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Mistakes doom Cal in 59-41 loss to No. 6 Oregon

Marcus Mariota matched his season high with five touchdown passes and broke the Oregon record for career passing yards in the Ducks' 59-41 victory Friday night in the first college game at Levi's Stadium. The Ducks forced a fumble by Goff deep in Cal territory to set up Aidan Schneider's 24-yard field goal in the first half. Oregon also stopped the Bears on fourth-and-1 near midfield, and Mariota capitalized with a 9-yard touchdown pass Pharaoh Brown. "There were a lot of mistakes on our part, tackling and just running to the ball," said Bears safety Stefan McClure, who picked off Mariota's pass in the end zone after it was deflected by a pair of Cal players. Mariota pushed his career total to 8,625 yards, breaking Bill Musgrave's record of 8,343 on the Ducks' opening possession with the first of two touchdown throws to Dwayne Stanford. Royce Freeman ran for 112 yards and two touchdowns to overcome a critical early turnover, and Charles Nelson scored on a 58-yard punt return to help Oregon (7-1, 4-1 Pac-12) win its sixth straight against Cal. Backup quarterback Luke Rubenzer scored on a 12-yard keeper up the middle, then freshman Vic Enwere added a 19-yard touchdown run after he bounced off a pair of defenders at the 5, spun and stumbled into the end zone to give Cal a 14-7 lead.

 

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