Pacific at California
Saturday, October 9, 1943 Share
No. 20 Pacific beat California 12–6. It was their seventh meeting; after it, California led the series 5–2.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 54°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Pacific–California gameCalifornia leads 12–3 in 15 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 1991 | California 86, Pacific 24 | |
| 1988 | California 30, Pacific 7 | |
| 1987 | California 42, Pacific 0 | |
| 1984 | California 28, Pacific 12 | |
| 1978 | California 24, Pacific 6 | |
| 1958 | Pacific 24, California 20 |
Around this game
Pacific
- Next gamevs. Del Monte Pre-FlightOct. 16, 1943
- SeasonPacific in 1943
- ProgramPacific history and records
California
- Next gameat UCLAOct. 16, 1943
- SeasonCalifornia in 1943
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
