California at Stanford
Saturday, November 20, 1937. California kept the Axe Share
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.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 54°F, 0.01 in. of rainAttendance 85,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every California–Stanford gameOfficially, 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.
| 2025 | Stanford 31, California 10 | |
| 2024 | California 24, Stanford 21 | |
| 2023 | California 27, Stanford 15 | |
| 2022 | California 27, Stanford 20 | |
| 2021 | California 41, Stanford 11 | |
| 2020 | Stanford 24, California 23 |
Around this game
California
- Next gamevs. AlabamaJan. 1, 1938, Rose Bowl
- SeasonCalifornia in 1937
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
Stanford
- Next gameat ColumbiaNov. 27, 1937
- SeasonStanford in 1937
- ProgramStanford history and records

