Montana at California
Saturday, November 14, 1942 Share
California beat Montana 13–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, California led the series 4–0.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 54°F, 0.07 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 15, 1942, page 37
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California, Under Wraps, Defeats Montana, 1870 BERKELEY, Calf, Nov. IA California had its mind so much on next weeks big game with Stanford that the Golden Bears remembered to score just enough touchdowns today to defeat the down -trodden Montana football team, 1870, in a Pacific Coast Conference game. It was strictly a cover-up game for California, which kept most of its repertoire Of elite scoring plays out Of sight of Stanford scouts while sending across its ace, Big Jim Jurkovich, twice In the third period. California had numerous scoring chances. but most OF them went with the wind, three on goal-line pass interceptions.

The Daily Alaska empire, November 16, 1942, page 5
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CALIFORNIA JUST NOSES OUT MONTANA BERKELEY, Calf, Nov. l6. = Califoria’s gridders had their mind so much on next weeks game with Stanford that the Golden Bears re- membered just in time to score just enough touchdowns to defeat the down trodden Montana foot ballers by 13 to 0.
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 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Montana–California gameCalifornia leads 5–0 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1947 | California 60, Montana 14 | |
| 1942 | California 13, Montana 0 | |
| 1930 | California 46, Montana 0 | |
| 1929 | California 53, Montana 18 | |
| 1927 | California 33, Montana 13 |
Around this game
Montana
- Next gameat USCDec. 5, 1942
- SeasonMontana in 1942
- ProgramMontana history and records
California
- Next gamevs. StanfordNov. 21, 1942
- SeasonCalifornia in 1942
- ProgramCalifornia history and records

