Santa Clara at California
Saturday, September 18, 1948 Share
California beat Santa Clara 41–19. It was their 18th meeting; after it, California led the series 13–5.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 54°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, September 21, 1948, page 18
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California Drills Here Friday for Navy Tilt BERKELEY, Calf, Sept. 21.- Coach Lynn Pappy) Waldorf and his University of California Bears 81 strong-will leave San Francisco by plane Thursday to keep a Saturday grid engagement with Navy at Baltimore. Waldorf was not too pleased with his eleven’s 41–19 larruping of Santa Clara Saturday He said the line blocking was bad and the defense spotty. | But he admitted he had foot ball player in Jackie Jensen, 1922 pound blond fullback. Jensen went 62 yards for one score, 81 for an other and 64 yards on a play to set up another Bear touchdown. Wal dorf termed Jensen’s running “remarkable.” The Bear mentor said he had picked 80 men for the gilman travel ing squad The final four will be picked Wednesday. California will stop Thursday aft ernoon for a workout in Kansas City. The team will arrive in Wash ington Thursday night and will work out at Griffith Stadium Friday. Fullback Pete Schabarum and Guard Ray De Jong, both out with injuries since last week, may not make the trip.
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)
California 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Santa Clara–California gameCalifornia leads 17–5 in 22 meetings, counting the four since this game.
Around this game
Santa Clara
- Next gamevs. OklahomaSept. 25, 1948
- SeasonSanta Clara in 1948
- ProgramSanta Clara history and records
California
- Next gameat NavySept. 25, 1948
- SeasonCalifornia in 1948
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
