California at Washington

Saturday, November 4, 1950

No. 6 California beat No. 12 Washington 14–⁠7. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, California led the series 17–⁠14–⁠2.

Away6California9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1950
14
Home12Washington8–⁠2 in 1950
7

FinalHigh 60°F, low 49°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 55,200

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: COACHES WALDORF KELLEY GIVEN TIPS

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 8, 1950, page 1

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    COACHES WALDORF KELLEY GIVEN TIPS OAKLAND, Calf, Nov. SIR Memos from the football coaches. Lynn (Pappy) Wa’IcIf OF Calf ornia: Don’t put us in the Rose Bowl before we finish our schedule. Washington was dangerous at all times California wen, 14–⁠7) Il can truthfully say 1 think UCLA will be tougher (this Saturday) than washington. UCLA is a tough team, extremely hard to score against. 1t has the strong est defense on the coast and one of the strongest in the country. This shapes up as a very even game. The breaks may decide it. There is a possibility our defensive men, Joe Hibbs, John Cadenasso and Wally Laster, may not be sufficiently recovered from injuries to play” Vic Kelley, advance man for UCLA: This is the best line Henry Red” Sanders has ever coached 1t is the best ever on pass defense, with 16 interruptions this season. The team is alert to recover fumbles. l believe coach Sanders would rate California slightly stronger than Illinois. “ illinois defeated UCLA., 14–⁠6 and Washington, 20–⁠13 Washington won from UCLA, 21–⁠20).

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Grid Stars

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 6, 1950, page 20 (results column)

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    Saturdays Grid Stars Dy Hus SssoNt6tSo Esess AL WARD, right end-Converted in last period to give Columbia 20–⁠19 upset victory over Cornell. FRED MAJOR, quarterback Tossed 6-yard scoring pass to Tony Klimek to lead Illinois to TO victory over Michigan and fan Rose Bowl hopes. BOBBY WILLIAMS, quarterback --Chucked two touchdown passes and punted brilliantly to spark Notre Dame to uphill 1910 victory over game Navy. BEN TOMPKINS, quarterback Threw one touchdown pass, figured in two others and made three conversions as Texas up set previously unbeaten and untied Southern Methodist. GENE FILIPSKI, left halfback- Scampered 20 and 73 yards for touchdowns as Army kept its perfect record intact by down. ing Penn 1918. JOHN COATTA, quarterback Completed 13 out of “a passes. including a touchdown heave, to lead Wisconsin to q 1877 victory over Purdue. RAY VOHDEN and JIM MONA HAN, left halfbacks-Teamed up on an 81-yard pass play in the last quarter to enable Rutgers to come from behind and shade Brown, 1912. CLAUDE ARNOLD. quarterback, and BILLY VESSELS, left half back-Scored two touchdowns each as Oklahoma downed stub born Colorado. 27–⁠18, for 27th straight victory. HAROLD PAYNE, left halfback- Scored both touchdowns on short plunges as Tennessee nipped North Carolina. 1870. BOBBY REYNOLDS, left half back-Scored % points on three touchdowns and four conversions to lead Nebraska to 40–⁠34 victory over Missouri. JESSE RICHARDSON, guard Intercepted pass in final min ute and set up winning touch down in Alabama’s 14–⁠7 decision over Georgia. BILLY cox, tailback-Ran and passed Duke to 1921 victory over Georgia Tech. He amassed 277 yards rushing and passing, completing IL of % passes. TITUS PLOMARITUS. back Booted last-period field goal to enable Boston U. to edge William and Mary, 1914. EDDIE TALBOOM, back-Scored one touchdown, helped set up another and converted twice to lead unbeaten wyoming to 14–⁠7 victory over Idaho. GARY KERKORIAN, quarterback Converted IN the dying min utes to enable Stanford to Tie Southern California. TT. TED NARLESKI, tailback-Ran and passed UCLA to 20–⁠13 vic tory over Oregon State to keep Bruins in the running for the Rose Bowl. LES RICHTER, right guard, and PETE SCHABARUM, right half back-Richter pestered DON HEINRICH, passing ace, and converted twice and Schabarum scored twice as unbeaten Cali ! fornia beat Washington, 14–⁠7.

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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington leads 55–⁠41–⁠3 in 99 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Washington 59, California 32
2022Washington 28, California 21
2021Washington 31, California 24
2019California 20, Washington 19
2018California 12, Washington 10
2017Washington 38, California 7

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