UCLA at California

Saturday, November 11, 1950

No. 6 California beat No. 19 UCLA 35–⁠0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, California led the series 14–⁠6–⁠1 as played.

Away19UCLA6–⁠3 in 1950
0
Home6California9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1950
35

FinalHigh 71°F, low 48°FAttendance 81,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, November 12, 1950, page 42

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    BERKELEY, Calf, Nov. IL CALIFORNIA; devastating Bears today practically clinched a third consecutive trip to the Rose Bowl when they pulverized the University of California at Los Angeles Bruins, 35 to 0. in a Pacific Coast Conference football game. A sellout crowd of $1,000 watched the battle. Only Stanford now stands between the undefeated, united Bears and a return to the big bowl. Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf’s hard hitting club demoralized UCLA with a smashing offense that scored two touchdowns in the second period. two more in the third, and another in the fourth. The Bruins crossed the midfield marker only twice in the bruising contest. It was the worst defeat ever inflicted by the Bears on the Bruins, and the first time Coach

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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, UCLA leads 59–⁠34–⁠1; as played, 59–⁠35–⁠1 in 95 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026UCLA 45, California 24
2023California 33, UCLA 7
2022UCLA 35, California 28
2021UCLA 42, California 14
2020UCLA 34, California 10
2019California 28, UCLA 18

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