Stanford at Washington State
Saturday, October 3, 1936 Share
Washington State beat Stanford 14–13. It was their first meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 46°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 21,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Stanford–Washington State gameStanford leads 41–31–1 in 73 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.
Around this game
Stanford
- Next gamevs. OregonOct. 10, 1936
- SeasonStanford in 1936
- ProgramStanford history and records
Washington State
- Next gameat IdahoOct. 10, 1936
- SeasonWashington State in 1936
- ProgramWashington State history and records

