Alameda Coast Guard at UCLA
Friday, October 27, 1944 Share
UCLA beat Alameda Coast Guard 26–13. It was their only meeting on record.
FinalHigh 87°F, low 54°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 28, 1944, page 1
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SPORT BRIEFS In Worcester, Mass, last night, Phil Terranova, former NBA feath- erweight champion, won a technical knockout in IA seconds after the sec ond round opened, over Georgia Knox of Newark, The bout was a scheduled 10 rounder. In Seattle last night the Seattle Bombers passed themselves to Al to T victory over the San Diego Gunners of the American Football Professional League. In Los Angeles last night, the UCLA’s unpredictable Bruins upset the favored Alameda Coast Guard eleven by striking the ground in fog-laden air by 26 to 13 victory The fog was so thick at times the 15,OOO spectators could not see the players. The following are final scores of football games played yesterday afternoon or last night: Georgia Tech 13, Georgia Navy Pref1ight T.; Michigan State 32, Wayne 0; Buck nell T, Temples7, tie; Alabama 41, Kentucky O;Wake Forest 27, Miami o. In Chicago last night, Ray Sugar” Robinson of New York, outstanding challenger of the worlds welter- weight title, defeated Sgt. Lou Woods of Detroit, by a technical knockout in the ninth round of scheduled 10 rounder in the Chicago Stadium. Last night in New York, Cleo Shans, Los Angeles lightweight, won an easy 10 rounder over Leo Fran cis of Panama, in bruising, maul- ing bout.
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)
Alameda Coast Guard 59% to win. UCLA won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Alameda Coast Guard–UCLA gameUCLA leads 1–0 in their only meeting.
Around this game
Alameda Coast Guard
- Next gameat CaliforniaNov. 4, 1944
- SeasonAlameda Coast Guard in 1944
- ProgramAlameda Coast Guard history and records
UCLA
- Next gameat March FieldNov. 4, 1944
- SeasonUCLA in 1944
- ProgramUCLA history and records
