California at Stanford

Saturday, November 30, 1963. Stanford kept the Axe

Stanford beat California 28–⁠17. It was their 65th meeting; after it, California led the series 22–⁠16–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayCalifornia4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1963
17
HomeStanford3–⁠7 in 1963
28

FinalHigh 57°F, low 33°FAttendance 82,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Beck's Toe Puts Stanford Ahead Of Bears, 28-17

    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.

Officially, 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.

Recent meetings
2025Stanford 31, California 10
2024California 24, Stanford 21
2023California 27, Stanford 15
2022California 27, Stanford 20
2021California 41, Stanford 11
2020Stanford 24, California 23

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