California vs. Ohio State

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

1. California’s biggest win1920: California 28, Ohio State 0by 28 points
2. Ohio State’s biggest win1971: Ohio State 35, California 3by 32 points
3. Upset1949: Ohio State 17, California 14Ohio State had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown1949: Ohio State 17, California 14No. 2 California at No. 5 Ohio State
5. Ranked showdown1954: Ohio State 21, California 13No. 18 California at No. 14 Ohio State

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.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1920 · The New York herald, Jan 2, 1921

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  1949 · Minneapolis spokesman, Minneapolis, Minn., Jan 6, 1950

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  1954 · Evening star, Oct 4, 1954

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.

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  The 1949 game

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  The 1920 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

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
• Ohio State vs. Michigan121 meetings, Ohio State 53–⁠62–⁠6
• Ohio State vs. Illinois105 meetings, Ohio State 71–⁠30–⁠4
• Ohio State vs. Indiana100 meetings, Ohio State 82–⁠13–⁠5
• Ohio State vs. Wisconsin87 meetings, Ohio State 64–⁠18–⁠5