Oregon at Stanford
Saturday, October 5, 1940 Share
Stanford beat Oregon 13–0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 10–2–1.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 45°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

The Nome nugget, October 7, 1940, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores Saturday, October 5 l49 - Purdue l4-Ohio State IT Colgate 0-Cornell 34 Northwestern 40-Syracuse 0 West Virginia 7-Fordham 20 Navy 14-Cincinatti 0 Virginia 19-Yale II Missouri 14-PistSburgh 19 Army 20-Williams l9 Princeton 7-Vanderbilt 6 Harvard 13-Amherst Michigan 2l-Mich. State IA Minnesota l3-Nebraska ‘ Texas 13-Indiana 6. Washington 21-Idaho 0 Montana eWashington State 13. Utah 12-Brigham Young 6. Lafayette 9-New York Uni ‘. Georgia 33-South Carolina 2. Pacific University ‘ -Univer- sity of Portland 25. Oregon 0-Stanford 13. St. Mary’s 6-California g. Oklahoma Aggies 27 - Okla homa g. Oregon State 01Southern Cal. O. Auburn 20-Tulane IA Kentucky 47-Washington Lee 12 Notre Dame 25-College of the Pacific 2. Maryland 0-Pennsylvania 51 Kansas 0-Iowa State ‘. Wisconsin 33-Marquette 19 Texas Christian 20-Arkansas Duke 0-TenneSsee 13. Penn State 9-Bucknell 0 Alabama 20-Mercer 0.

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 6, 1940, page 1 (results column)
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World Series Squared at 2-AII; UDsets Mark Football Scene ginia, which upset favored Yale, 1914. Up at Philadelphia, Maryland was handed one of its worst beat ings in history, q 5l-0 shellacking by Pennsylvania, and American University got off to losing start against Susquehanna, 1913. Other major results: Tennessee, 13; Duke, 0. Northwestern, 40; Syracuse, 0. Pittsburgh, l9; Missouri, Is, Fordham, 20; West Virginia, Z. Kentucky, Al; Washington and Lee, II. Minnesota, 13; Nebraska, 7. Ohio State, II; Purdue, IA. Notre Dame, 25; College of Pa clfic, 7. California, g; st. Mary’s, 6. Stanford. 13; Oregon, 0. (Ftill Details In Sports section.)
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)
Stanford 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Oregon–Stanford gameStanford leads 47–36–1 in 84 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.
| 2023 | Oregon 42, Stanford 6 | |
| 2022 | Oregon 45, Stanford 27 | |
| 2021 | Stanford 31, Oregon 24 | |
| 2020 | Oregon 35, Stanford 14 | |
| 2019 | Oregon 21, Stanford 6 | |
| 2018 | Stanford 38, Oregon 31 |
Around this game
Oregon
- Next gamevs. WashingtonOct. 12, 1940
- SeasonOregon in 1940
- ProgramOregon history and records
Stanford
- Next gamevs. Santa ClaraOct. 12, 1940
- SeasonStanford in 1940
- ProgramStanford history and records

