Oregon State at California
Saturday, October 27, 1917 Share
California beat Oregon State 14–3. It was their first meeting; after it, California led the series 1–0.
Final
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Oregon State–California gameCalifornia leads 40–37 in 77 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.
Around this game
Oregon State
- Next gamevs. Multnomah A.C.Nov. 3, 1917
- SeasonOregon State in 1917
- ProgramOregon State history and records
California
- Next gamevs. WashingtonNov. 3, 1917
- SeasonCalifornia in 1917
- ProgramCalifornia history and records

