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Belt / Rivalries / California vs. Stanford

California vs. Stanford: every belt game

0 belt wins in the series
California
Belt games 3 1933–2025
Stanford leads 3–0
3 belt wins in the series
Stanford
Title changesThe belt changed hands 1 time in this series
First meetingNovember 25, 1933
Most recentNovember 22, 2025
Longest gap84 yrs, 358 days between belt meetings
Every meeting with the belt on the line

3 games, newest first

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November 22, 2025 · Stanford 31–10 · at StanfordChanged handsNovember 30, 1940 · Stanford 13–7 · at CaliforniaDefendedNovember 25, 1933 · Stanford 7–3 · at StanfordDefended

Only games where the belt was actually at stake are counted here — the two programs may have met many more times without it on the line. The all-time series lives on the compare page and in CFBD’s own data.