California at Stanford
Saturday, November 30, 1963. Stanford kept the Axe Share
Stanford beat California 28–17. It was their 65th meeting; after it, California led the series 22–16–5 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 33°FAttendance 82,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., December 1, 1963, page 1
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Beck’s Toe Puts Stanford Ahead Of Bears, 28–17 STANFORD, Calf, Nov. 30 AP).-Braden Beck booted a sensational 48-yard fourth quarter field goal that put Stanford ahead and the In dams swarmed to a 28–17 triumph over California today. The crowd Of 80, 900 saw Beck, a junior end, kick two other long field goals and Steve Thurlow add two Stanford touchdowns. California had rolled to a 17–9 lead on two touchdowns within three min utes Of the third period before Stanford’s running game exploded. With 11:1S to play, the Bears still led. ills, and Stanford had a fourth down at Calls 81. The crowd mumbled in dis belief when Beck set down his kicking tee even though he had kicked q 36-yarder in the first period. But his boot from an angle slightly to the right sailed squarely through the uprights
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 51% to win. Stanford won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every California–Stanford gameOfficially, Stanford leads 65–51–11; as played, 54–45–6 in the 105 games on file; the official count covers all 127 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.
| 2025 | Stanford 31, California 10 | |
| 2024 | California 24, Stanford 21 | |
| 2023 | California 27, Stanford 15 | |
| 2022 | California 27, Stanford 20 | |
| 2021 | California 41, Stanford 11 | |
| 2020 | Stanford 24, California 23 |
Around this game
California
- Next gamevs. MissouriSept. 19, 1964
- SeasonCalifornia in 1963
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
Stanford
- Next gameat Washington StateSept. 19, 1964
- SeasonStanford in 1963
- ProgramStanford history and records

