Stanford at Washington State

Saturday, October 3, 1936

Washington State beat Stanford 14–⁠13. It was their first meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayStanford2–⁠5–⁠2 in 1936
13
HomeWashington State6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1936
14

FinalHigh 65°F, low 46°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 21,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: COUGAR AIR PLAY HEADS STANFORD Passes in Third Quarter Give Washington State Edge in 14-13 Fray.

    Evening star, October 4, 1936, page 29

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    COUGAR AIR PLAY HEADS STANFORD Passes in Third Quarter Give Washington State Edge in 14–⁠13 Fray. ~ ULLMAN. Wash, October g. l. A spectacular aerial attack, unloosed midway in the third L period. carried Washington State to q 14-to-13 foot ball victory over tanford here today and knocked the Indians from their three-year position atop the Pacific Coast Conference. Ed Goddard. all-around Washington State star, gave the Cougars an early advantage with his 4o-yard punting, then cut loose for the first touchdown with . 35-yard run in the second period after receiving an s-yard pass from Rodger Dougherty. who place kicked the extra point. Washington State took a l4-o lead in the third period when Goddard whipped a 24-yard pass to John Klumb. sophomore end, and tossed 8 to Floyd Terry. end, in the end zone. Hal Jones converted.

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 51% to win. Washington State won as Elo’s underdog.

Stanford leads 41–⁠31–⁠1 in 73 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Stanford 10, Washington State 7
2022Washington State 52, Stanford 14
2021Washington State 34, Stanford 31
2019Washington State 49, Stanford 22
2018Washington State 41, Stanford 38
2017Washington State 24, Stanford 21

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