Santa Clara at California

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 18, 1949, page 45

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  California Crushes Santa Clara II 10 I BERKELEY. Calf, Sept. IL CALIFORNIA; Bears roared into the 1949 football season today with a smashing. impressive 21-to-7 victory over Santa Clara. A crowd Of $4,000. perspiring in summer like weather, saw Coach Lynn Waldorf’s revamped Bears decisively outplay q good Santa Clara club. The Coast Conference co-champions and Rose Bowl losers made their initial bid for the title with a combination Of powerhouse foot ball and sharp passing attack. The Bears, after yielding q touchdown in the first period, came back with q charge that netted them two scores in the second quarter. They made it a convincing decision with another touchdown in the last period.

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