California at Stanford

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 24, 1929, page 1

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  5000 SEE CARDS WIN FROM BEARS Score in Such a Manner as to Leave No Doubt as to Superiority. - TANFoRD STADIUM, PALo ALTO, Calf, November a. Back to early season form that ~ stamped 1t as potential cham pion, smashing, crashing Stan ford Cardinal eleven crushed the Coast Conference title hopes of California today and sent the. previously uncon- Quered Gears tumbling to 21–⁠6 defeat. A huge crowd Nof $4,000 persons thrilled to the dazzling line and aerial attack of a rejuvenated Cardinal team that saw and seized its. chances, snatched at every opportunity and fought on from opening KICKOFF to clos Three times Stanford cleats engraved their touchdown message in California turf. Only once was a haraSsed Bear able to reach the scoring ground Of Its traditional gridiron foe. . Result Is Decisive. Thus, over the PROSTATE form of its oldest college rival, Stanford battered its way to its greatest triumph since 1892. triumph that sealed the wounds of defeat inflicted by Southern Cali fornia and Santa Clara in earlier games. Never had Cardinal victory been SO welcome, SO desired as the one today. And not since 1925 had a California eleven been so badly beaten as the one that tottered off the field as dusk set tied over the great earthen home of Stanford’s foot ball clan. Beaten on the line and out-naneuvered in the air, California saw its championship hopes fade before an at tack that was superior to its own in every way. L. AAG Hvxya -HAIS message Of victory and defeat, the Car dinals dominated the play. The team that Coach Glenn Warner put on the field today was two touchdowns better than the lineup presented by Coach G. M. “Nibs” Price. Lone Score From tumble. one Stanford touchdown came, from California tumble. but In the same fashion was CALIFORNIA; lone score post ed on the board. Each were made in the opening period. The Cardinals cap italized on blocked kick In the second period and in the fourth quarter smashed over again after q 63-yard adj vance. The thirty-fifth annual big game was the turning point in the season career Of CALIFORNIA; game little coach, “Nibs” Price. With its ending crashed the hopes of the Bear leader for Nthe first Conference title under his regime. In the four years his teams have met the Warner-coach products, Price has three times come on second best. Last year his team was tied by Stanford in a closing rally that brought the score to a 1913 total Stanford’s victory today gave five teams a claim to the championship. AS the situation now stands California. Southern California, Stanford, Oregon and Washington each has Conference defeat charged to it. Southern California has yet to meet ence game. with indications pointing to a win for the first-named eleven. Fumbles Pave the Way. Fumbles paved the way for the first Cardinal score, and also for California s touchdown in the same quarter. The Cardinals overpowered their rivals In the second period, scoring once and missing another touchdown by a 3-yard margin. Blocked California kicks were responsible in each case. In the second half the Cardinals pounded battered Bear from one end of the field to the other. A penalty for roughing sent Coach Warmers war riors back half the distance to their goal line, a matter of 81 yards. but a crashing offensive won back all the yardage and 2 more to spare. Just after the last quarter got: under way, Stanford pushed over its third touchdown. Moffatt dashed 8 yards to score and kicked the try for point from placement. The Bears were on the defensive for most Of the remaining time.

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  Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 25, 1929, page 1 (results column)

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  NOTRE DAME MEETS ARMY Purdue, Pittsburg, Wicks, Tennessee, Tulane, Frogs Leaders NEW YORK, Nov. 25-gP- The college gridiron campaign faces It’s double barreled climax this week, on Thanksgiving Day and Saturday, with every prospect of a SEN sational finish to the champion shin races still undecided. Fate Of six of the seven major title ~contenders is involved. Pur- Que. champion OF the Big Ten. has double-riveted its place i’m the top group by finishing the season with a clean and impressive ste 81 eight victories. but Pittsburgh I’m the east. Notre Dame in tae mid west. Tennessee and Tulane In the south. Texas Christian in the south west. and st. Mary’s on the Pacific coast. all stake their title aspiratons in important battles this week. indicated None OF these teams has tasted defeat or tie. except St. Mary’s which vas held to a ~scorelesS dead lock by California, but nevertheless remains as the outstanding team on the Pacific coat so far as the records are concerned. since STAN ford’s 21–⁠6 defeat of California scrambled the big conference race in the far West. On THANKSGIVING Day. Pittsburgh Will seek to clinch its claim 70 the eastern championship as well a. the bid for national h0nors by conuuering Penn state. IN tie south. tennessee will meet Kentucky at Lexington and Tulane will oppose Louisiana state to determine perhaps the final Southern conference rating. Nebraska. BY defeating Iowa state in another holiday tilt. car clinch the Pc Six crown once more. Micks VS.. Arr Notre Dame. on Saturday. will battle the Arm at the Yankee stadium In the most colorful frav OF the week. an eastern climax game that over-Shadows even such attractive contests as the Cornell Fenn and Navy–Dartmouth contests, both at Philadelphia. The Southwest expects a sensational fight for its conference hon ors when the Texas Christian Horn ed Frogs tangle with the Southern Methodist Mustangs Saturday. The Frogs beat Baylor Saturday 81 70 q. more decisively than s. M. II. defeated the Bears previosuly. but there Is not much 70 choose between this weeks main rivals. Pacific JumbIed On the coast, st. Mary’s must beat Oregon to keep az the ton Of the heap. Southern California. by defeating Washington state. can claim az least a percentage edge in the Pacifict coast conference race. Victory would give the Troians six triumphs out Of seven conference games. Stanford has fin iShed with five out OF six and Cal ifornia with four out of five. 1t was a stahd-off so far as the Big Three was concerned. California losing to Stanford. but beating Southern California which had previously trimmed Stanford. The Big Ten season has closed with Purdue the titleholder for the first time IN Western conference history. Illinois, put out Of the race by Northwestern after win ming the championship two years in succession. gained the runner up position by overwhelming Ohio state. 27 10 o. Detroit Unexpectedly was knock ed from its high perch by Oregon states IA to 2 victory. IL was the first defeat in over two years for the T1tanS.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 25, 1929, page 5 (results column)

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  GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The fo.iowing are -:nai scores of important football games played in various parts of the states last Saturday afternoon: Chicago 26; University of Wash ington 6. Stanford 21; California 6. Oregon Aggies IA; University of Detroit 2. Oregon T; Hawaii 0. University of Southern California 72; Idaho 0. Notre Dame 26; Northwestern 6. Army 19; Ohio Wesleyan 6. Navy 30; West Virginia Wesleyan 6. Harvard 10; Yale 6. New York University 20; Rutgers V. Illinois 27; Ohio 0. Lehigh 13; Lafayette 12 Michigan 0; Iowa 0. Swarthmore 32; Dickinson 0. Florida 20; South Carolina 2. Missouri 2; Kansas 0. Nebraska 10; Kansas Aggies 6. Purdue 32; Indiana O. Minnesota IS; Wisconsin 12. Washington State 27; Gonzaga

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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 93 since this game.