Pacific at California

Saturday, October 9, 1943

No. 20 Pacific beat California 12–⁠6. It was their seventh meeting; after it, California led the series 5–⁠2.

Away20Pacific7–⁠2 in 1943
12
HomeCalifornia4–⁠6 in 1943
6

FinalHigh 68°F, low 54°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Stagg's Eleven Puts Bee on Bears, 12-6

    Evening star, October 10, 1943, page 25

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    Stagg’s Eleven Puts Bee on Bears, 12–⁠6 BERKELEY. Calf, Oct. 9.-Silvery haired 81 -year-old Amos Alonzo Stagg. who stands alone among the football mentors because he coached the game in the last Gentry as well as this, added another page to his brilliant career today. His college of the Pacific Tigers, 2-to-1 short enders. outplayed and outsmarted California for a 12-to-6 victory in a game attracting some 10000. During a sizzling first period the Tigers rushed over a touchdown minutes after the contest opened on march of 48 yards. The Tigers then snatched a Cali fornia tumble and converted it into another score. after a march of 80 yards. When the Bears seemed about to hold on the line, a success full pass into the end zone crossed them up California turned Pacific tumble into a fourth-quarter touchdown and twice lost the ball on downs in the same period when about to score.

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 81% to win. Pacific won as Elo’s underdog.

California leads 12–⁠3 in 15 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1991California 86, Pacific 24
1988California 30, Pacific 7
1987California 42, Pacific 0
1984California 28, Pacific 12
1978California 24, Pacific 6
1958Pacific 24, California 20

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