Pacific at California

Saturday, September 20, 1952

California beat Pacific 34–⁠13. It was their ninth meeting; after it, California led the series 7–⁠2.

AwayPacific7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1952
13
HomeCalifornia7–⁠3 in 1952
34

FinalHigh 72°F, low 53°FAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: California Crushes College Of Pacific

    Evening star, September 21, 1952, page 68

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    California Crushes College Of Pacific BERKELEY. Calf. Sept. 90 CALIFORNIA; Bears. a Pacific Conference giant, displayed dazzling running today as they crushed little but stubborn College of Pa cific. “a to 13. 1t was a non-conference foot ball season opener. College of the Pacific, a small school with big time football ideas. coupled an aerial attack with the power running of Half back Tom Mccormick and Full back Art LeidScher to strike first for a touchdown midway in the opening quarter. But the vaunted Bears Stormed back to grab 14–⁠6 halftime lead. With Fullback Johnny Olszewski sparkling the running attack. the men of Coach Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf took a commanding 27–⁠13 lead in the third quarter, scoring both on the ground and on the accurate arm of Quarterback Billy Mais. OlszeWski. playing his first COM plete game since he injured his knee in midseason last year. broke an all-time California total. individual rushing mark of 1.703 yards early in the game. He did it by piling up 122 yards today for a new mark of 1.785. The old mark was set by Jackie Jensen. Collese of Pacific 80 o O-f3 California l3 IA

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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

California leads 12–⁠3 in 15 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1991California 86, Pacific 24
1988California 30, Pacific 7
1987California 42, Pacific 0
1984California 28, Pacific 12
1978California 24, Pacific 6
1958Pacific 24, California 20

Around this game

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California