Washington State at Oregon State

Saturday, November 1, 1930

Washington State beat Oregon State 14–⁠7. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 6–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayWashington State9–⁠1 in 1930
14
HomeOregon State7–⁠3 in 1930
7

FinalHigh 62°F, low 39°FAttendance 32,600

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: WASHINGTON STATE KEEPS PACIFIC LEAD Struggles to 14-7 Victory Over Oregon State in Scrappy Grid Contest.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 2, 1930, page 1

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    WASHINGTON STATE KEEPS PACIFIC LEAD Struggles to 14–⁠7 Victory Over Oregon State in Scrappy Grid Contest. BY the Associated Press. MULTNOMAH STADIUM, Portland, Greg. November Washington State College crushed an ever-threatening oregon State College eleven, IA to 2, today. to continue In the lead for the Pacific Coast Conference foot ball championship. TWO brilliant stands on the 6-yard line gave the washington catapult the victory. The victorious Cougars suffered 60 minutes OF fear. partly through their own mistakes and fumbies, ana partly because Of wicked aerial at tack by oregon State. washington State gained the f1rst break when Ahlskog DETECTED Thompsons punt from behind his own goal line and Schwartz downed the ball on the oregon State 9-yard line early in the FIRST period. On the fourth down FL lingsen reeled around left end and across the goal line. In the last period Oregon States little quarterback, Ralph Buerke. and q substitute end, Floyd Root. completed a 36-yard forward pass for their one touchdown. Glenn Edwards, big Cougar tackle, made victory certain for Washington when he intercepted a pass and raced unmolested for q touchdown.

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 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington State leads 56–⁠45–⁠3 in 104 meetings, counting the 92 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Oregon State 48, Washington State 30
2025Washington State 32, Oregon State 8
2025Oregon State 10, Washington State 7
2024Oregon State 41, Washington State 38
2023Washington State 38, Oregon State 35
2022Oregon State 24, Washington State 10

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