Washington at Washington State

Saturday, October 19, 1929

Washington State beat Washington 20–⁠13. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Washington led the series 7–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayWashington2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1929
13
HomeWashington State10–⁠2 in 1929
20

FinalHigh 59°F, low 42°FAttendance 15,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: WASHINGTON U. LOSES TOWASH. STATE COLLEGE Pullman Eleven Outplays Seattle Team in All De- partments of Game

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 21, 1929, page 5

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    WASHINGTON U. LOSES TOWASH. STATE COLLEGE Pullman Eleven Outplays Seattle Team in All De- partments of Game PULLMAN, wash, Oct. 21.- Washington State captured the state championship of football last Saturday afternoon conquering the University of Washington in the greatest uphill gridiron battle ever fought on this field. The score was 20 to 13. Schwartz, giant fullback played havoc with the University eleven and singlehanded he brought the college victory over the University and rolled up two touchdowns in the first period He scored all three touchdowns for the State college the University defense crumbling under the crushing college attack The College came back for three scores after trailing the University l3 points, and looking like a walk away for the University which in the end was outclassed in every department of the game.

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 text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Washington State 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Washington leads 78–⁠34–⁠6; as played, 70–⁠32–⁠4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 118 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Washington 24, Washington State 10
2025Washington 59, Washington State 24
2024Washington State 24, Washington 19
2023Washington 24, Washington State 21
2022Washington 51, Washington State 33
2021Washington State 40, Washington 13

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