Cal kicker Matt Anderson moves into school’s record book

Photo: Jeff Chiu, Associated Press California place kicker Matt Anderson (9) is lifted by teammates...

Cal junior placekicker Matt Anderson’s future is secure.

He’s got a team-best cumulative grade-point average while studying business administration and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of TV and Radio Artists for his roles in commercials and the movie “Milk.”

Now, he’s got something equally impressive to put on his resume for the job he wants to seek first: a spot in the NFL. With a career-high five field goals, four of them in the first half, Saturday, Anderson became Cal’s single-season leading scorer for the modern era.

He connected on field goals of 43, 25, 44 and 24 yards to give the Bears a 12-0 lead over UCLA at halftime and added a 19-yarder in the fourth quarter. Anderson was 22-of-26 on field-goal attempts this season and 51-of-51 on extra-point tries, for 117 points.

Mark Jensen had 107 in 2002, and Duke Morrison had 131 in 1922.

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“Football is 100 percent the first priority,” Anderson said this month. “Getting a shot to play at the next level would be something that I’d be foolish to let slip away.”

Senior start: Fifth-year senior receiver Patrick Worstell got his first start in last home game.

As an ode to his favorite lacrosse player, Brendan Looney, who went on to become a Navy SEAL and died in a helicopter crash, Worstell makes bracelets and donates the $3 he gets for each one.

“I wanted to do something to give back to the veterans and the men and women who serve us,” said Worstell, who writes “Defending Freedom” and “Wounded Warrior Project” on the bracelets. “Hopefully, I can build on it later.”

Rivera returns: In town for the Panthers’ game against the Raiders on Sunday, Carolina head coach Ron Rivera watched Saturday’s game from the Cal sideline.

Rivera was a star linebacker at Cal from 1980-83 and played for the Chicago Bears from 1984-92. He said he hadn’t been to a game in Berkeley for more than 20 years, but the chance to see the final game of nephew Bug Rivera’s career was encouragement enough.

“This brings back tremendous memories,” Ron Rivera said.

Rusty Simmons is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.