Santa Clara at California
Saturday, October 19, 1935 Share
California beat Santa Clara 6–0. It was their 14th meeting; after it, California led the series 11–3.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 51°FAttendance 50,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 20, 1935, page 29
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CALIFORNIA WHIPS SANTA CLARA, 60 Odd Break” Paves Way to Bears Tally in HotIy Contested Game. ~ ERKELEY. Calf. october 10 - California’s Golden Bears, as scrappy and alert as any band ~ to carry the Blue and Gold colors in many a year. retained an unblemished foot ball record today with a 6 to win over Santa Clara S Bronchos. While $4,000 fans cheered them on. tie two elevens matched speed and power in an annual classic that saw California reverse the flow of set backs started by Santa Clara in 1882. A touchdown rolled over after a peculiar break in the second quarter spelled the margin that decided a great battle. Joe Kelley. Santa Clara quarterback kicked the ball back over his own head on a punt and that freak play turned the tide.

The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, October 21, 1935, page 28 (results column)
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They came through unscathed in mighty battles with hitherto unbeat- en opponents. Yale’s gallant eleven stayed of . strong Navy team, 7–6, on a touch- down by Al Hessberg, brilliant so- phomore halfback and a goal after touchdown by as substitute tackle, Henry Gardner, who was in the game for only one play. Notre Dame battered down Pittsburgh, 9–6, by the margin of a field goal by Marty Peters, which snapped Pitts 3-year supremacy over the Irish. Southern Methodist, with little Bobby Wilson laying the leading role, staged a fourth period rally to conquer Rive, 10–0. Washington displayed unexpected strength in smashing Washington State, 21-O. Georgia marched to a 13-O triumph over North Carolina State. Big Five Those five-Yale, Notre Dame, Southern Methodist, Georgia and Westinghouse the leaders for the week. Next week they may have to- give way to new gridiron powers. The other IS unbeaten, united major teams, from whose ranks later may spring new leaders to sup- plant the present pace-setters, fol- low: East-Arnny, Princeton, New York D., Temple, Dartmouth, Penn State, Villanova. Midwest-Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue, Iowa, Marquette, Missouri. Southwest-Texas Christian, Bay- Tor. South-North Carolina. Ear California, U. c. L. A. Nine major teams were tumbled to defeat last week, and another was tied. The group beaten for the first time included Columbia, Navy, Michigan State, Duke, Rice, Detroit, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh and Washington State. Holy Cross, looked upon as one of the casts strongest teams, was tied by Manhattan in one of the biggest upsets, 1913. A magnificent fourth period rally by Manhattan accounted for two touchdowns which tied Holy Cross, a Al betting fav- orite. Three of the other big upheavals came in the south, where Georgia Tech capitalized on a tumble to beat Duke, 6–0; Auburn routed Ken- tuckey, 20–0; and Alabama found it’s Rose Bowl form to blast Tennessee, 25-O. All three losers were favored. Real Shock Perhaps the most surprising re- suit of all was in the east, where Boston College, beaten 19–0 by rose up to defeat Mich igan States powerful team, 18–6. Other developments by sections were: East-Army, led by little Monk Meyer, won its first game in history from Harvard at West Point, 13-O. Pennsylvania ripped Columbia to Shreds. $40. Princeton had to come from behind to beat little Rutgers, 29–6. Temple moved onward with 8 13–0 win over Carnegie Tech. Ford ham conquered Vanderbilt in a 13–7. Penn State subdued Lehigh, 26–0. Syracuse won from Ohio Wesleyan, 1910. Colgate rout- ed Lafayette, 52–0. Dartmouth Brown, 41–0. Midwest-Ohio State started it’s drive for the big ten title with a 28–7 victory over Northwestern. Michigan scored its second confer ence victory by beating Wisconsin, 20–12. Purdue stayed with the lead- CTS by winning from Chicago, 1920. Minnesota scored an inter sectional victory over Tulane, 20–0. Nebraska was held to surprise GO tie by Kansas State. Oklahoma knocked off Iowa State, 16–0. 6outh-North Carolina continued to look impressive in downing Div Idson, 14–0. Louisiana State was hard put to beat Arkansas, 13–7. and Lee trimmed Gen. Ire, 14–7. Southwest-Texas Christian scor- d conference victory over Texas |, \. & M. 19–14. Texas won a spectac- liar game from Centenary, 1913. Far West-C California continued ts unbeaten march by winning a cruising battle from Santa Clara, 70. Oregon State tumbled South

The Nome daily nugget, October 21, 1935, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores Michigan 20 Wisconsin 12 Washington 21 Wn. State 0 Idaho 0 Oregon IA Santa Clara 0 California 6 Indiana 0 Cincinnati 2 Vanderbilt 7 Fordham 13 Dartmouth Al Brown 0 Ohio Wes. 10 Syracuse Is Miami 0 Georgetown 3 Holy Cross 13 Manhattan 1G Nebraska 0 Kansas State 0 Alabama 25 Tennessee 0 Rice 0 South. Methodist 10 Texas A & M IA Tex Chr. 19 Duke 0 Georgia Tech 6 Oregon State 13 U s e
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 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Santa Clara–California gameCalifornia leads 17–5 in 22 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
Around this game
Santa Clara
- Next gamevs. Fresno StateOct. 26, 1935
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1935
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records
California
- Next gamevs. USCOct. 26, 1935
- SeasonCalifornia in 1935
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
