Washington at California

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 13, 1939, page 2

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  U. WASHINGTON GRABS VICTORY, THIRTEEN TO SIX Huskies, Bears ‘Sfage Ex- cling Game-FumbTe Means Touchdown I BERKELEY, Cal, Nov. 13.-The University of Washington Huskies and the California Bears staged a wild exciting game here last Sat- urday afternoon with the Huskies taking the decision 13 to 6. Firpo, Calirornias halfback, passed from the Washingtons IS yard line over the goal line to right end Semmens for a score. Right halfback McAdams passed Ito left end McDowell on Washing tons 40-yard line and ran for a score. This was Washington’s first touchdown here since 1927. A tumble by f’irpo set the stage for Washington’s winning touch down and McAdams made a sen- sational one handed catch over the goal line.

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  The Nome nugget, November 13, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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  Football Scores November Il Washington 13-California 6 Oregon State 19-Oregon IA Santa Clara 6-Michigan State Washington State Freshmen - 6-Washington Frosh 12 Washington State 2l-Idaho l3 Southern California 33-Stan- ford 0 Fresno State 27 Portland U 13 Utah 34-Hawaii 19 Army 0-Harvard 15 Missouri 20-New York U ‘ Pitt 6-Carnegie Tech 0 Duquesne Worth Carolina State 0 Columbia 19--Navy 13 Dartmouth 7-Princeton 9 Minnesota 20-Michigan ‘ Colgate 12-Cornell IA North Carolina 3z-Davidson 0 Notre Dame 6-Iowa Kentucky 6-Georgie Tech 13 Duke 20-V MY Tulane 13-Alabama 0

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Washington leads 55–⁠41–⁠3 in 99 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.