Stanford at California

Saturday, November 20, 1926

Stanford beat California 41–⁠6. It was their 31st meeting; after it, California led the series 6–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayStanford10–⁠0–⁠1 in 1926
41
HomeCalifornia3–⁠6 in 1926
6

FinalHigh 71°F, low 52°FAttendance 80,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: STANFORD CRUSHES CALIFORNIA, al TO 6

    Evening star, November 21, 1926, page 83

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    STANFORD CRUSHES CALIFORNIA, al TO 6 BERKELEY. Calf. November 20.-Stanford University downed the University Of California eleven here today. Al TO 6. clnching the Pacific Coast Conference championship and remaining undefeated for the season. Crushing the Golden Bears under a stunning offensive. Stanford rolled over a pair of touChdowns in the opening period. followed it with two more in the next quarter, and ended a brilliant display Of foot ball in the final IL minutes with as many more crossings over the line of its tradi tional rival. California’s single tally came in the second period after blocking Car dinal punt. Thrilling runs by Hyland and the steady line plunging of Bogue, other halfback. spelled disaster for a fight ing California eleven, which ended it’s conference season without vic tory and five defeats. Close on 10000 persons saw the game.

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.

Photos from the game

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Stanford 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Stanford leads 65–⁠51–⁠11; as played, 54–⁠45–⁠6 in the 105 games on file; the official count covers all 127 meetings, counting the 96 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Stanford 31, California 10
2024California 24, Stanford 21
2023California 27, Stanford 15
2022California 27, Stanford 20
2021California 41, Stanford 11
2020Stanford 24, California 23

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