Oregon State at California

Saturday, November 13, 1954

California beat Oregon State 46–⁠7. It was their 19th meeting; after it, California led the series 13–⁠6.

AwayOregon State1–⁠8 in 1954
7
HomeCalifornia5–⁠5 in 1954
46

FinalHigh 65°F, low 47°FAttendance 22,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: California Romps in 46-7 Win Over Oreqon Stote

    Evening star, November 14, 1954, page 65

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    California Romps in 46–⁠7 Win Over Oreqon Stote BERKELEY, Calf, Nov. Is B.-Jerry Drew. a second fullback, ran wild as the Gale fornia Bears rolled up q 46–⁠7 victory over hapless Oregon State in a Pacific Coast Confer ence football game here today. Before q comparatively slim crowd of 1000, Drew scored the last three touchdowns and gained 28S yards for the day. Drew’s yardage established a new individual game record for California. eclipsing the former record held by Johnny Olszewski. California -- 8 8 20 14–⁠46 Scoring: oreson State. touchdown- IIittner. Point after topchdown--With co, williams. Carmichael. Drew t3f. Points after touchdown---Poppin. Norris, MaGuirk. HOFFMAN,.

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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

California leads 40–⁠37 in 77 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.

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2023Oregon State 52, California 40
2022Oregon State 38, California 10
2021California 39, Oregon State 25
2020Oregon State 31, California 27

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