Stanford at California

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  Evening star, November 26, 1950, page 46

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  California, Stanford Fight to Tie third period. then were deadlocked when Stanford tailed with a touchdown pass early in the final quarter. The Bears finished their season with nine victories and todays tie. Stanford completed an otherwise disappointing schedule with five wins, three defeats and two ties. The first half was scoreless with Stanford making two scoring bids to California’s one. The Indians missed q, 37-yard field goal attempt by End Bill McColl in the second period. Previously Stanford had travelled 63 yards to California’s 10, losing the ball on a pass interception. California rushed and passed from its own 80 to the Stanford IA as the half ended. California scored IS seconds after the third period opened The Bears recovered a tumble on Stanford’s 81. Right Halt Pete Schabarum picked up fine blocking on a sweep around end to go the entire distance. Les Richter, California’s All-America candidate for guard, placekicked the extra tally. The Bears held the TO lead going into the fourth period when Stanford tied the count. The scoring sortie started late in the third, when the Indians recovcred a tumble ‘on CALIFORNIA; 81 Quarterback Gary Kerkorian completed successive passes to Nc Coll, good for 18 and IA yards respectively. They changed sides for the last period with Stanford holding the ball five yards from goal, Kerkorian threw a wide pass to Left Half Boyd Benson who sped three yards around California s right end for the touchdown. Kerkorian’s placement was good and the count was TT. Stanford lost a third period touchdown on heart-breaking penalty for showing. The Indians had linked three passes to bring the ball from their own 80 to the California %. From there Kerkorian whipped the ball to Right Half Bob White who caught it in the end zone. The play was called back and Stanford penalized. In the fourth period, the Indi-

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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 75 since this game.