California at Ohio State
Saturday, October 2, 1954 Share
No. 14 Ohio State beat No. 18 California 21–13. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 3–1.
FinalHigh 85°F, low 68°FAttendance 79,524
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 4, 1954, page 16 (results column)
Read the text
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.
The series
Every California–Ohio State gameOhio State leads 7–1 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.
Around this game
California
- Next gamevs. OregonOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonCalifornia in 1954
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
Ohio State
- Next gameat IllinoisOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonOhio State in 1954
- ProgramOhio State history and records

