Washington at California

Saturday, November 7, 1931

California beat Washington 13–⁠0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 7–⁠7–⁠1.

AwayWashington5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1931
0
HomeCalifornia8–⁠2 in 1931
13

FinalHigh 75°F, low 56°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: WASHINGTON U . IS ROUTED BY CALIF 0RN|A U Huskies Unable to Score Against Bears Last Period Victory

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 9, 1931, page 5

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    WASHINGTON U . IS ROUTED BY CALIF 0RN|A U Huskies Unable to Score Against Bears Last Period Victory BERKELEY, Cal, Nov. 9-Fight- ing with a fury that brooked no opposition, the California Bears changed spectacularly close game into second half rout last Satur- day afternoon to defeat the Uni versity of Washington Huskies 13 to 0. The Bears broke a 0 to 0 dead- lock in the third period smashing through the Washington defense for a touchdown and converted goal. In the fourth period, Rusty Gill intercepted Husky pass and ran 35 yards unhampered for a touch down.

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 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington leads 55–⁠41–⁠3 in 99 meetings, counting the 84 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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