Missouri at California
Saturday, September 19, 1964 Share
California beat Missouri 21–14. It was their fourth meeting; after it, California led the series 2–1–1.
FinalHigh 91°F, low 56°FAttendance 42,000
On the newsreel
- CALIFORNIA 21 MISSOURI 14Old man upset takes the center of the stage as the curtain goes up on a new football season. Underdog California goes right to work on Missouri as quarterback Craig Morton does some plain and fancy passing.
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)
Missouri 62% to win. California won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Missouri–California gameCalifornia leads 4–2–1 in seven meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1985 | California 39, Missouri 32 | |
| 1977 | California 28, Missouri 21 | |
| 1972 | Missouri 34, California 27 | |
| 1964 | California 21, Missouri 14 | |
| 1962 | Missouri 21, California 10 | |
| 1961 | California 14, Missouri 14 |
Around this game
Missouri
- Next gamevs. UtahSept. 26, 1964
- SeasonMissouri in 1964
- ProgramMissouri history and records
California
- Next gamevs. IllinoisSept. 26, 1964
- SeasonCalifornia in 1964
- ProgramCalifornia history and records