CALIFORNIA (7-4 OVERALL, 5-3 PAC-10)

Noon Saturday at Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Calif.; FSN, 950-AM

Coach: Jeff Tedford, 57-30 in seventh season at Cal.

Last week: The Bears were off. The week before, Cal defeated Stanford in the annual Big Game, 37-16. Tailback Jahvid Best rushed for 201 yards and three touchdowns and was honored as Pacific-10 Conference offensive player of the week. Tailback Shane Vereen and tight end Cameron Morrah caught scoring passes from Kevin Riley as Cal blew the game open early in the second half.

Against the Huskies: Washington leads 47-37-4 in a series that dates to 1916. Cal has won five of the past six, but UW won last season, 37-23, at Husky Stadium. The Golden Bears have won the past two in Berkeley.

Washington connections: Two Cal players attended Washington high schools: senior LB Anthony Felder (Seattle/O’Dea) and freshman DT Trevor Guyton (Woodinville/Redmond). The UW roster includes six players from Northern California. UW offensive coordinator Tim Lappano coached at Cal from 1992 to 1995 and secondary coach J.D. Williams coached there from 2002 to 2005. Cal assistant head coach Jim Michalczik is a Seattle native.

Scouting report: The Golden Bears average 32 points a game and allow 21.4. The latter figure is second best in the Pac-10 behind USC. Cal’s defense leads the league in interceptions (21), turnover margin, red-zone defense and opponents’ fourth-down conversion rate. Cal is second in pass-efficiency defense. … Best leads the Pac-10 in all-purpose yards and in kick return average. He is the No. 2 runner, trailing Oregon State’s Jacquizz Rodgers. Riley is seventh in pass efficiency and eighth in all-purpose yards. Riley has been starting ahead of Nate Longshore, but both have played. Felder is the No. 6 tackler in the conference.

Did you know: California is the last team Washington has beaten. On Nov. 17, 2007, the Huskies ran for 334 yards in a 37-24 win at Husky Stadium. Since then, UW has lost 13 consecutive games, which is a school record and the longest current streak in the NCAA Bowl Subdivision.

Statistical leaders

PassingAttCompPctYardsTDInt

Kevin Riley21410950.91,342146

Nate Longshore1337858.684684

RushingAttYardsAvgTD

Jahvid Best1551,0837.09

Shane Vereen1246305.13

ReceivingRecYardsAvgTD

Jahvid Best272469.11

Nyan Boateng2520016.15

Cameron Morrah2328512.47

PuntingPuntsAvgBlk

Bryan Anger6344.11

Field goalsAttMadeLong

David Seawright7537

Giorgio Tavecchio9742

Cal’s schedule

Aug. 30, Michigan StateW, 38-31

Sept. 6, at Washington St. W, 66-3

Sept. 13, at MarylandL, 35-27

Sept. 27, Colorado StateW, 42-7

Oct. 4, Arizona StateW, 24-14

Oct. 18, at ArizonaL, 42-27

Oct. 25, UCLAW, 41-20

Nov. 1, OregonW, 26-16

Nov. 8, at USCL, 17-3

Nov. 15, at Oregon StateL, 34-21

Nov. 22, StanfordW, 37-16

SaturdayWashington

Don Ruiz, The News Tribune