Stanford vs. Columbia
Monday, January 1, 1934, Rose Bowl Share
Columbia beat Stanford 7–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Columbia led the series 1–0.
FinalAttendance 40,000Referee: Tom Louttit
MVP Cliff Montgomery (Columbia QB)Wikipedia
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, January 2, 1934, page 24
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DEFEATS STANFORD in AMAZING UPSET Two Clever Plays for Only Score, Sterling Defense Win for Lions. |DAsADENA, Calf, January 2. Columbia today still was i the gem Of the ocean-the Pacific or any other for that matter-so far as foot ball fans Of the Western seaboard were concerned. For yesterday, before approx mately $4,000 persons, the Lions wrote the most amazing chapter in Rose Bowl history by defeat ing Stanford 7 to 0. Two great plays plus heads-up defensive foot ball gave Coach Lou Little’s New Workers a victory which made storm-ridden Southern California forget its wet feet, made so by torrential rains before the contest and spasmodic show erS during the game. The touchdown came midway in the second period. Cliff Montgomery. 153pound quarterback, faxed an end run, a play on which he had been consider ably successful up to this point OF the contest But he raced toward the sidelines he turned and unleashed sharp forward pass.
The Washington times, District of Columbia, January 2, 1934, page 19
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College Results FOOTBALL Columbia. 7; Stanford. 0. Arkansas, Z; Centenary 7. Duquesne. ga: Miami. I. Santa Clara, IS: Hawaii Deans. T. West. ls;. East, 0. Prairie view NTexas) College Il; Langston (okla.NU.. I.
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.
On the newsreel
- COLUMBIA TEAM WELCOMEDHeaded by Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia and Nicholas Murray Butler, President of the University, crowds of students and alumni, hail the Lion football squad on its return from Pasadena where it defeated Stanford in the…
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Stanford 53% to win. Columbia won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Stanford–Columbia gameColumbia leads 2–0–1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1937 | Stanford 0, Columbia 0 | |
| 1936 | Columbia 7, Stanford 0 | |
| 1933 | Columbia 7, Stanford 0 | Rose Bowl |
Around this game
Stanford
- Next gamevs. San José StateSept. 22, 1934
- SeasonStanford in 1933
- ProgramStanford history and records
Columbia
- Next gameat YaleOct. 6, 1934
- SeasonColumbia in 1933
- ProgramColumbia history and records