Stanford at UCLA
Saturday, October 12, 1946 Share
No. 5 UCLA beat No. 17 Stanford 26–6. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 11–5–1.
FinalHigh 88°F, low 55°FAttendance 90,803
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 17, 1946, page 1
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UCLA’s End Baldwin Rated As Standout Lineman Of Nation NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-P)-Burr Baldwin, UCLA end who scored the touchdown that sent the Bruins in to the 1913 Rose Bowl game and then interrupted his gridiron ca reer to serve more than three years in the Army, is footballs Line man of the Week” His performance last Saturday in snagging half a dozen of Ernie Cases passes for lis yards and handling the ball on two laterals, one of which resulted in a touch down, in UCLA’s 26–6 triumph over Stanford brought him top honors in the weekly poll of the Associated Press to select the outstanding lineman of the country. Other outstanding linemen Of the past week included: centers-Bryant Meeks, South Carolina; tackles Derogatis, Duke.

The Daily Alaska empire, October 15, 1946, page 3
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BEARS ARE PICKED, ROSE BOWL ENTRY SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15.-Ghe starless University of California Bears, with a chance to become the champion smashers of Bowl aspirants, today shaped their strength in depth as block in the Rose Bowl path of the power laden UCLA football team. At least one Pacific Coast con- ference coach has already conced- Bruins. He is Coach Marchie Swartz, whose Stanford eleven was unbeaten until the Bruins rolled over it 26–6 last week. aa
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)
Stanford 51% to win. UCLA won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Stanford–UCLA gameUCLA leads 49–43–3 in 95 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.
| 2023 | UCLA 42, Stanford 7 | |
| 2022 | UCLA 38, Stanford 13 | |
| 2021 | UCLA 35, Stanford 24 | |
| 2020 | Stanford 48, UCLA 47 | |
| 2019 | UCLA 34, Stanford 16 | |
| 2018 | Stanford 49, UCLA 42 |
Around this game
Stanford
- Next gamevs. Santa ClaraOct. 19, 1946
- SeasonStanford in 1946
- ProgramStanford history and records
UCLA
- Next gameat CaliforniaOct. 19, 1946
- SeasonUCLA in 1946
- ProgramUCLA history and records

