Stanford at UCLA

Saturday, October 12, 1946

No. 5 UCLA beat No. 17 Stanford 26–⁠6. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 11–⁠5–⁠1.

Away17Stanford6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1946
6
Home5UCLA10–⁠1 in 1946
26

FinalHigh 88°F, low 55°FAttendance 90,803

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: UCLA's End Baldwin Rated As Standout Lineman Of Nation

    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 The Daily Alaska empire's story: BEARS ARE PICKED, ROSE BOWL ENTRY

    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.

UCLA leads 49–⁠43–⁠3 in 95 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023UCLA 42, Stanford 7
2022UCLA 38, Stanford 13
2021UCLA 35, Stanford 24
2020Stanford 48, UCLA 47
2019UCLA 34, Stanford 16
2018Stanford 49, UCLA 42

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