California vs. Montana

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

1. California’s biggest win1947: California 60, Montana 14by 46 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from California’s side (Price 3–⁠0 against Milburn). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1927 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 7, 1927

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  1942 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1942

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  1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 18, 1947

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 is listed as played on the field.

• California vs. USC108 meetings, California 31–⁠72–⁠5
• California vs. Stanford105 meetings, California 45–⁠54–⁠6
• California vs. Washington99 meetings, California 41–⁠55–⁠3
• California vs. UCLA95 meetings, California 35–⁠59–⁠1
• Montana vs. Idaho62 meetings, Montana 22–⁠39–⁠1
• Montana vs. Montana State57 meetings, Montana 38–⁠18–⁠1
• Montana vs. Utah State28 meetings, Montana 6–⁠22
• Montana vs. Eastern Washington27 meetings, Montana 18–⁠9