Oregon State at Fordham
Saturday, November 18, 1933 Share
Oregon State beat Fordham 9–6. It was their second meeting; the series is even at 1–1.
FinalAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1933, page 50
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Oregon State Beats FOrdham, GO, With Score From Kickoff, Field Coal From 47-Yard Line about as good as anything the East has seen this Fall, the Far Westerners, despite their all-around superiority in everything but passing and first downs, might have had to content themselves with tie. For Fordham came back in the Sec bles that sprinkled both attacks, and the leather 60, giving Fordham the ball on the Oregon State 34-yard line, put ting the Beavers In hole they never did get out of until Ed Danowski plunged over from yard away for the score. ~ 9TH tries for the extra point went n wide, so Oregon State had to start all over again. Another ghostly figure named Johnny Biancone, no big ger than Franklin, took the red heads place and set the Beavers afire again. Cutting inside the tackles, he came IS yards in three plays, but the attack stalled on Fordham’s 81, after travel ing 81 yards. So Schwammel, covered with dirt and very weary. pulled out of the ln,e. His try for Oregon States point after touchdown had been wide from only Is yards away. This time he stood on the Rams 81 and the goal posts, 10 yards behind the goal line. were At yards away. He cut loose with tremendous boot, and the ball descended squarely over the cross bar, just good enough for the field goal and Oregon States winning three-point margin.

The Waterbury Democrat, November 20, 1933, page 13
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Nh4AON@@G9~N~~ Lunde gained 102 yards from scrimmage, more ground than any player or any team has gained on running plays against Michigan in two years. He averaged S3 1–2 yards with 16 kicks. He was the greatest player on the field in the most important game of the day, and virtually clinched 8 berth on the All-American team. The other outstanding players of the week in each section follow: Midwest Joe Laws, Iowa quarterback who ran 26 and 60 yards for the two touchdowns which gave Pur- due its first defeat in three years, 14–6. Norman (Red) Franklin, Oregon State halfback-whof for the second time this year caught a kickoff and ran it back for touchdowns this time for 95 yards in Oregon States 9–6 victory over Fordham. Jack Buckler, Army halfback- who scored both his teams touch downs to keep Army’s perfect rec ora intact III a ClOS0 Ctll WlLLl Pennsylvania Military, 12–0. South Beattie Feathers, Tennessee half back-who scored three touch- downs and was acclaimed by Dan McGugin, Vanderbilt coach, as “the greatest halfback I ever saw except Willie Heston” as Tennessee smoth- cred Vanderbilt, 33–6. Far West Bill Smith, Washington end who scored a touchdown, kicked the extra point and kicked a field goal as Washington beat U. c. l.. A., 10–0.

Imperial Valley press, November 20, 1933, page 3 (results column)
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Aided greatly by Warburton. Probst scored for the Trojans in the first period. Warburton’s block ing in the third period opened the way for Wotkyns to run ID yards for the second touchdown. When the cotton thatched quarterback sprinted SO yards to score himself In the same period In the wan ing minutes of play Howard bucked the fourth touchdown across from the three yard line. Five minutes of exciting action provided all the scoring in the 6–6 tie between st. Mary’s and Santa Clara at San Francisco Sunday st. Mary’S scored on the first scrimmage play when AL Nichelini ran sc yards around end. Santa Clara came right back with a 65 yard march which ended when Salatino caught Sobrero-pro- PEELED forward in the end zone for the score. The tie ended the nine year string of victories st. Mary’s held over the Santa Clarans in the coasts little big game” Idaho Tough Idaho gave University of Cali fornia a bad score by holding the Bears down to a 60 victory. Keefer scored the California touchdown in the third period. Stanford’s speedy ball carriers ran up a 33–7 victory over the Mon tana Grizzlies. University of Washington came back strong to trim U. c. l.. A., 100 at Seattle. Bill Smith, star end for the Huskies, did all their scoring, tallying a touchdown and a field goal. On a far-eastern battlefield, Oregon State upheld the honor of the west by defeating Fordham, 9–6. Norm Franklin, o. S. G. half back, ran the opening kickoff SO yards for a touchdown. Other contests along the coast brought the following results: Nevada, 81, Cal. Aggies 7; San Mateo j. G. 13, Menlo J. c. O; Occidental IL, San Diego State O; La Verne 6, Whittier O; Modesto j. C.. 80, Sacramento j. c. 20; and San Jose State 18, Fresno State o. In the Sunday games, Gonzaga defeated Columbia, 1873; and Loyola sank the San Diego Marines, 1876.
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)
Fordham 67% to win. Oregon State pulled the upset.
The series
Every Oregon State–Fordham gameTied 1–1 in two meetings.
| 1933 | Oregon State 9, Fordham 6 | |
| 1932 | Fordham 8, Oregon State 6 |
Around this game
Oregon State
- Next gameat NebraskaNov. 30, 1933
- SeasonOregon State in 1933
- ProgramOregon State history and records
Fordham
- Next gamevs. Westminster (Pennsylvania)Oct. 6, 1934
- SeasonFordham in 1933
- ProgramFordham history and records

