Duke Blue Devils vs. California Golden Bears

Oct 4, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DUKE	7	24	0	14	45
CAL	14	7	0	0	21

Game Recap

Duke starts slow then rolls past California 45-21. Duke quarterback Darian Mensah passed for 265 yards and two touchdowns, helping the Blue Devils rally and beat California 45-21 on Saturday night.

Scoring Summary

DUKECAL

Q19:11Jordan King 6 Yd pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (Chase Meyer Kick).07
Q15:20Kendrick Raphael 5 Yd Run (Chase Meyer Kick).014
Q12:38Nate Sheppard 12 Yd Run (Todd Pelino Kick).714
Q212:17Kendrick Raphael 4 Yd Run (Chase Meyer Kick).721
Q27:47Anderson Castle 2 Yd Run (Todd Pelino Kick).1421
Q25:50Que'Sean Brown 26 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick).2121
Q21:10Anderson Castle 1 Yd Run (Todd Pelino Kick).2821
Q20:00Todd Pelino 25 Yd Field Goal.3121
Q48:22Cooper Barkate 10 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick).3821
Q45:50Nate Sheppard 46 Yd Run (Todd Pelino Kick).4521

Game Drives

1st Quarter

Touchdown — 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:49
07
Punt — 4 plays, -9 yards, 1:44
07
Touchdown — 5 plays, 55 yards, 2:07
014
Touchdown — 8 plays, 77 yards, 2:42
714

2nd Quarter

Touchdown — 11 plays, 80 yards, 5:21
721
Touchdown — 10 plays, 58 yards, 4:30
1421
Interception — 2 plays, 29 yards, 0:48
1421
Touchdown — 3 plays, 62 yards, 1:09
2121
Punt — 3 plays, -12 yards, 2:11
2121
Touchdown — 6 plays, 38 yards, 2:29
2821
Punt — 3 plays, -15 yards, 0:23
2821
End of Half — 6 plays, 53 yards, 0:47
3121

3rd Quarter

Punt — 3 plays, 2 yards, 1:39
3121
Interception — 7 plays, 38 yards, 3:14
3121
Punt — 3 plays, 2 yards, 1:36
3121
Punt — 3 plays, -6 yards, 1:39
3121
Punt — 3 plays, -6 yards, 1:56
3121
Punt — 6 plays, 16 yards, 3:16
3121

4th Quarter

Punt — 7 plays, 40 yards, 2:56
3121
Punt — 3 plays, 6 yards, 1:23
3121
Touchdown — 6 plays, 55 yards, 3:59
3821
Interception — 4 plays, 23 yards, 1:37
3821
Touchdown — 2 plays, 51 yards, 0:55
4521
Interception — 3 plays, 0 yards, 1:11
4521
End of Game — 7 plays, 21 yards, 4:39
4521

Team Stats

DUKE

CAL

45Points21

443Total Yards286

265Pass Yards245

178Rush Yards41

31:03Time of Possession28:57

24First Downs20

6Touchdowns3

1(1)Field Goals(Attempts)0(0)

0Turnovers4

63Penalty Yards43

Game Details

Saturday, October 4, 2025 · 10:30 PM

California Memorial Stadium · Berkeley, CA

attendance: 42,240 (67.6%)