California vs. Olympic Club
California and Olympic Club have 20 meetings on file, the first in 1916; California leads the series 14–4–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s California 7–3, and California has won the last 3. Share
- California wins
- 14
- Olympic Club wins
- 4
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1916
- Longest streak
- 5 California
- Current streak
- 3 California
- Last 10 meetings
- California 7–3
- Most recent
- 1933
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 14.7 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At California
- 14–4–2 California’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 13
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- California’s biggest win1917: California 40, Olympic Club 0by 40 points
- Olympic Club’s biggest win1925: Olympic Club 15, California 0by 15 points
- Upset1925: Olympic Club 15, California 0Olympic Club had a 7% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1930: Olympic Club 13, California 7Olympic Club had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1928: Olympic Club 12, California 0Olympic Club had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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
1916 · Honolulu star-bulletin, Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii], Oct 2, 1916
1921 · The Seattle star, Seattle, Wash., Oct 3, 1921
1922 · The New York herald, Oct 24, 1922
1927 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 24, 1927
1928 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 29, 1928
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.