Washington at California

Saturday, November 8, 1941

Washington beat California 13–⁠6. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Washington led the series 12–⁠11–⁠2.

AwayWashington5–⁠4 in 1941
13
HomeCalifornia4–⁠5 in 1941
6

FinalHigh 59°F, low 56°FAttendance 30,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: S7,oOo FANS SEE STANFORD BEAT so. CAL. Result of Game Settled in First 15 Minutes of Playing

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 10, 1941, page 5

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    S7,oOo FANS SEE STANFORD BEAT so. CAL. Result of Game Settled in First 15 Minutes of Playing BERK EIEY. Cal. Nov. 10.-The University of Washington chung to slender Rose Bowl hopes with q bruising victory over California last Saturday afternoon before 4o,- 900 spectators. Definitely superior but pressed from the opening kickoff to the final gun. the Huskies scored a touchdown and added the extra point in the opening quarter to take the lead. The Huskies were threatened only once. Washington won 13 to 6.

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 50% to win. Washington won as Elo’s underdog.

Washington leads 55–⁠41–⁠3 in 99 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Washington 59, California 32
2022Washington 28, California 21
2021Washington 31, California 24
2019California 20, Washington 19
2018California 12, Washington 10
2017Washington 38, California 7

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