California at Stanford

Saturday, November 20, 1937. California kept the Axe

No. 2 California beat No. 13 Stanford 13–⁠0. It was their 42nd meeting; after it, California led the series 9–⁠8–⁠3 in the games on file.

Away2California10–⁠0–⁠1 in 1937
13
Home13Stanford4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1937
0

FinalHigh 62°F, low 54°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 85,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: BEARS TAKE STANFORD IN BIC CAME California Eleven Defeats Indians by l3 to @ Score

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 22, 1937, page 1

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    BEARS TAKE STANFORD IN BIC CAME California Eleven Defeats Indians by l3 to @ Score PALO ALTO, Cal, Nov. 22.-California’s football juggernaut rolled to 10 to 0 victory over Stanford Saturday afternoon, climaxing the Golden Bears finest season in a decade to gain the Conference cham pionship and the right to represent the west in the Rose Bowl game on New Years. Except for the two touchdown thrusts in the second period, the Bears found the Stanford Indians formidable foes. More than $4,000 were in attend ance at the game, held in the Stan ford University Stadium

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.

Officially, Stanford leads 65–⁠51–⁠11; as played, 54–⁠45–⁠6 in the 105 games on file; the official count covers all 127 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Stanford 31, California 10
2024California 24, Stanford 21
2023California 27, Stanford 15
2022California 27, Stanford 20
2021California 41, Stanford 11
2020Stanford 24, California 23

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