California at Washington

Saturday, October 22, 1938

No. 3 California beat Washington 14–⁠7. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, California led the series 11–⁠9–⁠2.

Away3California10–⁠1 in 1938
14
HomeWashington3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1938
7

FinalHigh 66°F, low 44°FAttendance 27,889

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: HUSKY TEAM PUMPED INTO GRID ASHCAN California Wallops U. of Washington for Rose Bowl

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 24, 1938, page 5

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    HUSKY TEAM PUMPED INTO GRID ASHCAN California Wallops U. of Washington for Rose Bowl SEATTLE, Oct. 24.-California s maraudering Bears, the Mad Ter TOTS of the Pacific Coast Football Conference gridiron, dumped the fighting University of Washington Huskies into the football ashcan last Saturday afternoon as they passed through Seattle headed for the Rose Bowl. After a scoreless first half, Vie Bottari and Louis Smith scored on long marches in the third period. The Huskies tailed on a pass, Gleason to Johnston in the final minutes of the battle which ended California 14 and University of Washington ‘.

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington leads 55–⁠41–⁠3 in 99 meetings, counting the 77 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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