Oregon State at Stanford
Saturday, October 17, 1931 Share
Stanford beat Oregon State 25–7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 8–0.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 42°FAttendance 18,000
In the newspapers

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.

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.
The series
Every Oregon State–Stanford gameStanford leads 59–28–3 in 90 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.
Around this game
Oregon State
- Next gamevs. Oregon CollegeOct. 23, 1931
- SeasonOregon State in 1931
- ProgramOregon State history and records
Stanford
- Next gameat WashingtonOct. 24, 1931
- SeasonStanford in 1931
- ProgramStanford history and records

