Final statistics

CALIFORNIA, Pa. – Josh Portis passed for 150 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for one TD Lamont Smith rushed for 194 yards Saturday afternoon to lead fourth-ranked California U. of Pa. to a 28-3 win over Slippery Rock in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division football action at Adamson Stadium.

The win was California's seventh in as many games this fall and fourth in PSAC-West competition.

The loss dropped The Rock's overall record to 5-2 and evened the Green and White's division record at 2-2.

The Rock hosts Lock Haven in a 2 p.m. game next Saturday as part of SRU's Homecoming weekend festivities. That will be the first of three home games The Rock will play in the final four weeks of its regular-season schedule.

Portis completed 10 of 13 passes to lead a 332-yard offensive attack for the Vulcans to shake off a six-sack (minus-43 yards) effort by The Rock defensive unit.

Junior linebacker Quindell Dean and sophomore defensive end Jeff Thompson each recorded two sacks for SRU, while Junior linebacker Zach Sheridan recorded a team-high 1 sacks.

The Rock offense finished the game with 153 yards in total offense, led by an 85-yard passing effort by redshirt sophomore Ryan Sabo, who completed 11 of 29 passes and threw one interception. He was 0-for-9 passing in the final half.

Junior wide receiver Devin Goda had six catches for 43 yards for The Rock.

The only Rock points came on a 33-yard field goal by senior #C.J. Bahr# midway through the second period.

The Rock shot itself in the foot on the opening kickoff as senior Jermale Cromerdie was stripped of the football and the Vulcans' Brandon Echols recovered it at the SRU 25-yard line.

Four plays later, the Vulcans converted the turnover into the game's first touchdown for a 7-0 lead with 12:57 left in the first quarter. Portis connected with Terrance Moore for a 14-yard TD to cap the drive.

The Vulcans extended the lead to 14-0 with a four-play, 76-yard scoring drive on their next possession, climaxed by a 48-yard TD pass from Portis to Derrick Jones with 6:24 left in the first period.

The Rock generated its first offensive drive of the game and scored its only points with 9:51 left in the second period when Bahr booted a 33-yard field goal to cap a 13-play, 71-yard drive.

Those proved to be the final points of the opening half.

California outgained The Rock by a 163-111 margin in total yardage behind 106 yards by Portis on a perfect 6-of-6 passing effort that included two TD tosses. The Rock defense sacked Portis twice in the first half for minus-28 yards.

Smith had 77 rushing yards on 12 carries in the first half.

Sabo was 11-of-20 passing for 85 yards in the opening half. Goda had six catches for 43 yards and redshirt freshman utilityman Mike Bongivengo two catches for 22 yards.

Satterfield was held to 20 rushing yards on 10 carries in the opening two periods.

After the teams traded punts on their opening second-half possessions, California took advantage of a short field on its second drive to push the score to 21-3 with 5:09 left in the third period. Portis hit Chedrick Cherry for an eight-yard TD to cap the seven-play, 40-yard drive.

The third period ended with California holding that 21-3 lead.

Portis scored on a five-yard run with 8:26 left to play to extend the Vulcans' lead to 28-3. The run capped an 11-play, 63-yard drive.

Notes:

For the second straight week, The Rock had a long punt return wiped out by a penalty. Doiley, who had a return for a TD negated the previous week vs. Edinboro, saw a 40-yard return to the California 40 erased by an illegal block infraction in the second quarter Saturday …Cal has now won five straight games against SRU and seven of the last eight meetings after The Rock won 13 straight from 1990-2002.