Sagapolutele throws TD pass to De Jesus in OT, California tops No. 14 Louisville 29-26

Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw a 3-yard touchdown walk to Jacob De Jesus successful overtime and California bushed No. 14 Louisville 29-26 connected Saturday nighttime for its archetypal triumph implicit a ranked squad successful its past 15 attempts

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw a 3-yard touchdown walk to Jacob De Jesus successful overtime and California bushed No. 14 Louisville 29-26 connected Saturday nighttime for its archetypal triumph implicit a ranked squad successful its past 15 attempts.

The Golden Bears (6-4, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) elected to spell for the triumph connected 4th down and succeeded arsenic Sagapolutele rolled to the near and deed De Jesus, who leaped for the pylon to extremity a slugfest featuring 4 ties successful regulation. Cal went connected defence aft winning the flip and held the Cardinals to Cooper Ranvier's 49-yard tract goal.

Sagapolutele completed 30 of 47 passes for 323 yards and 2 touchdowns to assistance the Bears halt a two-game descent and go vessel eligible for the 3rd consecutive season. They outgained Louisville 427-351, including 350-203 done the air.

Miller Moss was 20 of 38 for 203 yards and rushed for a touchdown for Louisville (7-2, 4-2, No. 15 CFP) which had won 3 consecutive since an overtime location nonaccomplishment to Virginia. Keyjaun Brown ran for 136 yards connected 14 carries, and Duke Watson rushed for a score.

A infinitesimal of soundlessness was held earlier the crippled to grant victims of a UPS cargo level clang that killed 14 connected Tuesday astatine adjacent Muhammad Ali International Airport.

California: The Bears scored connected 5 consecutive possessions but couldn't physique connected immoderate leads. Given different accidental successful OT, they recovered their discourtesy again and came distant with a large win.

Louisville: The Cardinals led astir of the archetypal fractional but again had to rally aft halftime. They succeeded successful tying it, but couldn't halt the Bears' assertive discourtesy successful OT.

California: At Stanford connected Nov. 22.

Louisville: Hosts Clemson adjacent Saturday.

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