UCLA at Stanford

Saturday, October 15, 1955

UCLA beat Stanford 21–⁠13. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 14–⁠11–⁠1.

AwayUCLA9–⁠2 in 1955
21
HomeStanford6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1955
13

FinalHigh 72°F, low 53°FAttendance 52,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: ltDlAN,S HOMECOMING SPOILED Stanford oses, 2I-l3 UCLA HoIts Lote Rally

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1955, page 1

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    ltDlAN,S HOMECOMING SPOILED Stanford oses, 2I-l3 UCLA HoIts Lote Rally PALo ALTO. Calf. Oct IS |lE “A clustering three-touchdown opening period splurge stood up for UCL4A today under “a terrific Iast-lalf batterine BY 1.-THE 1nderdog Stanford Indians for . 21–⁠13 Pacific Coast Com ference football victory. UCLA started out to make 1.-THE Indians homecoming q Runaway. racking up scores the lfirst three times they had the ball. But the Indians. recovering lsuddenlx after the intermission. came roaring back TO give the Bruins the shock Of their lives, A pair Of touchdoWus IN the third quarter were the best the Indians could do. hut they con- Itrciled the bali throughout the lentire second half and were on the Burins when the game ended. Quarterback John BrodIe and lscatback Jeri McMillin were the big guns ia the Indians resurglence. McMilltn zipped Is yards for the final Stamford touch down moments after BiH TAR smashed eight for the first. Mike IRaftery kicked the iirst point Ronnie Knox. UCLA’s passing star who Is nursing an injured shoulder, came in the game fol only one play u third QuarteI punt from back Of ucLA’s goal line. The Bruins, beaten only by

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)

UCLA 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

UCLA leads 49–⁠43–⁠3 in 95 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023UCLA 42, Stanford 7
2022UCLA 38, Stanford 13
2021UCLA 35, Stanford 24
2020Stanford 48, UCLA 47
2019UCLA 34, Stanford 16
2018Stanford 49, UCLA 42

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