Santa Clara at California

Saturday, September 18, 1948

California beat Santa Clara 41–⁠19. It was their 18th meeting; after it, California led the series 13–⁠5.

AwaySanta Clara7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1948
19
HomeCalifornia10–⁠1 in 1948
41

FinalHigh 62°F, low 54°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: California Drills Here Friday for Navy Tilt

    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.

California leads 17–⁠5 in 22 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1952California 27, Santa Clara 7
1951California 34, Santa Clara 0
1950California 27, Santa Clara 9
1949California 21, Santa Clara 7
1948California 41, Santa Clara 19
1947California 33, Santa Clara 7

Around this game

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