Washington at California

Saturday, November 16, 1957

Washington beat California 35–⁠27. It was their 40th meeting; after it, California led the series 22–⁠16–⁠2.

AwayWashington3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1957
35
HomeCalifornia1–⁠9 in 1957
27

FinalHigh 56°F, low 46°FAttendance 38,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: California Loses 9th To Washington, 35-27

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 17, 1957, page 67

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    California Loses 9th To Washington, 35–⁠27 BERKELEY, Calf, Nov. Is R.-Quarterback Bobby Dunn generated Washington’s hard running backs to a 1927 VIC tory over California today for the Bears eighth loss of the season-the most since football started here in 1882. Still the Bears kept the crowd of $4,000 in doubt most of the afternoon. They turned three fumbles into touchdowns and staged the longest scoring play of the day, an 80-yard pass-run from Quarterback Joe Kapp to Halfback Hank Olguin. California scored more than it had in any game this season. but not enough to overcome Dunn and crew of charging backs, including Don Millich, Mike McCluskey. Jimmy Jones and Dick Peyseno. The Bears got off to a TO lead on a 4-yard run by Kapp. but Washington surged back for three touchdowns in the second period and never again was headed. Dunn scored the Huskies’ first touchdown on a one-yard

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)

Washington 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington leads 55–⁠41–⁠3 in 99 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Washington 59, California 32
2022Washington 28, California 21
2021Washington 31, California 24
2019California 20, Washington 19
2018California 12, Washington 10
2017Washington 38, California 7

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