After traveling just over 2,000 miles across the country to Berkeley, California, the Rebels fell to the Cal Golden Bears by a final score of 27-16 in a unique Pac12-after-dark matchup. A combination of penalties, injuries, and a lack of sustained offense led to the Rebels demise.
Shea Patterson and the Rebel offense came out firing on all cylinders early, but they could not put together consecutive scoring drives. A connection from Patterson to D.K. Metcalf for 42-yards setup a Gary Wunderlich field goal on the opening drive. But on the following drive, Patterson had a tipped pass intercepted.