Washington at Washington State
Saturday, October 14, 1939 Share
Washington State beat Washington 6–0. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Washington led the series 11–7–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 47°FAttendance 18,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 16, 1939, page 5 (results column)
Read the text
FoorBALL SCORES The following arc final scores of football games played in various parts of the Nation last Saturday afternoon Oregon 6; California 0. University of Washington 0; Washington State 6. U.CLA. IA; Stanford IA. tie. Oregon State IA; University of Portland 12. Illinois 0; Southern California 26. Idaho 0; Gonzaga 19. Carnegie Tech 21; Case O. Iowa T; Michigan 27 Ohio Wesleyan 12; Ohio 2. Brown 0; Colgate 10. Duke 13; Pitt IA. Cornell 20; Princeton T. Penn 6; Yale o. Army 6; Columbia g. tie. Dartmouth c; Navy o, tie. Northwestern 0; Ohio State IS. Texas Christian II; Temple 13. Fordham 0; Tulane ‘. Nebraska 10; Iowa State ‘. Purdue 13; Minnesota 13, tie. Southern Methodist 19; Notre Dame 20 Harvard 61; Chicago 0. New York U. ‘; North Caro- lima IA. Marquette IT; Michigan State IA. Lehigh T; Penn State 49. Western Reserve 19; Boston U, IA. Detroit 13; Catholic U. IA. Colorado o; Kansas State 20. Holy Cross 13; Georgia 0. Georgetown 13; Syracuse 13, tie. Valparaiso 13; Indiana State 12. Coast Guard Academy T; Nor wich IT.
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.
On the newsreel
- WASHINGTON STATE TRIMS WASHINGTON IN GRIDIRON
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Washington State 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Washington–Washington State gameOfficially, Washington leads 78–34–6; as played, 70–32–4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 118 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.
Around this game
Washington
- Next gamevs. Oregon StateOct. 21, 1939
- SeasonWashington in 1939
- ProgramWashington history and records
Washington State
- Next gameat CaliforniaOct. 21, 1939
- SeasonWashington State in 1939
- ProgramWashington State history and records

