Oregon at California

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  Evening star, October 15, 1939, page 33

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  Oregon Boosts Title Stock by Whipping California, so Employs OId-Foshioned Power Tactics to Bog 76-Yurd Touchdown BERKELEY, Calf, Oct. 14-One big power thrust of rs yards gained with old-fashioned steamroller tao tics and University of Oregon won an important football game today, defeating California, 60, before crowd of $4,000. Oregons first victory over Cali fornia since 1926 had significant conclusions. For Oregon it continued sustained march down the corridor leading toward the Pacific Coast Conference championship. The Oregons now have a tie and two wins in the race. CALIFORNIA; opening conference appearance also marked its third loss Of the season. Before starting on the title grind. the Bears took it on the chin from little College of the Pacific and the st. Mary’s Gaels. Contest Short on Thrills. The game itself developed few thrills. Oregon hammered to its touchdown in the second period, starting from its a. On IL line plays it crossed the goal line, Fullback Marshall STEM strom ramming over center for the final yard. One sweep outside right end by Substitute Right Halfback Bob Smith for 25 yards marked the advance. Jay Graphical, feet left half, was bottled up much of the time and failed to convert the extra tally. For the balance of the game the big fellows from Oregon protected their margin of 6 points. They made a fourth-period thrust to 60 from their own 81 to CALIFORNIA; 16. Bears Stage Lone Rally. CALIFORNIA; lone rally took place in the third quarter. A couple Of sub halfbacks, Orv Hatcher and Harry Lieb, were the main cogs in the yardage squirt which carried the oval Al yards to Oregon’s Is before 1t was lost on downs. Oregon chalked up 13 first downs against 3 for the Bears and accumulated 265 yards from scrimmage and passes against 134 yards $A~ raNf4~>a;~

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  The Daily Alaska empire, October 16, 1939, page 5

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  SEE OREGON WIN FROM BEARS Webfoot Eleven Finally Defeats California Players BERKELEY, Cal, Oct. 16.-Ore- gcn’s football team. advertised as the greatest in many years, kept an undefeated status Saturday with 6 to victory over California be- fore 35 ,000 football fans. It was Oregon’s first triumph over the Bears since 1926. Oregon now has two victories and tie. They have an easier schedule for the balance of the season. Oregon scored a touchdown in the second period as the climax of a 76- yard march and fullback Marshal Stenstrom tallying from the 2-yard line.

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  The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 16, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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  Football Scores Oct. IA Duke Thirteen-Pitt 14 Cornell 20-Princeton 2 Penn 6-Yale 0 Army 6-Columbia 6 Tie Dartmouth 0-Navy 0 Tie Northwestern 0-Ohio State 13 Texas Christian 1l-Temple 13 Fordham 0-Tulane 2 Nebraska 10-IoWa State 2 Purdue 13-Minesota 13 Tie Southern Methodist 19-- Notre Dame 20 Harvard 61-Chicago 0 Oregon 6-California0 Washington 0-Wash. State 6 UCLA 14-Stanford IA Tie Oregon State 14-U of Portland 12 Illinois 0-Southern Cal 26

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Oregon leads 42–⁠39–⁠1 in 82 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.