Washington at California

Saturday, November 6, 1937

Washington and No. 1 California tied 0–⁠0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, California led the series 10–⁠9–⁠2.

AwayWashington7–⁠2–⁠2 in 1937
0
Home1California10–⁠0–⁠1 in 1937
0

FinalHigh 52°F, low 43°FAttendance 60,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: HUSK|ES EXPLODE CALIFORNIA MYTH Bears Forced to Fight to Get as Good as 90 Tie With Washington.

    Evening star, November 7, 1937, page 27

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    HUSK|ES EXPLODE CALIFORNIA MYTH Bears Forced to Fight to Get as Good as 90 Tie With Washington. n ERKELEY. Calf, Nov. 6.-An K inspired University of Wash / ington team exploded the myth of University of California s football tnvincibility today by holding the Bears to a scoreless tie, an upset unequaled in the Far West this year. The Bears, winners of four Confer ence clashes, unbeaten, united and apparently headed for the Rose Bowl, found themselves fighting furiously to stave OF defeat in the thrill-filled Sec ond half.

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 66% to win.

Washington leads 55–⁠41–⁠3 in 99 meetings, counting the 78 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

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