Oregon State at Washington
Saturday, October 21, 1939 Share
Oregon State beat Washington 13–7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Washington led the series 7–6–1.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 56°FAttendance 14,000
In the newspapers

Imperial Valley press, California, October 23, 1939, page 4
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SAN FRANCISCO. Oct %. CUP) The Pacific coast boasted only one defeated, united football team in major rankings today-Oregon State College-after st. Mary’s headed for national recognition, blew the usual duke to Santa Clara and lost by 7 to 0 count. 1t is a strange occurrence. but every time that Slip Madigan turns up with hot squad at ST Mary’s, it is Santa Clara. beaten by every one but Slippery Rock, that crops up with victory or a tie. Yesterday was another of those days. Meanwhile the Pacific coast look ed forward to four coast confer ence and three intersectional games next weekend. The California Bears, who at last showed the long expected punch in beating Washington State, meet Southern California at Berkeley in the fracas of the week. Oregon State, still leading the conference race by virtue of its 13 to 7 win over Washington, meets the Cougars at Corvallis: UCLA is host to Oregon, which, though undefeated in conference circles. was properly spanked IL TO 7 by Conzaga Saturday, and Stanford and Washington, present cellar occupants, meet in Seattle. The interSectional clashes bring together Santa Clara, surprise win ner over st. Mary’s, and Purdue in San Francisco; Loyola and Hardin
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)
Oregon State 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Oregon State–Washington gameWashington leads 61–32–2 in 95 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.
Around this game
Oregon State
- Next gamevs. Washington StateOct. 28, 1939
- SeasonOregon State in 1939
- ProgramOregon State history and records
Washington
- Next gamevs. StanfordOct. 28, 1939
- SeasonWashington in 1939
- ProgramWashington history and records

