Pennsylvania at California

Saturday, October 1, 1955

California beat Pennsylvania 27–⁠7. It was their seventh meeting; California leads the series 7–⁠0.

AwayPennsylvania0–⁠9 in 1955
7
HomeCalifornia2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1955
27

FinalHigh 65°F, low 51°FAttendance 21,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Penn FuInbIes Help Bears Win

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1955, page 68

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    Penn FuInbIes Help Bears Win BERKELEY. Calf. oct. / tF1. - California turned Pennsylvamia naiscnes into d football rout today. pounding the Quakers into submission. 27–⁠7. in q loosely played intersectionai fpotbail game before n 900 fans. Two Of the four California touchdoWns were directly attrib- ,itahie TO Penn fumhles and another resulted from an ii-yard punt. The Quakers fumhled six times and the Bears gobbled up fiye Of the bobbleS. The Quakers attack, irnpotent against the big California line. was further handicapped BY q total Of li6 yards in penalties. It was California’s seventh straight victory over the Quakers. who have not won q game in their last is. PennsylyAnia q Or California 0 Soft pennsslvania seorins: Tcuchdoxn--ksspl kSsS spl.s. s. ysiai fiet. tplunss’ conssfsi0 |arsnser lsl ti. piungel. IS. rum; WI son rs, riuneeG smith “a yards, |pinnssi. conyeFsions--Poppin q.

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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

California leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings.

Recent meetings
1955California 27, Pennsylvania 7
1953California 40, Pennsylvania 0
1951California 35, Pennsylvania 0
1950California 14, Pennsylvania 7
1929California 12, Pennsylvania 7
1927California 27, Pennsylvania 13

Around this game

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