Fresno State at Stanford

Saturday, October 27, 1928

Stanford beat Fresno State 47–⁠0. It was their third meeting; Stanford leads the series 3–⁠0.

AwayFresno State0–⁠1 in 1928
0
HomeStanford8–⁠3–⁠1 in 1928
47

FinalHigh 61°F, low 53°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: .ELEvENS ON COAST At CRUCIAL STAGE Contests This Week End to Have Much Bearing on Championship.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 29, 1928, page 27

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    .ELEvENS ON COAST At CRUCIAL STAGE Contests This Week End to Have Much Bearing on Championship. SAN FRANCISCO, October 29.-T1e is near a parting of ways, for after peaceful joint rule of two weeks, Stanford, Southern California and Cal ifornia will decide next Saturday which two or possibly which one will continue to dominate the affairs of the Pacific Coast Conference. Tied for the title, the Cardinals of Stanford and the Trojans of Southern California risk their gridiron chances in one grand sweep at Los Angeles. California, also undefeated, CANDLES with it’s future standing in a game at Berkeley against Oregon. No contest looms above the classic that will bring Stanford and South ern California into action. More than $4,000 persons have long since snapped up the tickets that assure a jammed coliseum. Last year these two elevens played to a 13-to-13 tie and ended the season tied with Idaho for the conference championship. Both had comparatively easy week. ends just passed. A team Of Stanford reserves rushed over Fresno State by a 47–⁠0 score. Southern California beat down the resistance of scrappy Occidental squad, 1870. California lost to the Olympic Club, 1910, but it was an eleven composed of youngsters that took the bump. Coach “Nibs” Price was content to drop a non-conference game, the first defeat of the season, rather than run the risk of losing any regulars for the Oregon engagement. # Oregon has shown plenty Of power, despite an early defeat by Stanford, and last Saturday walked over Mon mouth Normal, 25–⁠0

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 29, 1928, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are results Of the principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Oregon State 29; Washington Idaho 20; California at Los An geles 6. Washington State 51; College of Idaho 0. Gonzaga 6; Whitman O. Stanford 47; Fresno State 0. Montana State 0; Montana Col lege 0. Olympic Club 12; California 0. Southern California 19; oeci- dental 0. Army IS; Yale 6. Illinois 6; Northwestern 0. Iowa [: Minnesota 0. Ohio State 13; Indiana 0. Nebraska 24; Missouri 0. Princeton 3; Cornell 0. Navy 6; Pennsylvania 0. Purdue 40: Chicago 0. Notre Dame 32: Drake O. Kentucky 8; Centre 0. Alabama 42; Suwannee 12. Utah 24; Colorado 6. Haskell IA; Regis 9. South Dakota State 13; South Dakota 0. Texas 13; Rice 6. Ohio 39; Ohio Northern 0. Pittsburgh 0; Carnegie Tech 6. Vanderbilt 34; Virginia 0. Georgia 20; Tulane IA Kansas Aggies 21; Oklahoma B New York University 1T; Colgate 6. Tennessee 26; Washington anf Lee

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)

Stanford 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Stanford leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings.

Recent meetings
1928Stanford 47, Fresno State 0
1927Stanford 44, Fresno State 7
1926Stanford 44, Fresno State 0

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