Oregon State at Stanford

Saturday, October 17, 1931

Stanford beat Oregon State 25–⁠7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 8–⁠0.

AwayOregon State6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1931
7
HomeStanford7–⁠2–⁠2 in 1931
25

FinalHigh 66°F, low 42°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: STANFORD IS WIN N ER OVER ...0REG0N STATE Warner Machine Speeds $ Up After Slow Start Score 25-7

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 19, 1931, page 5

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    STANFORD IS WIN N ER OVER ...0REG0N STATE Warner Machine Speeds $ Up After Slow Start Score 25–⁠7 PALO ALTO, Cai.. Oct. 19.- Stanford routed the giant Oregon State College eleven here Saturday 25 to T. After it’s usual slow start Stanford speeded up in the third quarter to take the lead and finished in a spurt of two touchdowns. At the end of the first half the Oregon Staters had held Stanford to T, chiefly because Coach Warner had been playing his second team At the beginning of the third period he sent in his regulars, and their trick revsrses and line shifts prov ed too baffling for the Oregonians Oregon State scored when Davis intercepted lateral pass, to start a forty-five yard drive that re- suited in a touchdown.

  • The Evening star's story: STANFORD is IMPRESSIVE Shows Power In Second Half to Beat Oregon State, 25-7.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 18, 1931, page 1

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    STANFORD is IMPRESSIVE Shows Power In Second Half to Beat Oregon State, 25–⁠7. STANFORD STADIUM. Palo Alto Calf, october IT (P.-Stanford’s Indians opened their Coast Conference season in Impressive fashion today with eleven. Before a slim crowd Of $4,000 spectators, Coach Glenn Warmers 1881 grid iron creation moved off to a slow first half start; speeded up In the third period to take the lead and finished in a squirt that saw two touchdowns crash over in spectacular rallies. Held to a TT score at the end Of the first half, chiefly because the sec ond team men were on the field. the Indians came back to outplay their opponents who outweighed them 10 pounds to the man both on the line and in the backfield.

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)

Stanford 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Stanford leads 59–⁠28–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Oregon State 62, Stanford 17
2022Oregon State 28, Stanford 27
2021Oregon State 35, Stanford 14
2020Stanford 27, Oregon State 24
2019Stanford 31, Oregon State 28
2018Stanford 48, Oregon State 17

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