This is all really interesting and takes us back to another era. The articles include the Black students at Little Rock, Miss Football, and the game being held in honor of the Light Parade. Back to to the team, Joe Kapp was the qb, the picture of the stands showing low attendance, the scores for the season, and the attendance at the games. All good stuff.

I'm curious how you collected all of this? The following season was the last time we went to the Rose Bowl.

Coach needed to look at the tape!

Mahalo for the post, okaydo! It was the start of my freshman year at Cal, and I vividly remember the parade down Shattuck Avenue in addition to the game.

From the attendance, I assume the same marketing team was active then.

Bobodeluxe said:

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From the attendance, I assume the same marketing team was active then.

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I don't know, with 1 win they were pulling our max attendance from this year

Mary Ann Mobley, "Miss Football" 1957, was crowned Miss America in 1959!
So there's that.

Bobodeluxe said:

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From the attendance, I assume the same marketing team was active then.

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Weird numbers, more people for Oregon State than for USC' I guess it was homecoming or some other associated event.

Big Game sold out at Furd's circus maximus, 91K. I think the first non-sold out BGs started appearing in the 90s at the farm.

JimSox said:

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Mary Ann Mobley, "Miss Football" 1957, was crowned Miss America in 1959!
So there's that.

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It's weird that they brought her in from the University of Mississippi to be our Miss Football. It's also weird that the pre game rally included the SMU head coach.

Mike White was a co-captain!

A 2pm kickoff time?! Perfect! Those old timers sure knew what a good start time was... Then TV came along and ruined it with these noon starts!

SonomanA1 said:

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This is all really interesting and takes us back to another era. The articles include the Black students at Little Rock, Miss Football, and the game being held in honor of the Light Parade. Back to to the team, Joe Kapp was the qb, the picture of the stands showing low attendance, the scores for the season, and the attendance at the games. All good stuff.

I'm curious how you collected all of this? The following season was the last time we went to the Rose Bowl.

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Click here.


Type in the following: "daily californian" and the first 3 letters of the month you are searching for and the year -- "Daily californian sep 1901."

No! This newfangled internet has killed the microfiche!

Cal88 said:

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Bobodeluxe said:

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From the attendance, I assume the same marketing team was active then.

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Weird numbers, more people for Oregon State than for USC' I guess it was homecoming or some other associated event.

Big Game sold out at Furd's circus maximus, 91K. I think the first non-sold out BGs started appearing in the 90s at the farm.

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Oregon State was the PCC champions that season but didn't go to the Rose Bowl because of the "no-repeat" rule. Cal and USC ended up with 1-9 records. Oregon State had several players from Hawaii including QB Joe Francis and captain Ted Searle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Oregon_State_Beavers_football_team

Bobodeluxe said:

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From the attendance, I assume the same marketing team was active then.

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The funny thing is that this was the first post-Pappy Woldorf game. I wonder how the stands looked toward the end of his tenure (maybe I'll look it up). He won 5 games in his final 2 seasons.

bearsandgiants said:

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No! This newfangled internet has killed the microfiche!

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It's frustrating that:

1) The Daily Cal doesn't have its own historic archive.

2) There is like 3 months missing from when I worked there in the 90s.

3) The Daily Cal went online in June 1995. They adapted a Content Management System in 1999. Yet sometime in the early 2000s, the Daily Cal editors decided to delete all the archives. So it's really hard to find online stuff.

4) The Stanford Daily's Archive is far superior. It's easily searchable. You can even search the texts in ads. It's amazing.

okaydo said:

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bearsandgiants said:

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No! This newfangled internet has killed the microfiche!

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It's frustrating that:

1) The Daily Cal doesn't have its own historic archive.

2) There is like 3 months missing from when I worked there in the 90s.

3) The Daily Cal went online in June 1995. They adapted a Content Management System in 1999. Yet sometime in the early 2000s, the Daily Cal editors decided to delete all the archives. So it's really hard to find online stuff.

4) The Stanford Daily's Archive is far superior. It's easily searchable. You can even search the texts in ads. It's amazing.

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OCR software allows you to transcribe text from image files into digital text.

a 1-9 W/L record - with the lone win being against USC. Definitely a different era!

Cal88 said:

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okaydo said:

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bearsandgiants said:

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No! This newfangled internet has killed the microfiche!

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It's frustrating that:

1) The Daily Cal doesn't have its own historic archive.

2) There is like 3 months missing from when I worked there in the 90s.

3) The Daily Cal went online in June 1995. They adapted a Content Management System in 1999. Yet sometime in the early 2000s, the Daily Cal editors decided to delete all the archives. So it's really hard to find online stuff.

4) The Stanford Daily's Archive is far superior. It's easily searchable. You can even search the texts in ads. It's amazing.

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OCR software allows you to transcribe text from image files into digital text.

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Of course, but the point is UC Berkeley's library system doesn't use it.

RedlessWardrobe said:

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a 1-9 W/L record - with the lone win being against USC. Definitely a different era!

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IIRC, Cal was touted to be PCC champion that year, but Joe Kapp got injured in the pre-season.

Thank you! As a history major and high school teacher, I thoroughly enjoyed these!

okaydo said:

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Cal88 said:

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okaydo said:

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bearsandgiants said:

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No! This newfangled internet has killed the microfiche!

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It's frustrating that:

1) The Daily Cal doesn't have its own historic archive.

2) There is like 3 months missing from when I worked there in the 90s.

3) The Daily Cal went online in June 1995. They adapted a Content Management System in 1999. Yet sometime in the early 2000s, the Daily Cal editors decided to delete all the archives. So it's really hard to find online stuff.

4) The Stanford Daily's Archive is far superior. It's easily searchable. You can even search the texts in ads. It's amazing.

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OCR software allows you to transcribe text from image files into digital text.

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Of course, but the point is UC Berkeley's library system doesn't use it.

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That's a bit weird, in 2024, especially considering there is a top MIMS/Library Mgmt program on campus.

RedlessWardrobe said:

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a 1-9 W/L record - with the lone win being against USC. Definitely a different era!

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Beating SC made that a successful season!

DESTROY TROY

From the Stanfurd Daily, "assistant coach Phil Bengston", who succeeded Vince Lombardi as HC of the Packers, gave a talk at the " send off" of a 4-day train ride to Wash. State to play the Cougars. A lot of interesting and funny (now) stuff reading old news clippings. How times change! Thanks for this.

okaydo said:

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bearsandgiants said:

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No! This newfangled internet has killed the microfiche!

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It's frustrating that:

1) The Daily Cal doesn't have its own historic archive.

2) There is like 3 months missing from when I worked there in the 90s.

3) The Daily Cal went online in June 1995. They adapted a Content Management System in 1999. Yet sometime in the early 2000s, the Daily Cal editors decided to delete all the archives. So it's really hard to find online stuff.

4) The Stanford Daily's Archive is far superior. It's easily searchable. You can even search the texts in ads. It's amazing.

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As a longtime CMS and document management consultant, this stuff pains me but it is not uncommon.

Well done, Okaydo. Fun stuff to read.