If the Armed Forces Bowl turns out to be the final game of Jared Goff’s college career, he went out with a bang.
Goff, Cal’s junior quarterback, is considered a top NFL draft prospect and showed why in a 55-36 win over Air Force. Goff threw for 467 yards and six touchdowns on the afternoon, carving up the Falcons secondary with ease. Goff’s six touchdown passes give him the Pac-12 record for most in a single season with 43.
Goff spread the ball around to a bevy of targets, led by Bryce Treggs, Kenny Lawler and Darius Powe. Treggs led the way with 143 yards and a touchdown while Lawler and Power hauled in three and two touchdowns apiece.
In all, the Golden Bears put up a whopping 586 yards offensively and scored on six straight possessions between the second and third quarters, not including the end of the first half.
Air Force used its triple option attack to put up big yardage too (434 total), but was ultimately doomed by three turnovers – two fumbles and an interception. Both fumbles proved costly. The first came in the second quarter immediately after Cal took a 21-14 lead when Falcons quarterback Karson Roberts botched a handoff to his fullback. One play later, Goff threw his third touchdown pass of the half – a beautiful 24-yard strike to Lawler – to increase the lead to 28-14.
Air Force’s second fumble basically erased all hopes of a comeback.
It came after Cal expanded its lead to 42-21 early in the third quarter. The Falcons marched all the way inside the Cal 10, but Jacobi Owens was hit and fumbled out of the side of the end zone, resulting in a touchback for Cal.
From then on out, Cal tacked on more points and cruised to a win – the program’s first bowl win since 2008. Overall, the Bears finished 8-5.
Air Force, the MWC’s Mountain division champions, finishes 8-6.
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