Washington at California
Saturday, October 6, 1945 Share
California beat Washington 27–14. It was their 28th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 13–13–2.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 57°FAttendance 50,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1945, page 1 (results column)
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Navy Beats Duke; Army, Notre Dame | And Terps Also Win Army and Navy turned In crushing victories In yesterdays early-season football card. The Cadets swamped Wake Forest, one Of the South’s best, $40. and Navy beat Duke, 81 0. Notre Dame chalked up its second straight victory, defeat ing Georgia Tech. 40–7. In other games, Holy Gross trounced Yale, 2i-o; California scored Is points in the ANAL period to upset Washington, 27–14. and Brown swamped Boston College, 51-o. Maryland, looking ahead to next Saturdays clash with the Merchant Marine Academy, whipped Richmond u, 21–0, while the marines we’re trim ming Ursinus, 1910. = “Details on Sports Pages.)
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)
Washington 63% to win. California won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Washington–California gameWashington leads 55–41–3 in 99 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.
Around this game
Washington
- Next gamevs. Washington StateOct. 13, 1945
- SeasonWashington in 1945
- ProgramWashington history and records
California
- Next gameat UCLAOct. 13, 1945
- SeasonCalifornia in 1945
- ProgramCalifornia history and records