Oregon State at Stanford

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 1, 1939, page 26

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  In Ruck Throughout, Stanford Bows 10 Oregon State Victors Score Twice In First Half for l2-to-0 Victory = PALO ALTO, Calf, Sept. 3d. Oregon State College, ranked preseason contender for the Pacific Coast Conference football cham pionship, established itself as challenger today with a 1910 victory over Stanford before a crowd of 10000. Superior blocking, better choice of plays and solid running and pass ing attack produced touchdowns for Oregon State in the first two periods. Stanford’s Play Sloppy. Stanford turned in loosely played game. Its aerial sorties generally failed to function and ground plays often found the linemen tangled with the backs. The game had barely gotten under way when Oregon State drove “a yards on ground plays to reach Stanford’s 3yard marker before being driven back 2 yards, where the ball was lost on downs. Regaining possession, Lon Stiner’s club charged Al yards for the first score. A 2l-yard pass from Left Half Olson to Left End Vandiver put the ball 10 yards from the goal. On the next play. Fullback Kisselburgh tossed a short one to Quarter back Peters, who ran yards for the touchdown. Kisselburgh Plunges Over Goal. In the second quarter John Tsoutsouvas. cetner, blocked a punt by Left Half Albert and o. S. c. took possession on the opponents 40 yard line. Two line bumps and two passes, the second from Olson to Right Half Morrie Kohler good for 20 yards, put the oval 2 yards from the last chalk line. Kisselburgh cracked center for the remaining vo ri ooo

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  Imperial Valley press, October 6, 1939, page 4

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  Biq Games Skedded On Coast ~. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6. CUP Its pay-off time in Pacific Coast college football tonight and tomorrow with five teams, on the upgrade this year, hoping to set tie for past defeats at the hands of coast and intersectional rival ries. The thirstiest crew doing battle tomorrow is the st. Mary’s of Nor aga gang coached by Slip Madigan and beaten two years running, for the first time in the rivalry, by California. Oregon State, on top of its 12–⁠0 win over Stanford, aims to settle with Idaho at Corvallis for 1888 setback. Another Oregon team, university of oregon plays Stanford. use. meets Washington State at Los Angeles. U.C.L.A. makes its bid at Seattle for conference top ranking over Washington team which Pittsburgh crushed.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, October 2, 1939, page 5

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  Oregon State Puts Stanford On Grid Spot Vitfors Finely Drilled -0p. ponents Play Loosely PALO ALTO, Cal, Oct. 2.-Scor- ing two touchdowns in the first two periods and outplaying their cp- ponents almost throughout tn e game, the Oregon State College de- feated Stanford 12 to 0 last Satur- day afternoon in the opening Pacific Coast Conference football game of the season for the two rivals. The Staters presented a finely drilled team while Stanford’s team played very loosely.

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.

Stanford leads 59–⁠28–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.