California at Washington

Saturday, November 8, 1952

Washington beat California 22–⁠7. It was their 35th meeting; after it, California led the series 18–⁠15–⁠2.

AwayCalifornia7–⁠3 in 1952
7
HomeWashington7–⁠3 in 1952
22

FinalHigh 66°F, low 42°FAttendance 51,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Washington Converts California FumbIes Into 22-fo-7 Victory

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 9, 1952, page 65

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    Washington Converts California FumbIes Into 22-fo-7 Victory SEATTLE, Nov. 8.-An alert de. Tense and the daring quarter back ing Of Don Heinrich earned the Huskies Of Washington q surprise 22–⁠7 triumph today over CALI fornia’s fumble-plagued Bears in q Pacific Coast Conference foot ball game. Losing their third straight decision this season. the Bears con. tributed to their own defeat by fumbling away opportunities. The most costly was q tumble when California was poised just three yards from q second quarter touchdown that would have tied the score or put them ahead. The crowd Of $4,000 was treated to a scoring explosion in the opening quarter when Washington Tailed twice and California once. Heinrich engineered a Husky touchdown in the first four and a half minutes when Washington’s kickoff was fumbled by Calls Don johnson and recovered by Stan Kuchinskas on the Bear “a. In nine running plays the Huskies had their first tally, Bill Farley smashing for the final foot. California bounced right back with the longest gallop Of the game. Bill Powell scooted around left end behind great blocking to go Sc yards for a touchdown. Tom Keough’s kick made it 7–⁠6 for Cal. The lead lasted only as long as it took Washington to power and pass 68 yards to another touch down, Heinrich sneaking the final yard. The scoring ended in the final period when Quarterback Ray Willsey intercepted a Heinrich pass on the California 2-yard line and fell back across the goal. Gs.Sinston SnliiSrnls 1s 9 3 I’d California scoring: Touchdown-Powell. washington scoring: Touchdown--Earley ~ ~‘e’ we

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 52% to win. Washington won as Elo’s underdog.

Washington leads 55–⁠41–⁠3 in 99 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Washington 59, California 32
2022Washington 28, California 21
2021Washington 31, California 24
2019California 20, Washington 19
2018California 12, Washington 10
2017Washington 38, California 7

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