Northwestern at UCLA

Saturday, September 25, 1948

Northwestern beat UCLA 19–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayNorthwestern8–⁠2 in 1948
19
HomeUCLA3–⁠7 in 1948
0

FinalHigh 72°F, low 47°FAttendance 55,156

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: G'{9I

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, September 27, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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    G’{9I Final scores of important foot ball games over the weekend are as follows: San Francisco 2; St. Mary’s 0. Minnesota 20; Washington 0. Oregon 20; Stanford 12. Santa Clara 20; Oklahoma IF. Northwestern 19; UCLA 0. New Mexico 19; Colorado 6. Wyoming 61; Colorado College T. Montana s. 33; N. D. State 0. Texas Mines 36; Houston U. ‘. Utah State IS; Montana T. Utah 21; Idaho 6. Arizona IA; San Diego s. 6. Colo AM fl; New Mexico AIM 6 Duquesne 15; Alliance T. Rice 46; Sam Houston O. Baylor AZ; Tulsa 19. Kentucky 48; Xavier ‘. Maryland 19; Richmond 0. Texas Tech 20; Texas AIM IA. Hardin Simmons T; Chm. ‘. William Mary IA: Davidson 6. Clemson 53; Presbyterian 0. Mississippi IA; Florida 0. Muhlenberg 27; Boston U. 0. Villanova 0; Army 28. California 21; Navy T. So. Methodist B; Pitt IA. Brown IS: Yale 28. Rutgers 6; Columbia 27, Arnold o; Coast Guard 20. Michigan 13; Michigan State 2. Georgetown T; Holy Cross Is. Fcrdham IA; Lafayette 53. Gettysburg 28; Drexel 0. Alfred 6; Bucknell 29. In the course of 70-year life. the average human heart spends 40 years resting.

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)

UCLA 72% to win. Northwestern pulled the upset.

Northwestern leads 4–⁠3 in seven meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Northwestern 17, UCLA 14
2005UCLA 50, Northwestern 38Sun Bowl
1970UCLA 12, Northwestern 7
1969UCLA 36, Northwestern 0
1948Northwestern 19, UCLA 0
1947Northwestern 27, UCLA 26

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