UCLA at California

Saturday, November 24, 1945

California beat No. 12 UCLA 6–⁠0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, California led the series 10–⁠5–⁠1 as played.

Away12UCLA5–⁠4 in 1945
0
HomeCalifornia4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1945
6

FinalHigh 58°F, low 52°F, 0.73 in. of rainAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL ! SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 26, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL ! SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played over the weekend: EAST Harvard, 60; Boston U, 0. Yale, 20; Princeton, IA. Pittsburgh, T; Penn State, o. Columbia, 21 Dartmouth, 0. Pennsylvania, 59; Cornell, G. Colgate, G. Brown. 6. (Tie). SOUTH Tennessee, IA; Kentucky. 0. Maryland, 19; Virginia, IS. Duke, IA; North Carolina, 2. Clemson, 2l Georgia Tech, ‘. Alabama, 55; Pensacola Navy, 6 Auburn, 29; Louisiana Tech, 0. Mississippi U, T; Mississippi State Notre Dame, 32; Tulane, 6. MIDWEST Northwestern, IS, Illinois, ‘. Indiana, 26 Purdue, 0. Michigan, 2; Ohio State, 3. Wisconsin, 26; Minnesota, l2. Missouri, 33; Kansas, l2. Nebraska, IS; Iowa, 6. Oklahoma A & M, AT: Oklahoma 0. SOUTHWEST Texas Christian, IA; Rice, l3. Southern Methodist, 34, Baylor o. FAR WEST e.. Colorado A & M, T: Colorado College, T. (Tie). California, 6; UCLA, 0. Washington State, 2; Washing. ton, 0. Texas Tech, 6; New Mexico 6 (Tie). SUNDAY Holy Cross, 46, Boston College, 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 61% to win. California pulled the upset.

Officially, UCLA leads 59–⁠34–⁠1; as played, 59–⁠35–⁠1 in 95 meetings, counting the 79 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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