“We knew on Monday after that practice that we were going to do something special today,” Garbers said. The Golden Bears had more than 40 positive tests in all for the program, leading to last week's game against Southern California to be postponed.īut nearly all of those players were back on Saturday and Cal delivered a thorough beating of Stanford (3-8, 2-7) with a Big Game record 636 yards of offense, including 352 on the ground.
Garbers was one of more than 20 players from Cal (4-6, 3-4 Pac-12) to miss the game at Arizona two weeks ago following a positive test. “You could tell they had that don’t-be-denied attitude throughout the entire game.” “It was a lot of fun to watch,” coach Justin Wilcox said. Now that California had nearly its entire team back, the Golden Bears delivered a record-breaking Big Game performance.Ĭhase Garbers returned from a bout with COVID-19 to throw the longest pass in the history of the rivalry against Stanford, leading California to a 41-11 victory on Saturday. Garbers returns from COVID to lead Cal past Stanford 41-11Ĭollege Football, Stanford Cardinal, California Golden Bears
