California at Stanford

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 22, 1953, page 66

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  Uc|ans nsCapture Coast Title by Defeating use Triumph by 1910 Score as Stanford Is Tied by Beers LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21.- UCLA hammered out 1870 VIC tory over the University of Southern California today and to all intents captured the Rose Bowl bid for the Pacific Coast Conference. The triumph, coupled with the 21–⁠21 tie between Stanford and California, ostensibly sent the Bruins rolling into the New Years Day game at Pasadena against Big Ten representative. The score gave UCLA a 6–⁠1 conference record, against STAN ford’s record of five victories, one defeat and one tie. Game is Televised UCLA. performing before 85,- 366 fans, plus a national television audience of millions, wrapped up the game with a touchdown in the second quarter and cllnched it with another in the fourth period. With the game in the Uclans laps, attention of the roaring crowd turned to radio and loud speaker reports from the game at Palo Alto. There was wild hysteria among the UCLA thousands when Cali fornia tied Stanford and then when that game ended. Official vote Of the conference must be taken, but it appeared certain that UCLA would get the bowl assignment, it’s third in history. Trojan Miscues Hurt. The Trojans contributed an untoward amount of expensive blunders in the form of fumbles and pass interceptions. Sophomore Bob Davenport scored the first touchdown on a one-yard dive over a heap of cardinal and gold jerseys. Big Paul Cameron, held to a minus two yards in the first half, fought his way inside the right side of his line from six yards out to ring up the final touchdown. The drama in tight defensive struggle came on a brilliant punt (See UCLA, Page C-80

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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 72 since this game.