Montana at Washington State
Saturday, October 5, 1940 Share
Washington State beat Montana 13–0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 16–0.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 44°FAttendance 7,500
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, October 7, 1940, page 1
Read the text
GRIZZLIES MAKE COUGARS BATTLE HARD TO GET WIN Washington State Forced 10 Land Attack 10 Beat Montana PULLMAN. Wash, Oct. IAN attack by land, when their Wanted aerial power was stopped cold by Montana’s alert Grizzlies. carried the Washington State Cougars to Is to 9 victory last Saturday afternoon. Two .rousing touchdown drives, good for So and So yards respeclively, earned the victory.
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)
Washington State 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Montana–Washington State gameWashington State leads 24–1 in 25 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
Around this game
Montana
- Next gamevs. Texas TechOct. 12, 1940
- SeasonMontana in 1940
- ProgramMontana history and records
Washington State
- Next gameat CaliforniaOct. 12, 1940
- SeasonWashington State in 1940
- ProgramWashington State history and records