Washington at California

Saturday, November 12, 1921

California beat Washington 72–⁠3. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Washington led the series 3–⁠2.

AwayWashington3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1921
3
HomeCalifornia9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1921
72

FinalHigh 65°F, low 46°FAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Seattle star's story: California Should Win From Stanford Easily If Anything Is Sure in Football, the Golden Bears Should Romp Home With Coast Title; Washington Still Has Three-Point Edge Over Champions

    The Seattle star, Seattle, Wash., November 14, 1921, page 9

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    California Should Win From Stanford Easily If Anything Is Sure in Football, the Golden Bears Should Romp Home With Coast Title; Washington Still Has Three-Point Edge Over Champions IF there anything in football then California should waop the dayghts out of Stanford when they play for the Coast conference grdron title at Pao Alto Saturday California went wild against Washington. The Golden Bears turned in 72 points while Washington ringing up three taies 1t wasn’t football game it was slaughter

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

California 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington leads 55–⁠41–⁠3 in 99 meetings, counting the 94 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Washington 59, California 32
2022Washington 28, California 21
2021Washington 31, California 24
2019California 20, Washington 19
2018California 12, Washington 10
2017Washington 38, California 7

Around this game

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