Pacific at California
Saturday, September 20, 1958 Share
Pacific beat California 24–20. It was their 10th meeting; after it, California led the series 7–3.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 57°FAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, September 21, 1958, page 64
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BASS GAINS IA YARDS College Of Pacific Upsets Beers, 24–20 Stockton beat the Berkeley Bears was in l943. Today it was a see-saw bat tie. The teams alternated in scoring and California led 20-l6 midway into the last quarter. COP led 8–6 at half time. In the fourth quarter, COP Reserve Halfback Tony Aflague intercepted a pass from Gus GianuliaS and returned it to his own 43. Bass and Reserve Fullback Henry Wallace in four tries went to Calls %. SBass’s 22-yard run around left end set up a diving touchdown by Fullback Duane Scott, with .2la minutes left. c. o. p. - s q s S-24 California 6 0 9 $50 california-Kapp so, run tkick fsiledD C. o. P.--Wallace ., run (sowash pass from Bass. California–Patton 8. run run failedl c. o. P.-Bass 7S (sowash pass from Bass). California–Kapp 4, lateral from Pat ton tOlguin pass from Kapp). c. o. P.-scott 2, run (Murehison pass from Bass.
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)
Pacific 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Pacific–California gameCalifornia leads 12–3 in 15 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1991 | California 86, Pacific 24 | |
| 1988 | California 30, Pacific 7 | |
| 1987 | California 42, Pacific 0 | |
| 1984 | California 28, Pacific 12 | |
| 1978 | California 24, Pacific 6 | |
| 1958 | Pacific 24, California 20 |
Around this game
Pacific
- Next gamevs. Arizona StateSept. 27, 1958
- SeasonPacific in 1958
- ProgramPacific history and records
California
- Next gameat Michigan StateSept. 27, 1958
- SeasonCalifornia in 1958
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
