California at Washington State

Saturday, October 21, 1933

California and Washington State tied 6–⁠6. It was their 13th meeting; after it, California led the series 9–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayCalifornia6–⁠3–⁠2 in 1933
6
HomeWashington State5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1933
6

FinalHigh 43°F, low 33°FAttendance 16,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: OREGON STATE SPRINGS Bic GRID UPSE 7

    Imperial Valley press, California, October 23, 1933, page 6

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    OREGON STATE SPRINGS Bic GRID UPSE 7 Eleven Iron Men” from Oregon State wrecked U. S. C’s PROUD string of consecutive victories. the “Jinx of PalouSe” helped Washing ton State spoil CALIFORNIA; conference start, and a stolen” ball gave U. S. F. the first score against Stanford this season in the series of surprising results in coast football over the weekend. As a result of the several upsetS, University of Oregon led the coast conference today with two victories and no defeats in conference contests. The ScoreleSs tie at Portland between Oregon State and the Trojams marked the end of a 25-game winning streak. for the men of Troy and also produced their first failure to score in a period longer than that The eleven Oregon State men who started the game were still battling unchanged at the finish. stopping the U. S. c. power at tack at the line, turning back Howard Jones most deceptive plays. Norman Franklin, a red haired back wearing Beaver colorS, DOM mated the play with his punting, defensive work. and threatening ball carrying. JinX Holds Good California got a 6–⁠6 tie in its clash with Washington State at Pullman. The Cougars scored first and threatened several times thereafter. The Bears put one long pass through to come close enough for a touchdown. The “Jinx of Palouse,’ affecting visiting teams, kept clean the Cougars record of never losing a home game under Babe Hollingberys coaching. A rangy U. S. F. tackle. Jim Barber registered the first score against Stanford in five games when he stole the ball from an Indian kicker and ran unmolested to the goal line. At last quarter rush enabled Stanford to emerge victorious. 20–⁠13. University Of Washington had to call on the regulars to subdue Lit tie College of Pudget Sound by a 14–⁠6 score. The victory proved costly for the huskies, as Ralph Smalling, fullback, pulled leg ten dons and went to the hospital. U. c. L. A. revealed surprising scoring power by trimming their hometown rivals, Loyola University, POT. University of Nevada turned Amos Alonzo Stages College of Pacific aside with a TO win. Mon tana crushed Montana State under a 32–⁠0 score. These games completed the major Saturday program.

  • The Evening star's story: 6-6 BATTLE STAGED BY COUGARS, BEARS Washington State Remains Unbeaten on Its Home Field Since 1926.

    Evening star, October 22, 1933, page 48

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    6–⁠6 BATTLE STAGED BY COUGARS, BEARS Washington State Remains Unbeaten on Its Home Field Since 1926. n ODGERS FIELD, PULLMAN, ~ Wash, October 2l.-Aided l \ by the mighty passing arm or Phil Sorboe, their quarterback, Washington States Cougars outplayed California’s S Bears in their conference foot ball game here today, but lacked the drive to give them more than a 6-to-6 tie score. Thus was upheld Washington State S tradition of never having been beaten on the home field since Coach o. E. Hoilin9bery took charge in 1926. More than 10000 spectators. including Wash ington’s Governor. Clarence D. Mar tin. howlcd themselves hoarse Rated as the underdogs the Cougars opened their sensational passing drive in the first quarter Sorboe shot pass after pass into the waiting arms Of Ted Christoffersen; tow,headed sophomore giant from Honolulu. The last heave was for 10 yards. and Christoffcrsen dashed more to score. Dahlen, half back, attempted to placekick, but the Bears broke through to smear the try. Early in the second period. Jim Keefer, powerful California fullback, passed 80 yards to Arleigh Williams, left halfback. for a first down on the Washington State 2-yard line Williams smashed through Rcedy, Sub quarter. funblcd the snap back for an attempted placekick for conversion.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: BALL. RESUIIS&

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 23, 1933, page 5 (results column)

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    BALL. RESUIIS& The following are final scores of football games played in var ious parts of the states last Sat- urday afternoon Washington University IA; Pu- get Sound College 6. Washington State 6; California 6. Oregon State 0; Southern Cali fornia 0. Stanford 20; San Francisco 13. Loyola ‘; UCLA 20. Montana State 0; Montana 32. Army 6; Illinois 0. Michigan IS; Ohio State 0. Notre Dame 0; Carnegie Tech ‘. Columbia o; Princeton 20 Brown 6; Yale IA. Holy Cross 10; Harvard 7. Dartmouth IA; Penn Syracuse IA; Cornell ‘. Virginia T; Navy l3 Colgate T; Pittsburgh 3. Purdue IA; Chicago 0. Indiana 0: Northwestern 25. Nebraska g; Kansas State 0. Wisconsin T; Iowa 26. Tulane ‘; Georgie Tech 0. North Carolina 0; Florida 9. Alabama 12; Tennessee 6.

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)

Washington State 66% to win.

California leads 49–⁠30–⁠5 in 84 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023California 42, Washington State 39
2022Washington State 28, California 9
2021Washington State 21, California 6
2019California 33, Washington State 20
2018Washington State 19, California 13
2017California 37, Washington State 3

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