California at UCLA

Saturday, October 30, 1937

No. 1 California beat UCLA 27–⁠14. It was their fifth meeting; after it, California led the series 3–⁠1–⁠1 as played.

Away1California10–⁠0–⁠1 in 1937
27
HomeUCLA2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1937
14

FinalHigh 70°F, low 53°FAttendance 55,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: CALIFORNIA WIN NER IN UCLA GAME Just Continues March To ward Rose Bowl on New Years Day

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 1, 1937, page 5

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    CALIFORNIA WIN NER IN UCLA GAME Just Continues March To ward Rose Bowl on New Years Day LOS ANGELES, Cal. Nov. 1. = California paraded through UCLA last Saturday afternon for a score of 27 to IA continuing a steady march to the Rose Bowl tourna- ment.. The game was witnessed by 55,- 900 spectators. Vic Bottari scored two of the Bear touchdowns and Dave Ander- son another. Wilbur Ingram, re- serve back, added the fourth touch- down. Kenny Washington, negro half back, engineered both Bruin scores and accounted for one himself.

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, UCLA leads 59–⁠34–⁠1; as played, 59–⁠35–⁠1 in 95 meetings, counting the 90 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026UCLA 45, California 24
2023California 33, UCLA 7
2022UCLA 35, California 28
2021UCLA 42, California 14
2020UCLA 34, California 10
2019California 28, UCLA 18

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