CALIFORNIA, Pa. -- The Edinboro football team returns to action on Saturday with a trip to California (PA).

THE GAME
Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. at Adamson Stadium. The game will be broadcast on PSAC Digital Network and California Athletics will provide live stats.

SERIES HISTORY
Cal leads 52-37-2
Last Edinboro Win: Oct. 11, 2025, 35-29
Last Cal Win: Nov. 9, 2024, 28-14
Largest Margin of Victory: Oct. 15, 1994
Largest Margin of Victory Cal: Nov. 5, 2016, 52-7

LAST TIME OUT EDINBORO
The Scots battled No. 9 IUP before falling 46-44 in double overtime. The Scots tied the game as time expired on a Nathan Baker 51-yard field goal, but the Crimson Hawks won the game with a walk-off two-point conversion in the second overtime. Nico Marchitelli passed for 318 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 41 more and another score. Parker Hoff paced the defense with 10 tackles while Sunday Ikegwuonu returned a fumble 40-yards for a defensive score.

LAST TIME OUT CALIFORNIA (PA)
The Vulcans are now 2-3 overall and 0-2 in PSAC West play after falling 29-0 to Seton Hill last Saturday. Cal posted 22 yards of total offense. Wilfredo Diaz paced the defense with 12 tackles, five solos. Tajuan Bandy added nine tackles, one sack, a forced fumble and an interception.

HONOR ROLL
Baker earned the PSAC West Special Teams Player of the Week after hitting a 51-yard field goal as time expired to send the Scots to overtime with No. 9 IUP on Saturday. It was the longest field goal by an Edinboro kicker since 2000. It was the fourth longest field goal in Edinboro history.
Montrice Webster added his name to the PSAC West Player of the Week list for his performance against Bloomsburg in Week 2. He made seven total tackles, four solo, three for a loss and forced a fumble that set up the only touchdown of the game.
Ty Reali was named the PSAC West Defensive Player of the Week in Week 1. He led the Scots with 12 total tackles and seven of them being solo. He also stopped an Ohio Dominican drive with an interception at the Scot 3-yard line. The pick set up the Scots 13-play, 95-yard game-tying touchdown drive.

KEEPING IT CLEAN
The Scots are seventh in Division II with just 195 total penalty yards. Their 39.0 penalty yards per game is the eighth best mark in nation and atop the PSAC. Edinboro has turned the ball over six times in five games ranking sixth in the PSAC and 34th in the country.

DEEP THREAT
Jeremiah Neeley has made multiple long catches this season with touchdowns of 54 yards and an 80-yarder at the end of the game against West Chester. The catch against the Golden Rams was the first catch of over 80 yards by a Scots since TaNauz Gregory made an 82 yard catch against Seton Hill on Oct. 28, 2017. Neeley hauled in 10 balls for 140 yards and a long of 34 against Clarion last Saturday. Neeley has surpassed the century mark in back-to-back games after  catching seven passes for 106 yards against IUP. He ranks second in the PSAC with 467 yards and 93.4 yards per game receiving. 

INSIDE EDINBORO FOOTBALL
On this week show, host Joe Lodanosky and head coach Eric Crandall look back at IUP and ahead to Cal. Nico Marchitelli joins as the Featured Fighting Scot.