Oregon at California
Saturday, November 3, 1956 Share
Oregon beat California 28–6. It was their 26th meeting; after it, California led the series 15–10–1.
FinalHigh 69°F, low 55°FAttendance 32,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 4, 1956, page 71
Read the text
Oregon Cashes Errors 10 Upset Bears, 2S-6 BERKELEY, Calf, Nov. 8 CP). Leroy Phelps 39-yard scoring run the first time he carried the ball started Oregon’s light brilgade to a 28–6 football victory over California in a Pacific Coast Conference upset today, Oregon’s speed and California errors led to three quick touch
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 54% to win. Oregon won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Oregon–California gameOregon leads 42–39–1 in 82 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.
| 2023 | Oregon 63, California 19 | |
| 2022 | Oregon 42, California 24 | |
| 2021 | Oregon 24, California 17 | |
| 2020 | California 21, Oregon 17 | |
| 2019 | Oregon 17, California 7 | |
| 2018 | Oregon 42, California 24 |
Around this game
Oregon
- Next gamevs. Washington StateNov. 10, 1956
- SeasonOregon in 1956
- ProgramOregon history and records
California
- Next gameat USCNov. 10, 1956
- SeasonCalifornia in 1956
- ProgramCalifornia history and records