San Francisco at Stanford

Saturday, October 18, 1941

Stanford beat San Francisco 42–⁠26. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 6–⁠0.

AwaySan Francisco6–⁠4 in 1941
26
HomeStanford6–⁠3 in 1941
42

FinalHigh 70°F, low 49°FAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: San Francisco Is 26-42 Victim of Stanford

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 19, 1941, page 41

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    San Francisco Is 26–⁠42 Victim of Stanford PALO ALTO, Calf, Oct. 1S tP.- Stanford’s Indians ran up four touchdowns today against the Uni versity of San Francisco and then using a horde of reserves to give them game experience, went on to defeat the outclassed Dons, 42 to 26.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Stanford Gei5 Win By42-26

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 20, 1941, page 5

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    Stanford Gei5 Win By42–⁠26 PALO ALTO, Cal, Oct. 20.- Stanford’s high scoring first team, with Frankie Albert, roared up and down the field last Saturday after noon for four touchdowns, then with team of reserves went on to overwhelm San Francisco by a score of A to 26.

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)

Stanford 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Stanford leads 8–⁠0 in eight meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1950Stanford 55, San Francisco 7
1946Stanford 33, San Francisco 7
1941Stanford 42, San Francisco 26
1940Stanford 27, San Francisco 0
1935Stanford 10, San Francisco 0
1934Stanford 3, San Francisco 0

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