California at UCLA

Saturday, October 31, 1953

No. 10 UCLA beat California 20–⁠7. It was their 24th meeting; after it, California led the series 14–⁠9–⁠1 as played.

AwayCalifornia4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1953
7
Home10UCLA8–⁠2 in 1953
20

FinalHigh 84°F, low 49°FAttendance 70,073

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Stdrs

    Evening star, November 2, 1953, page 20 (results column)

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    Saturdays Stdrs Carroll LOwenstein, Harvard back-Scored once, passed for five touchdownS and kicked an extra point as Harvard beat Davidson, 1875. Joe Heap, Notre Dame half back = Accounted for Notre Danes first two touchdoWns on a plunge and a 28-yard pass in 1877 victory over Navy. Bart Starr, Alabama quarter back-Threw three scoring passes in 1912 conquest of Georgia. Cotton Davidson, Baylor quarterback-PaSsed for three touch downs and set up fourth while hitting II of 19 tosSes for 149 yards. Howard Cassidy, Ohio State halfback-Plunged a yard and sprinted 81 for a pair of scores and threw a 25-yard touchdown pass in 27–⁠13 win over North western. Paul Cameron, UCLA tall back-Ran for two touchdowns, passed for a third, bottled up California with quick kicks and intercepted a pass in 20–⁠7 triumph. Tom Altman and Bruce BOsley, fullback and tackle. West Virginia – Altman blocked a fourth-period punt and Bosley recovered it in Penn State end zone for winning margin in 20–⁠19 victory that kept West Virginia unbeaten. Tony Radios, Penn State quarterback-Ran for one touchdown and passed for other two while hitting 16 of 27 aerials for 239 yards. s... Pat Stark, Syracuse quarter back-Scored once. passed for

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)

UCLA 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, UCLA leads 59–⁠34–⁠1; as played, 59–⁠35–⁠1 in 95 meetings, counting the 71 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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