Washington State at California

Saturday, October 16, 1954

California beat Washington State 17–⁠7. It was their 27th meeting; after it, California led the series 19–⁠6–⁠2.

AwayWashington State4–⁠6 in 1954
7
HomeCalifornia5–⁠5 in 1954
17

FinalHigh 70°F, low 54°FAttendance 27,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 67

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    BERKELEY, Calf, Oct. 16.- CALIFORNIA; Bears. rolling behind the field generalship of Quarterback Paul Larson, hit footballs comeback trail today with a 17–⁠7 victory over the Washington State Cougars. before $1,000 fans. The first conference victory for the Bears was accomplished with a field goal and a touch down in the final period. The Cougars held to a TT tie for three quarters. Larson broke the deadlock in the final period when he booted the field goal from 10 yards out. In the closing minutes the Bears passed and plunged for Al

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 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

California leads 49–⁠30–⁠5 in 84 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023California 42, Washington State 39
2022Washington State 28, California 9
2021Washington State 21, California 6
2019California 33, Washington State 20
2018Washington State 19, California 13
2017California 37, Washington State 3

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