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5 crazy numbers from Cal's marathon win over Oregon

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Late night Pac-12 games are known to have wild finishes, but Friday's contest between Cal and Oregon took it to a whole different level.

With the conference's two worst defenses clashing, there was bound to be points, but there were some eye-popping numbers to emerge from the contest.

Let's look at five figures that jump off the final box score:

101

Oddsmakers set the over/under at 89.5, marking the highest number in college football history. After a slow start to the game, the Golden Bears picked up the slack, running out to a 31-14 lead at halftime, exactly half the total needed to keep the game on pace to hit 90 points. Oregon's offense caught fire in the second half, but Cal had a chance to win the game with a 41-yard field goal at the buzzer, and keep the total under 89.5. The attempt would miss, and the Ducks shattered the dreams of anybody who bet the under by scoring on their second play of overtime. The final total would be 101, clearing the over/under by 11.5 points.

279 yards

The field could've been painted yellow for the amount of penalty flags thrown Friday. Both teams displayed a shocking level of undisciplined activity, combining for an insane 28 penalties for a whopping 279 yards.

4:19

The game kicked off at 10:37 p.m. ET, and ended just after 2:55 a.m., marking a total time of four hours and 19 minutes. It's probably a good thing the game took place on a Friday, because anybody on the east coast who watched the end would be useless at work.

118

Thanks to the extra overtime periods, Cal set a new FBS record by running 118 plays on offense. The two offenses ran a ridiculous 203 combined plays, just six shy of the FBS record for an individual game.

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Through the first 202 plays, remarkably neither team turned the ball over. Play 203 would be the unlucky one for Oregon, as quarterback Justin Herbert was intercepted to end the marathon contest.

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