Oregon at California
Saturday, October 31, 1942 Share
California beat Oregon 20–7. It was their 16th meeting; after it, California led the series 11–5.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 50°FAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 2, 1942, page 5
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CALIFORNIA STILL IN TITLE RACE BY DEFEATING OREGON BERKELEY, Calf, Nov. 2.-Cali- fornia clung to a slim but mathe- nautical chance for the Pacific Coast Conference championship last Sat urday afternoon with victory over the University of Oregon 20 to ‘, in bruising encounter which saw Ore gon provide the individual star. He was Tom Robin, quarterback who switched to fullback and per sonally led the attack which netted the Ducks their lone touchdown after a sustained march of 67 yards.

The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., November 3, 1942, page 12 (results column)
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Bruins Spanked By Wakefield. Quurterbuck’s Posing Downs Stamford. 20–7 L. c. l. A.. 8 o o II 10 Wash. State -. Z I o 11s IS Washington -. s So rs 1900. 2 2 o IS 80 California ... 2 2 o IL ~ Calf. 1 50 rs State. 2 s 0 81 u Oregon $500. 3 o az ~ Idaho .......... 8 o zs liz Montana ..... o 8 0 Is 124 SAN FRANCISCO – With the last large-scale football season for the duration at the halfway mark. two players today stood head and above their Pacific Coast colleagues in the race for All-America honors. They were Quarterback Bob of U.C.LA. and Left Half Jim Jurkovich of California. n anything happened to Waterfield, the Bruins would lose no time in tumbling from their dominant position In the conference. His han ding Of the quarterback chores In Coach Babe Horrell’s now famed OF formation has been equal to-if not superior to Frankie Albert’s similar role in the stanford T In 1910. Saturday, Waterfield – A ~ year-old, six-foot one-inch, 190pound junior from Van Nuys spanked the Uclans to a 20–7 VIC tory over Stanford before $4,000 fans at Los Angeles. He tossed two touchdown passes and set up the third and final score with an other long heave. He averaged almost AZ yards on his knocks. II the Bruins go to the Rose bowl which is more than hkely-theyll have to thank Waterfield. JURKOvICH ROLLS Jurkovich. after ups and downs due to injuries, has been in good health for two weeks and during that time California has defeated Washington, 1876, and Oregon, 20 Z. The latter triumph was accomplished Saturday at Berkeley before 10000 witnesses who will testify that Jurkovich was 1s5 pounds of two-legged dynamite. He scored two touchdowns after short marches and assisted Full back Frank Porto in putting over the third tally. What California could have done II Jurkovich had played most of the oregon State game and been on hand for the Santa Clara and U.C.L.A. contests – all Of which the Bears lost-is problematical, but the record shows Tub Allison’s outfit wins when he Is at the tailback spot. Washington added to Oregon States cup of misery at Seattle before 1000 by crushing the Beavers. 1870. A 57-yard touchdown sprint by Gene Walters featured the game. yANDALS TRIUMPH Idaho upset Montana, 21–0, in their traditional meeting, showing the Grizzlies into the conference cellar. Outside the league, st. Mary’s travelled TO New York TO take a 10 lacing from Ford h a m. The Galloping Gaels dominated the game In the first half but couldn’t stop q Fordham passing at tack which led to the only score In the last four minutes. Nevada and the University Of Mexico played a scoreless tie at Reno while Fresno State defeated College Of Pacific, 1870, to main tain its standing as the coasts only unbeaten, united aggregaton. Sunday, Santa Clara nosed out San Francisco, s-6. before $4,000, and Loyola took a 20–6 drubbing from st. Louis University in the midwest city. Other weekend results: Willamette 33, Puget Sound 2. Pacific University o, College Of Idaho o. Occidental 10, Redlands 6. Linfield 7. Oregon Normal o. California Freshmen s, Pre- Flight BIS 0. San Diego Navy 20. Stanford Freshmen 13. Pacific Lutheran Z. Western Washington 7. st. Martins o. Central Washing ton 8. San Jose State Q. Alameda Coast Guard o. Fort Ord 0. California RAM blers 0. California Poly 30. San Diego State Is. By Herb and Dale Ulrey
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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Oregon–California gameOregon leads 42–39–1 in 82 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
| 2023 | Oregon 63, California 19 | |
| 2022 | Oregon 42, California 24 | |
| 2021 | Oregon 24, California 17 | |
| 2020 | California 21, Oregon 17 | |
| 2019 | Oregon 17, California 7 | |
| 2018 | Oregon 42, California 24 |
Around this game
Oregon
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