Stanford at California

Saturday, November 22, 1952. California kept the Axe

California beat Stanford 26–⁠0. It was their 54th meeting; after it, California led the series 17–⁠11–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayStanford5–⁠5 in 1952
0
HomeCalifornia7–⁠3 in 1952
26

FinalAttendance 83,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Observation-Disclosures AS California Whips Stanford

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 23, 1952, page 67

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    Observation-Disclosures AS California Whips Stanford BERKELEY, Calf, Nov. a. California Bears fashioned three long touchdown marches and scored another on an intercepted pass today to roll up a 26–⁠0 vic tory over the Stanford Indians in the football classic that annually completes the season for the two traditional rivals. An overflow crowd of $4,000 fans saw the Bears power II yards in the first quarter, travel the same distance in the third, and smash “a yards to score in the fourth. Lloyd Torchio, a bench warming center most OF the season. added the final touchdown in the last period when he snagged a pass thrown by Jack Gebert, Stanford quarterback. the 193-pound. g. foot-one sophomore from nearby Lafayette charged 38 yards for the score. California star fullback, John. ny Olszewski, bowed out of col. lege play in record-breaking style He powered 122 yards to set a new Pacific Coast Conference three Iyear-mark for rushing with 2,504 yards. The former record of 2.49e yards was set by Washington’s fullback, Hugh McElhenny. now with the San Francisco Forty miners. The first half was running out when the Bears broke the score

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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 73 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Stanford 31, California 10
2024California 24, Stanford 21
2023California 27, Stanford 15
2022California 27, Stanford 20
2021California 41, Stanford 11
2020Stanford 24, California 23

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