Washington State at Oregon State

Saturday, October 28, 1939

No. 15 Oregon State beat Washington State 13–⁠0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 11–⁠9–⁠1.

AwayWashington State4–⁠5 in 1939
0
Home15Oregon State9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1939
13

FinalHigh 64°F, low 50°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores October 28

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 30, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores October 28 October 28 Nebraska 25-Kansas State 9 Auburn 6-Georgia Tech T Iowa l9-Wisconsin 13 Illinois 0-Northwestern 13 Alabama 7-Mississippi State Tulane 18-Mississippa 6 Clemson 15-Navy 2 Notre Dame 7-Carnegie 6 North Carolina 30-Penn 6 Cornell 20-Ohio State 14 Yale 7-Michigan 27 Dartmouth 16-HarVard o Pitt 13-Fordham 27 Lake Forest O-Duke 6 Stanford 5-Washington 8 Washington State 0 Oregon State 13 Oregon G. UCLA 16 Southern Cal 26-California 0 Purdue 6-Santa Clara 13 Montana 13-Idaho 0

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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington State leads 56–⁠45–⁠3 in 104 meetings, counting the 83 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Oregon State 48, Washington State 30
2025Washington State 32, Oregon State 8
2025Oregon State 10, Washington State 7
2024Oregon State 41, Washington State 38
2023Washington State 38, Oregon State 35
2022Oregon State 24, Washington State 10

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