Iowa State at California

Saturday, September 21, 1963

California beat Iowa State 15–⁠8. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayIowa State4–⁠5 in 1963
8
HomeCalifornia4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1963
15

FinalHigh 69°F, low 53°FAttendance 31,500

On the newsreel

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DOWNS IOWA STATEOpening game of the season at California Memorial Stadium has a slow first half for the 31,000 packing the stands.Universal Newsreel, September 23, 1963. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Iowa State 63% to win. California won as Elo’s underdog.

California leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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