California at Washington
Saturday, October 26, 1946 Share
Washington beat California 20–6. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Washington led the series 14–13–2.
FinalHigh 48°F, low 42°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 28, 1946, page 3
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aauSkies in Big vittorY Over Bears SEATTLE. oct. 2S.- Washington tuned in it’s best football perform ance Of the season in roughing the favored California Bears 20 to 6 before 3J.G00 chilled homecoming spectators Saturday Washington plled up 2 first downs to Cahsotnn’s three; 22l yards on running plays to a lone net eain of one yard on California running plays 95 yards to 76 in passing yardage Washinqton’s linemen were rush ing the Bears so hard that they threw them fer a net loss of l2 yards on running plays il the first hall Califcmia’a lone touchdown came CT 2 58-yard screened pass play. the cnly pass the Bears completeI in the first half Gerry Austin scored two touch downs fer Washington on short quarterback sneaks frcIa a yard cut and Brooks Riddle scored the other, lut sam Robinson, returning to cid time folm as a lullgack reserve led the ctfcnse with an average C. al- mest 5 yards per try fiji pil.rs up 60 yards.
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 27, 1946, page 27
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Washington 20–6 Victor Over Inept California pT f1t NSSoeIoFed ‘feSs SEATTLE, Oct. 26-Holding CAL ifornia to net rushing gain of yard, the University Of Washington Steam-rollered to a 2O-to-6 victory in a homecoming game before 35,- 600 frigid customers today. The Huskies, as adept today as they were inept last week in losing to Southern California. played in spired football in the line and COM pletely dominated the play.
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.
On the newsreel
- WASHINGTON TOPS CALIFORNIATwo great Coast teams battle for gridiron honors, and the Huskies are victors by a 20-6 margin over their traditional rivals, the Golden Bears of California
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Washington 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every California–Washington gameWashington leads 55–41–3 in 99 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.
Around this game
California
- Next gamevs. Washington StateNov. 2, 1946
- SeasonCalifornia in 1946
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
Washington
- Next gameat StanfordNov. 9, 1946
- SeasonWashington in 1946
- ProgramWashington history and records