Washington State at California
Saturday, October 16, 1954 Share
California beat Washington State 17–7. It was their 27th meeting; after it, California led the series 19–6–2.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 54°FAttendance 27,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 67
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Washington State–California gameCalifornia leads 49–30–5 in 84 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.
Around this game
Washington State
- Next gamevs. IdahoOct. 23, 1954
- SeasonWashington State in 1954
- ProgramWashington State history and records
California
- Next gameat USCOct. 23, 1954
- SeasonCalifornia in 1954
- ProgramCalifornia history and records

