Stanford at San Francisco

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  Imperial Valley press, California, September 30, 1940, page 4 (results column)

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  III OS Angeles COllSeuln, Wllelc oo,ooo saw University of Southern Call fornias Rose Bowl champions wind I’D in a l4–⁠14 tie with washington State. The underrated Staters, who were conceded the conference cellar by pre- season experts, not only came from behind twice to tie the score but got better than draw IN the statistics. | washington. co-favorite for the western Rose Bowl ticket this year, dropped a wild 1914 decision to Minnesota before a crowd of $4,000 at Minneapolis. UCLA went down, 9–⁠6, before a good Southern Methodist team Fri day night, but they lost to one OF the top-notcherS of the southwest oregon State, the conference dark horse, turned in a Snappy workout at the expense of Idaho, 41–⁠0, breeZing. The StaterS impreSSively whip PED in six touchdoWns in three periods and used four teams. Tom Harmon, everybody’s ALL America halfback, and his Michigan colleagues wrecked California’s comeback hopes at Berkeley, 41–⁠0. Harmon, whose jauntS about the field included runs of “a, 72 and 6 yards, scored four touchdoWnS, kicked four conversions and passed for another touchdown, handing California its worst beating in 10 years. Stanford. with a new coach and new style after the 1899 disaster, was supposed to lose to a good University of San Francisco team, but the Indians astonished everyone by winning, 27–⁠0. Coach Clark Shaughnessy saw his wards score in every period with fast, wide breaking attack. Santa Clara playing on double bill with Stanford, polished off Utah, 34–⁠13. The Broncos were flashy in the passing and open game but never got rolling on straightaway power. Oregon opened its season with a rainy 1872 victory over the San Diego Marines. st. Marys, in Sunday game, gave its new coach, Red Strader, a 1910 victory over Gonzaga. Pop War; ner’S San Jose State team ran over Utah State, 1870, at Logan.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 29, 1940, page 37 (results column)

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  Grid Powers of Other Years Tumble as Season Opens Ione North coLn. Washington Pitt Mi eooI Hormon Do stondou Tommy ran back the opening kickoff “a yards for touchdown and followed with runs Of 70 and 86 yards and kicked all three points to give Michigan a 2l-0 lead at halftime. In the second half he scored his teams fifth touchdown and converted then passed to Nelson for the sixth. Another surprise for Pacific Coast fans was the 14–⁠14 tie between Southern California and Washington State in the seasons first conference game. The Trojans, despite heavy losses from last season, were favorites in the conference race. Stanford and Santa Clara chalked up . pair of impressive victories in 4 double header at San Francisco. Stanford routed the favored University Of San Francisco Dons 27–⁠0 after Santa Clara had whipped Utah 34–⁠13.

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 8–⁠0 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.