California vs. Nevada

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

1. California’s biggest win1920: California 79, Nevada 7by 72 points
2. Nevada’s biggest win2010: Nevada 52, California 31by 21 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from California’s side (Smith 3–⁠0–⁠1 against Courtright). 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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  1922 · Albuquerque morning journal, Nov 19, 1922

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  1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 5, 1923

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  1926 · Imperial Valley press, California, Nov 15, 1926

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  1928 · Evening star, Nov 18, 1928

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  1930 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Nov 16, 1930

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
• Nevada vs. UNLV42 meetings, Nevada 25–⁠17
• Nevada vs. Fresno State33 meetings, Nevada 14–⁠19
• Nevada vs. San José State29 meetings, Nevada 21–⁠8
• Nevada vs. Utah State27 meetings, Nevada 18–⁠9