California Tech vs. Stanford

California Tech and Stanford first met in 1926 and have played 3 times; Stanford leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Stanford 3–⁠0, and Stanford has won the last 3.

California Tech wins
0
Stanford wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1926
Longest streak
3 Stanford
Current streak
3 Stanford
Last 10 meetings
Stanford 3–⁠0
Most recent
1930

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠2
1930s0–⁠1
Average margin
34 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Stanford
3–⁠0 Stanford’s record at home
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of California Tech and Stanford, 1926 on13001500170019301935194019451950

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1929 game: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    1929 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 4, 1929

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Nov 15, 1930Stanford 57, California Tech 7at Stanford
Nov 2, 1929Stanford 39, California Tech 0at Stanford
Sep 25, 1926Stanford 13, California Tech 0at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.