Stanford at California

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 2, 1940, page 5

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  STANFORD GOING TO ROSE BOWL Warriors Complete His- forie Season by 1roune- ing California Squad BERKELEY, Cal, Dec. 2.-The c,eated warriors of Stanford carved the final chapter of their gripping story in the Far Western Football history with hard fought l3 to ‘ win over California last Satur- day afternoon before more than 8C,G00 spectators. Two touch5owrs were driven in the second period and when they were posted cn the scoreboard, it showed that Stanford was brought to the undlaputed leadership of the Pacific Coast Conference and also the nomination to the New Years classic at Pasadena California, fighting the finest battle under a serious handicap, scored i’ll the last minute and a half of play on 58-yard march, the longest in the game

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  Imperial Valley press, California, December 2, 1940, page 2 (results column)

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  ! ka IN the Rose Bowl at faSau | Nebraska was invited last graduate manager. Mai. Lawrence T. Diff Jones, athletic director for the Cornhuskers, grateful and delighted” conferred with DR.. H. d. Bergman OF Iowa State, head of the Big Six faculty committee, who contacted the other members. Within short time, they agreed to waive the conference rule against post season ! games. Stanford became the Rose Bowl host by defeating California 13 to 7 on Saturday, its ninth of the season and tenth in row. Stan ford’s only victory in 1889 was over Dartmouth in the final game. Stanford’s choice left only two berths in the five New Years day bowl games to be filled. Perfect Records Boston College, the nations high est scoring outfit, and Tennessee, southeastern champion, collide at the New orleans Sugar Bowl. This will be the only one involving perfect-record teams. Arizona State and Western Reserve of Cleveland will battle in the Sun Bowl at Ell Paso, Tex. Mississippi State, unbeaten but tied. has accepted an invitation to the Miami Orange Bowl. They prob ably will meet the Texas AggieS, Georgetown or perfect-record La Fayette. Fordham university of New York City plays at Dallas, Tex. The Rams opponents will be the Texas Aggies, Southern Methodist or Rice. After the Pacific coast conference faculty representatives went through the formality of making the Indians the conferences Bowl team Stan ford’s three-man committee sat down to pick an opponent. Boston College, Tennessee and Mississippi State had made their arrangements. Pennsylvania had declined a “feeler”; Cornell, Michigan and Minnesota couldn’t accept because of conference rules which couldn’t be waived. Texas A. Ss M. and Nebraska both with imperfect records, remained. 1t was reported that there had been pressure from Los Angeles against another southern team again, so Nebraska was invited. The choice was made by Fullback Norman Standlee, representing the team; Prof. william B. Owens, fac ulty representative, and Masters. Nebraska, defeated only once-by Minnesota-will be the first representative of the Big Six conference in the Rose Bowl. Huskers Collect The CornhuskerS, after their in itial setback by Minnesota, defeated Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Oklhom, Iowa, Pittsburgh, Iowa State and Kansas State, rolling up ITO points to their opponents “a. Stanford, with a new coach at the helm-Clark D. Shaughnessy, who came from the University of Chicago when it de-emphasized football – had an inspired season With comparative ease, it turned back University of San Francisco University of Oregon, Santa Clara Washington State, Southern Cali fornia, University of California at Los Angeles Washington, Oregon State and California. The team vowed the customers who picked them to finish far dowr in the conference standing. The In dians totaled ITS points during tht season against 70 for their oppo. nentS. Stanfords achievement was tri’ umph for Shaughnessy, who tool the team that won only one gam, last season and made it the Pacifi coast champion. 1t was announced that STANFORD would give its alumni first chanc to buy Rose Bowl tickets at $4.4 each. An allotment will be set asid for Nebraska and its supporters and 5000 general admission tick cts will be placed on sale at Pasa dena.

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Officially, Stanford leads 65–⁠51–⁠11; as played, 54–⁠45–⁠6 in the 105 games on file; the official count covers all 127 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.