Idaho at UCLA

Saturday, October 22, 1938

UCLA beat Idaho 33–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, UCLA led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayIdaho6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1938
0
HomeUCLA7–⁠4–⁠1 in 1938
33

FinalHigh 86°F, low 48°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Idaho BIanked By UCLA;Rose Bowl Hope Gone Game Was Just Avalanche of Touchdowns for California Gridders

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

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    Idaho BIanked By UCLA;Rose Bowl Hope Gone Game Was Just Avalanche of Touchdowns for California Gridders LOS ANGELES, Cal. Oct 24. - Idaho’s hope for chance at the Rose Bowl honors was shattered Saturday afternoon when U.C.L.A. ended the Vandals winning streak by a score of 33 to 0. The game was an avalanche Of touchdowns for U.CL.A. Idaho was unable at any time to get the. attack functioning.

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)

UCLA 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

UCLA leads 6–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1948UCLA 28, Idaho 12
1942UCLA 40, Idaho 13
1938UCLA 33, Idaho 0
1935UCLA 13, Idaho 6
1932UCLA 6, Idaho 0
1930UCLA 20, Idaho 6

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