Washington at California

Saturday, November 7, 1953

California beat Washington 53–⁠25. It was their 36th meeting; after it, California led the series 19–⁠15–⁠2.

AwayWashington3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1953
25
HomeCalifornia4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1953
53

FinalHigh 67°F, low 48°FAttendance 36,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: California WaIIops Washington, 53-25

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 8, 1953, page 71

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    California WaIIops Washington, 53–⁠25 BERKELEY, Calf, Nov. T. Peerless Paul Larson threw three touchdown passes, scored a touchdown himself and wrote new records in California’s foot ball history as the inspired Bears walloped the Washington Huskles 1925 today in a Pacific Coast Conference rout. A crowd of $4,000 saw the two teams roll up the most points ever compiled in their annual rivalary starting back in 1904. California, with Larson con- Meeting with his receivers at times with seemingly impossible passes, took the opening kickoff IS yards and a lead that was built up steadily from then ON. Larson’s touchdown throws were 10 yards to Left End Jim Carmichael in the first period, and third-period toSses of SO and 43 yards to AL Talley, left half back. In the second quarter, the Bears Skipper faxed a pass and ran 8 yards to score himself. Washington - 0 6 1875 Washington scoring: TouchdownS- Black, Lederman, Roake. Sprague. Con- VerSion-NileS California scoring, Touchdowns-Dn lon t2), Carmichael Larson. Talley ~.

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington leads 55–⁠41–⁠3 in 99 meetings, counting the 63 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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