Pacific at California

Saturday, September 20, 1958

Pacific beat California 24–⁠20. It was their 10th meeting; after it, California led the series 7–⁠3.

AwayPacific6–⁠4 in 1958
24
HomeCalifornia7–⁠4 in 1958
20

FinalHigh 83°F, low 57°FAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: BASS GAINS IA YARDS College Of Pacific Upsets Beers, 24-20

    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.

California leads 12–⁠3 in 15 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1991California 86, Pacific 24
1988California 30, Pacific 7
1987California 42, Pacific 0
1984California 28, Pacific 12
1978California 24, Pacific 6
1958Pacific 24, California 20

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