Stanford at California

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1948, page 41

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  gda &pofs California Has Close CALL But Beats Stanford II Redskins Test New Strength On EuqIes in Crucial Contest PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.-A young and still improving Redskin eleven will test its newly developed strength against the Eagles here tomorrow in a bid for the Eastern lead In the National Football League. A turnaway crowd Of 4o,- 900 will be shoe horned into Shibe Park and experts figure 1t Is hot only the days top attraction but may be one of the seasons most exciting pigskin parties. Philadelphia director Of public safety today appealed to all people not holding tickets to the game TO remain away from Shibe Park. He advised Washington fans not to make the trip here tomorrow with out tickets for every inch Of space in the park, including standing room, has been sold. The Redskins must stop Steve Van Buren,, the leagues leading ground. gamer with $50 yards, and Tommy Thompson, currently ranked as its No. ! passer, to win this key game in the title fight. The memory Of Philadelphia’s $50 wax job on them in the first game has made most experts strap-hangers on the Eagles band wagon. But Redskin supporters think the teams four-game winning streak Is evidence enough that 1t can match Philadelphia’s power. Sammy Baugh’s record of ll2 compilations in 1870 passes for 1887 yards and IA touchdowns shows that instead of slipping the old gent seems to be improving. Redskin backs, reorganized into units since the first Philly game have begun to click and today. Coach Turk Edwards will have little Eddie Saenz avail able for the first time this season. No Redskin team ever came up to a game with more determination than the squad which arrived here tonight. Tomorrows game Is the big one. If the Skins lose they will

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  Roanoke Rapids daily herald, North Carolina, November 21, 1948, page 8

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  California Bears Squeeze Past Sdnforca J to & to Keep Rose Bowl Chances Alive Berkeley. Calf, Nov. 20 = (P)-Califonia’s Bears squeezed by an inspired Stanford foot ball team. 7–⁠6 today to keel their Rose Bow; chances alive While more tnan $4,000 fan! gripned their seats in excitemen during a thrill-tilled game, the Big Bears, ST. favorites and ex pected to win by 20 or more points, fought their toughest bat tie of the season. California finished its seasor with an unblemished record, II straight victories. The last was the closest cal Of all. After yielding a first period touchdown, the Indians came back to tight the Bears to a standstill. They nit so hard, the Bears couldn’t holc the ball, In fact, a recovered tumble led to Stanford’s third period touch down. Unlike California, the Indians had no accurate placekicker. 1t cost them tie, California jim Cullom, doubling as a stout tackle as well as expert kicker from placement, won the tight game for his school. He booted the ball trough the uprights after right halfback Jack Swaner had scored with the game only five min utes old. 1t was Cullom’s twenty first in a row. He holds the coast conference record for sue cessive trys for points. The game started out as If to run true to predictions that the Bears would run over Stanford. The Bears received the kickoff, They marched 50 yards for the score. Fullback Jack Jensen, making an impressive bid for All-American honors, was the big punch in the touchdown drive. He slashed off the tackles and end for gains of l8 and l6 yards, respectively. Jensen. Incidentally, carried The ball l9 times for net gain Of 10 yards, an average of nine. He stood out over all the other backs in the game.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 22, 1948, page 1 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL :. SCORES Here are the final scores Of lead ing college football games played during the weekend Washington “a; Idaho T. Final, Oregon 10; oregon State O. Final, use 20; UCLA 10. F nal, Stanford 6; California 7. Penn State o; Pitt Z. Duke 0; North Carolina 20. Yale Z; Harvard 20. Dartmouth 33; Princeton 49, North Carolina State 6; William and Mary 26. Michigan 10; Ohio State 3. st. Marys Z; Boston College 10. Michigan State 40; Washington State 0. LeHigh 10; Lafayette %. George Washington 10; George town 7. Syracuse 90; Columbia “a. M chigan 10, Ohio State 3. Duquesne 0; Clemson 40. Illinois Z; Northwestern 20. Iowa “a; Boston University ID. Indiana O; Purdue 80. Holy Cross 10: Temple 7. Tulane s; Cincinnati 0. Rutgers 30; Fordham 10. Miami 10; Florida 10. The Citadel o; Georgia Tech 81. Wesleyan 26; Rochester 0. Georgia 80; Furman 0. Kentucky O; Tennessee 0. Minnesota Is; Wisconsin o. San Francisco 10; Villanova 46. Alabama 6; Louisiana State 26.

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.

Officially, Stanford leads 65–⁠51–⁠11; as played, 54–⁠45–⁠6 in the 105 games on file; the official count covers all 127 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.