North Carolina at California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| North Carolina | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 | |
| California | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | Final |
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| 12:48 | California touchdown. Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele 3 Yd Run (Chase Meyer Kick) |
| 4:48 | North Carolina touchdown. Benjamin Hall 18 Yd Run (Rece Verhoff Kick) |
| 0:42 | California touchdown. Jacob De Jesus 7 Yd pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (Chase Meyer Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter |
| 6:14 | North Carolina field goal. Rece Verhoff 41 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter |
| 9:22 | California touchdown. Kendrick Raphael 2 Yd Run (Chase Meyer Kick) |
| 4th Quarter |
| 12:14 | North Carolina touchdown. Davion Gause 4 Yd Run (Gio Lopez Pass to Benjamin Hall for Two-Point Conversion) |
| Team stats |
| First down | North Carolina | California |
| Total first downs | 18 | 19 |
| First downs from rushing | | |
| First downs from passing | | |
| First downs from penalties | | |
| Third down | North Carolina | California |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 16 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 6 |
| Third down percentage | 36 % | 38 % |
| Fourth down | North Carolina | California |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | North Carolina | California |
| Total yards | 287 | 294 |
| Total rushing yards | 120 | 80 |
| Total passing yards | 167 | 214 |
| Total offensive plays | | |
| Average yards per play | | |
| Time of possession | 31:10 | 28:50 |
| Rushing | North Carolina | California |
| Total rushing plays | 29 | 31 |
| Total rushing yards | 120 | 80 |
| Average yards per rush | 4.1 | 2.6 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| Passing | North Carolina | California |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties | North Carolina | California |
| Penalties committed | 4 | 9 |
| Penalty yards | 46 | 79 |
| Turnovers | North Carolina | California |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | | |
| Fumbles | | |
| Fumbles lost | 3 | 0 |
| Rushing |
| North Carolina | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long |
| Benjamin Hall | 14 | 68 | 4.9 | 1 | 18 |
| Davion Gause | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 1 | 17 |
| Gio Lopez | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Demon June | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 |
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| California | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long |
| Kendrick Raphael | 22 | 81 | 3.7 | 1 | 16 |
| LJ Johnson Jr. | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Jacob De Jesus | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele | 5 | -8 | -1.6 | 1 | 3 |
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| Passing |
| North Carolina | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Gio Lopez | 35 | 19 | 54 % | 167 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| California | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele | 39 | 21 | 54 % | 209 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Devin Brown | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Receiving |
| North Carolina | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long |
| Kobe Paysour | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 0 | 37 |
| Shanard Clower | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 31 |
| Jordan Shipp | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Nathan Leacock | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Connor Cox | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Benjamin Hall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Davion Gause | 0 | -2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Culliver | 0 | -4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gio Lopez | 0 | -6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| California | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long |
| Jacob De Jesus | 13 | 105 | 8.1 | 1 | 23 |
| Jordan King | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 23 |
| QuaRon Adams | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Kendrick Raphael | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 |
| Mark Hamper | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Mason Mini | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| LJ Johnson Jr. | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
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| Fumbles |
| North Carolina | Lost | Recovered | Total |
| Nathan Leacock | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Davion Gause | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shanard Clower | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| California | Lost | Recovered | Total |
| Jacob De Jesus | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cam Sidney | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brent Austin | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dru Polidore Jr. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Interceptions |
| North Carolina | Total | Yards | Int TDs |
| None |
| |
| California | Total | Yards | Int TDs |
| None |
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| Defense |
| North Carolina | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD |
| Will Hardy | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Khmori House | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Kaleb Cost | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Jaiden Patterson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| D'Antre Robinson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Andrew Simpson | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Leroy Jackson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
| CJ Mims | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Gavin Gibson | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Tyler Thompson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Greg Smith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Isaiah Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Caleb Hood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Malcolm Ziglar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Smith Vilbert | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Mikai Gbayor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Coleman Bryson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Joseph Mupoyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Melkart Abou Jaoude | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Daniel Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Timir Hickman-Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Austin Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Xavier Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| California | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD |
| Cade Uluave | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Luke Ferrelli | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Cam Sidney | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Aidan Keanaaina | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Dru Polidore Jr. | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Aiden Manutai | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Jayden Wayne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Chris Victor | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Brent Austin | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
| T.J. Bollers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Hezekiah Masses | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Ja'ir Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Jasiah Wagoner | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| TJ Bush Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Rino Monteforte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Khamani Hudson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Derek Wilkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Harrison Taggart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Michael Luckhurst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Anthony League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Zae Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
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| Kick returns |
| North Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD |
| Jaylen McGill | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 32 | | 0 |
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| California | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD |
| Jacob De Jesus | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | | 0 |
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| Punt returns |
| North Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD |
| Will Hardy | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
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| California | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD |
| Jacob De Jesus | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kyion Grayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Kicking |
| North Carolina | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points |
| Rece Verhoff | 1/1 | 41 | 1/1 | 4 |
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| California | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points |
| Chase Meyer | 0/0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 |
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| Punting |
| North Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long |
| Tom Maginness | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 0 | | |
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| California | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long |
| Michael Kern | 7 | 259 | 37.0 | 0 | | |
| Brook Honore Jr. | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | | |
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Last updated on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 6:16 AM.
