California at UCLA

Saturday, October 16, 1943

California beat UCLA 13–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, California led the series 7–⁠3–⁠1 as played.

AwayCalifornia4–⁠6 in 1943
13
HomeUCLA1–⁠8 in 1943
0

FinalHigh 76°F, low 50°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Results of Football Games

    Evening star, October 17, 1943, page 25 (results column)

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    Results of Football Games Camp Lejune, 81; Fort Monroe. O. Louisiana State, %; Louisiana State A. S. T. u. 7. Vanderbilt. 20; Tennessee Poly, O. Georgia Tech, 27; Fort Benning 300th Infantry, 0. Midwest. Illinois, 80; Pittsburgh, Is. Indiana, 7; Iowa, 7 (tie). Minnesota. 13; Camp Grant, 7. Northwestern, 13; Great Lakes, O. Purdue, 30; Ohio State, 7. Notre Dame, so: Wisconsin. 0. Western Michigan, g.; Miami O. Bowling Green, IA; Wayne, 0. Kansas, 13; Washburn, 0. Iowa State, 27; Nebraska. 6. De Kalb Teachers, 80; Macomb Teachers, IA. Sub Michigan Normal, IA; Wayne, o. Maryville (Mo) Teachers, o.; Peru (NebD Teachers, (tie). Oberlin, 81; Ohio Wesleyan, 0. Bunker Hill Naval Cadets, 49,; Bowling Green, IL. Otterbein, 18; West Virginia Teach, 13. Illinois Wesleyan, 81; Indiana Teachers. 0. William Jewel, 10; Kansas State, O. Concordia, 26: Bemidji Teach ers, 7. Concordia College, 6; Elmhurst, 0. Lawrence, 10; Notre Dame ROTC, Southwest. Texas, “a; Arkansas, 0. Norman Navy, 20; Oklahoma A. and M, 0. Southern Methodist, IL; Rice, O. Far West. Fort Riley, At; Denver, 0. Colorado, IA; Salt Lake Air Base, O.. Reno Air Base, q; Utah, 10. California, 13; UCLA, 0. Southern California, “a; San Francisco. 0. College Pacific, l6; Del Monte Prefight, Z. Redlands, 40; Pomona Ord nance, O. March Field, I; San Diego Naval, 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)

UCLA 52% to win. California won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, UCLA leads 59–⁠34–⁠1; as played, 59–⁠35–⁠1 in 95 meetings, counting the 84 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026UCLA 45, California 24
2023California 33, UCLA 7
2022UCLA 35, California 28
2021UCLA 42, California 14
2020UCLA 34, California 10
2019California 28, UCLA 18

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