California vs. Washington

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

1. California’s biggest win1921: California 72, Washington 3by 69 points
2. Washington’s biggest win1982: Washington 50, California 7by 43 points
3. Upset2019: California 20, Washington 19California had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2002: California 34, Washington 27California had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset2009: Washington 42, California 10Washington had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown1991: Washington 24, California 17No. 3 Washington at No. 7 California
7. Ranked showdown1950: California 14, Washington 7No. 6 California at No. 12 Washington
8. Ranked showdown1992: Washington 35, California 16No. 24 California at No. 1 Washington

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from California’s side (Smith 3–⁠1–⁠1 against Bagshaw). 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.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

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  1916 · The Seattle star, Seattle, Wash., Nov 24, 1916

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  1919 · East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, Oregon, Nov 28, 1919

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  1921 · The Seattle star, Seattle, Wash., Nov 14, 1921

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  1922 · Imperial Valley press, Nov 13, 1922

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  1923 · The daily star-mirror, Moscow, Idaho, Nov 17, 1923

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. UCLA95 meetings, California 35–⁠59–⁠1
• California vs. Washington State84 meetings, California 49–⁠30–⁠5
• Washington vs. Oregon106 meetings, Washington 56–⁠46–⁠4
• Washington vs. Washington State106 meetings, Washington 70–⁠32–⁠4
• Washington vs. Oregon State95 meetings, Washington 61–⁠32–⁠2
• Washington vs. Stanford93 meetings, Washington 46–⁠43–⁠4