Washington State at California

Saturday, October 21, 1939

California beat Washington State 13–⁠7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, California led the series 12–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayWashington State4–⁠5 in 1939
7
HomeCalifornia3–⁠7 in 1939
13

FinalHigh 85°F, low 57°FAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story

    Imperial Valley press, California, October 23, 1939, page 4

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    SAN FRANCISCO. Oct %. CUP) The Pacific coast boasted only one defeated, united football team in major rankings today-Oregon State College-after st. Mary’s headed for national recognition, blew the usual duke to Santa Clara and lost by 7 to 0 count. 1t is a strange occurrence. but every time that Slip Madigan turns up with hot squad at ST Mary’s, it is Santa Clara. beaten by every one but Slippery Rock, that crops up with victory or a tie. Yesterday was another of those days. Meanwhile the Pacific coast look ed forward to four coast confer ence and three intersectional games next weekend. The California Bears, who at last showed the long expected punch in beating Washington State, meet Southern California at Berkeley in the fracas of the week. Oregon State, still leading the conference race by virtue of its 13 to 7 win over Washington, meets the Cougars at Corvallis: UCLA is host to Oregon, which, though undefeated in conference circles. was properly spanked IL TO 7 by Conzaga Saturday, and Stanford and Washington, present cellar occupants, meet in Seattle. The interSectional clashes bring together Santa Clara, surprise win ner over st. Mary’s, and Purdue in San Francisco; Loyola and Hardin

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

California leads 49–⁠30–⁠5 in 84 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023California 42, Washington State 39
2022Washington State 28, California 9
2021Washington State 21, California 6
2019California 33, Washington State 20
2018Washington State 19, California 13
2017California 37, Washington State 3

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