Washington State at UCLA

Saturday, November 14, 1936

No. 14 Washington State beat UCLA 32–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 4–⁠1.

Away14Washington State6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1936
32
HomeUCLA6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1936
7

FinalHigh 90°F, low 47°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: WASHINGTON u. RATED fCINCH FOR BOWL BID

    Imperial Valley press, California, November 16, 1936, page 2

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    WASHINGTON u. RATED fCINCH FOR BOWL BID University of Washington’s RAM paging Huskies staked out claims TO a Rose Bowl bid and the Pacific coast conference title, and Santa Clara University emerged as one of the nations statistically greatest football institutions on the basis of weekend gridiron results. Washington downed University Of Southern California, 1910, thereby hurting the next to last and pos sibly most potent threat. to Pasadena trip. The Trojans battled furiously but were unable to. over come the brilliant running attack offered by Coach Jimmy Phelans streamlined backfield. Washington State alone remains in the way of Washington’s invasion Of the Rose Bowl, and the Huskies were rated fayoriteS over the Cougars. The game will be played at Seattle. Washington has rec ord of five wins and a tie in conference play Washington State which defeated UCLA 32–⁠7 in lop-sided game Saturday, has a record of four wins, one defeat and one tie.

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)

UCLA 63% to win. Washington State won as Elo’s underdog.

UCLA leads 42–⁠20–⁠1 in 63 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023UCLA 25, Washington State 17
2019UCLA 67, Washington State 63
2016Washington State 27, UCLA 21
2015Washington State 31, UCLA 27
2012UCLA 44, Washington State 36
2011UCLA 28, Washington State 25

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