Oregon State at California

Saturday, October 27, 1917

California beat Oregon State 14–⁠3. It was their first meeting; after it, California led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayOregon State4–⁠2–⁠1 in 1917
3
HomeCalifornia5–⁠5–⁠1 in 1917
14

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening capital news's story: CALIFORNIA BEATS THE OREGON AGGIES

    Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, October 28, 1917, page 1

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    CALIFORNIA BEATS THE OREGON AGGIES Berkeley, Cal, Oct. 27.-The Cali fornia Bears triumphed on the football field here today over the Oregon Aggies. Ia to 3. After the first 10 min utes of play the game was always in Oregon territory with evenly balanced punting duels frequent. Oregon got the ball on the kick off and swept down the field until it look ed like the Californians were out classed. But a tumble at a critical moment forced the Oregonians to kick

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)

Oregon State 54% to win. California won as Elo’s underdog.

California leads 40–⁠37 in 77 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025California 34, Oregon State 15
2024California 44, Oregon State 7
2023Oregon State 52, California 40
2022Oregon State 38, California 10
2021California 39, Oregon State 25
2020Oregon State 31, California 27

Around this game

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