California at Stanford
Saturday, November 29, 1941. California took the Axe from Stanford Share
California beat Stanford 16–0. It was their 46th meeting; after it, California led the series 12–9–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 49°FAttendance 70,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, November 30, 1941, page 55
Read the text
Getting Jump Early, California Blasts Stanford Bowl Hopes Beers Tally Minute After PIoy Storts, Then Block Punts for 100 Count ALTO Calf Nov. 29-Californa Golden Bears rising nspiraona heights wrote stunning climax football today with 16to0 victory defending coast conference champions Sanords Indians Of 10000 baving threatening
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.
On the newsreel
- “GOLDEN BEARS” NIP STANFORD “INDIANS” IN GRIDIRON CLASSIC
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Stanford 80% to win. California pulled the upset.
The series
Every California–Stanford gameOfficially, 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 81 since this game.
| 2025 | Stanford 31, California 10 | |
| 2024 | California 24, Stanford 21 | |
| 2023 | California 27, Stanford 15 | |
| 2022 | California 27, Stanford 20 | |
| 2021 | California 41, Stanford 11 | |
| 2020 | Stanford 24, California 23 |
Around this game
California
- Next gamevs. Saint Mary’s (CA)Sept. 26, 1942
- SeasonCalifornia in 1941
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
Stanford
- Next gamevs. Washington StateSept. 26, 1942
- SeasonStanford in 1941
- ProgramStanford history and records