Stanford at California

Saturday, November 21, 1942. Stanford took the Axe from California

Stanford beat California 26–⁠7. It was their 47th meeting; after it, California led the series 12–⁠10–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayStanford6–⁠4 in 1942
26
HomeCalifornia5–⁠5 in 1942
7

FinalHigh 61°F, low 45°FAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Stanford Plays Like Champion To 1rounce California, 26-7 Poor-Storting Team CIimoxes Its Season With Sparkling Display of T Plays

    Evening star, November 22, 1942, page 37

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    Stanford Plays Like Champion To 1rounce California, 26–⁠7 Poor-Storting Team CIimoxes Its Season With Sparkling Display of T Plays BERKELEY, Calf, Nov 2-Standfords Indians climaxed their Coast Conference football brilliant fashion with stunning 26to7 victory University CALIFORNIA; hapless Bears The redshred boys who tumbled stumbled three defeats to start the 1912 gdron schedule

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: STANFORD IN 26-7VI(T0RY OVER BEARS

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 23, 1942, page 5

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    STANFORD IN 26–⁠7VI(T0RY OVER BEARS BERKELEY, Cal, Nov. 23.-Stan7 ford climaxed the football season Saturday afternoon in brilliant fashion with a stunning 26 to T victory over California, before 45,000 fans The Indians finished like cham pions as they passed and raced to touchdowns in every period of the game.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: REDS THUMP BEARS

    Imperial Valley press, November 23, 1942, page 4

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    REDS THUMP BEARS SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. CUP) The Pacific Coast football season has a few more games to run but so far as California and Stanford fans are concerned it reached its climax with the Indians resounding 26–⁠7 victory at Memorial Stadium Saturday.

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 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, 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 80 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Stanford 31, California 10
2024California 24, Stanford 21
2023California 27, Stanford 15
2022California 27, Stanford 20
2021California 41, Stanford 11
2020Stanford 24, California 23

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