UCLA at California

Saturday, November 1, 1952

No. 7 UCLA beat No. 11 California 28–⁠7. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, California led the series 14–⁠8–⁠1 as played.

Away7UCLA8–⁠1 in 1952
28
Home11California7–⁠3 in 1952
7

FinalHigh 68°F, low 44°FAttendance 82,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: UCLA Smoshes Bears, 28 to 7; Cameron Figures in 3 Scores

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 2, 1952, page 66

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    UCLA Smoshes Bears, 28 to 7; Cameron Figures in 3 Scores BERKELEY, Calf, Nov. l. Rangy Paul Cameron. playing his first full game of the season, led the undefeated UCLA Bruins to a smashing 28–⁠7 win over the Cali fornia Bears today in their an nual football clash, played before $4,000 fans. The 6-foot 185-pound tailback, who had seen only 40 minutes of action in six previous games, threw touchdown passes in the first ana third quarters and directed the ground attack that accounted for a second-period score. Tiny Ted Narleski, replacing Cameron late in the last period, completed 21-yard scoring pass to End Ike Jones for the last touchdown. Halfback Don johnson, racing SO yards on a thrilling kickoff return. gave California it’s lone touchdown in the third period. The victory kept the hard knocking, alert Bruins in the Pa |cif1c Coast Conference champion ship race and in the running for the Rose Bowl. They are tied

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 54% to win. UCLA won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, UCLA leads 59–⁠34–⁠1; as played, 59–⁠35–⁠1 in 95 meetings, counting the 72 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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