California at Stanford

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1951, page 50

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  Stanford Upset, 2O-7 as Sub Scores Twice for California PALO ALTO. Calf. Nov. “a Spearheaded by Johnny Pappa. a sub halfback. California Bears smashed and powered their way to 20–⁠7 upset victory over STAN ford’s Indians today to hand the prospective Rose Bowl team its first defeat of the season. But there was no doubt that Stanford. the Pacific Coast Conference champion. would be chosen to meet Illinois in Pasadena on New Years Day. The Illini won the Big Ten title and clinched a Rose Bowl berth by beating North western. 80. The official selecton of the two teams by the conference committees was expected within a couple of days. An overflow crowd of more than 10000 saw Papa race 81 yards in the second period for one Cali ifornia touchdown and crack the stamford line for the last three yards in the final quarter for another / Left Halfback Don Robson put the Bears into the lead in the opening quarter with a 34-yard touchdown run right through the center of the Stanford team. | Stanford, after being stopped

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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 74 since this game.