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0
Professional football teams with insignias on their helmets
before the Los Angeles Rams painted yellow horns on theirs in
1948.

7
California colleges that have won NCAA water polo titles; no
school from another state has won any.

14
Grand Slam tennis singles titles won by Pete Sampras of Palos
Verdes, the most of all time.

15
Major pro teams based in California, the most of any state.

49-0
Score by which Michigan beat Stanford in the first bowl game, the
1902 Rose Bowl; at the time the field was 110 yards, forward
passes were banned and teams had to gain five yards in three
downs to earn a first down.

98.8
Percent of Baseball Hall of Fame balloters who voted for Fresno
native Tom Seaver in 1992, his first year of eligibility; no
other player has ever received so high a percentage.