California at Ohio State

Saturday, October 2, 1954

No. 14 Ohio State beat No. 18 California 21–⁠13. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 3–⁠1.

Away18California5–⁠5 in 1954
13
Home14Ohio State10–⁠0 in 1954
21

FinalHigh 85°F, low 68°FAttendance 79,524

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays Stors

    Evening star, October 4, 1954, page 16 (results column)

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    Saturdays Stors Len Dawson, Purdue-Threw four touchdown passes in a 27–⁠14 upset triumph over Notre Dame. Royce Flippin, Princeton Scored three touchdowns-on runs of 81, 40 and 4 yards-and passed 20 yards for another in Tigers 54–⁠20 victory over CO. lumbia. H0palOng Cassidy, Ohio State Scored two touchdowns and put on a one-man show of pass catching and running in 21–⁠13 victory over California. FlOrian Helinski, Indiana Threw two touchdown passes and also scored as Hoosiers routed the College of the Pacific, 34–⁠6. Charley Sumner, William and Mary-Had touchdown runs of SO and IS yards and threw a touchdown pass in 27–⁠7 conquest of Pennsylvania. Dicky Moegle, Rice-Included a brilliant 78-yard run among four touchdowns while leading Rice to a 41–⁠20 victory over Cornell.

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)

Ohio State 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Ohio State leads 7–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
2013Ohio State 52, California 34
2012Ohio State 35, California 28
1972Ohio State 35, California 18
1971Ohio State 35, California 3
1954Ohio State 21, California 13
1953Ohio State 33, California 19

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