Missouri at California
Saturday, September 27, 1952 Share
No. 8 California beat Missouri 28–14. It was their first meeting; after it, California led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 53°FAttendance 45,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, September 28, 1952, page 68
Read the text
BERKLEY, Calf. Sept 27.- California’s hard-running backs powered to a 28–14 football vic tory over the Missouri Tigers today in an intersectional game before crowd of $4,000. The Bears pushed over touch downs in the first and third quarters and two more in the final period. Missouri scored first early in the opening period-ano counted again in the fourth quarter. Fullback Johnny OlszeWski California’s candidate for ALL America honors this season, and Halfbacks Don johnson and Bill Powell crashed through the Missouri, defenSes in age-gaining sprees. The Tigers made a fight of it all the way but were worr
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 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Missouri–California gameCalifornia leads 4–2–1 in seven meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 1985 | California 39, Missouri 32 | |
| 1977 | California 28, Missouri 21 | |
| 1972 | Missouri 34, California 27 | |
| 1964 | California 21, Missouri 14 | |
| 1962 | Missouri 21, California 10 | |
| 1961 | California 14, Missouri 14 |
Around this game
Missouri
- Next gameat Kansas StateOct. 4, 1952
- SeasonMissouri in 1952
- ProgramMissouri history and records
California
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 4, 1952
- SeasonCalifornia in 1952
- ProgramCalifornia history and records