California vs. Santa Clara

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

1. California’s biggest win1923: California 48, Santa Clara 0by 48 points
2. Santa Clara’s biggest win1934: Santa Clara 20, California 0by 20 points
3. Upset1932: Santa Clara 12, California 0Santa Clara had a 10% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1933: Santa Clara 7, California 0Santa Clara had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from California’s side (Waldorf 3–⁠0 against Casanova). 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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  1926 · Imperial Valley press, California, Sep 27, 1926

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  1928 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 1, 1928

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  1931 · Imperial Valley press, Sep 28, 1931

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  1933 · The Bismarck tribune, North Dakota, Sep 25, 1933

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  1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 5, 1934

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
• Santa Clara vs. Stanford30 meetings, Santa Clara 9–⁠19–⁠2
• Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)18 meetings, Santa Clara 10–⁠7–⁠1
• Santa Clara vs. San José State17 meetings, Santa Clara 4–⁠12–⁠1
• Santa Clara vs. San Francisco17 meetings, Santa Clara 13–⁠3–⁠1