Oregon at Washington State
Saturday, October 26, 1940 Share
Oregon and Washington State tied 6–6. It was their 13th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 5–5–3.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 45°F, 0.07 in. of rainAttendance 6,500
In the newspapers

The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., October 29, 1940, page 10 (results column)
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Stanford Has Nation Talking SAN FRANCISCO – stanforus gee whiz boys” may now be mentioned in the same breath with the Indians wow boys” Coach Howard Harding Jones of Southern California established the precedent Saturday when he leaned forlornly against a locker and confessed the Trojans had been properly spanked. The score was 81 to Z, II It matters. Coast football gained prestige with st. Mary’s to 8 upset Of Fordham. The Gaels not only took a well-deserved victory. but won a three-year extension of the Fordham game contract. Santa Clara. not so fortunate, played a scoreless tie with Michigan State. Washington was forced 10 come from behind 10 win to 6 over a greatly improved California team. Oregon State scored Z to victory over UCLA, although the Bruins Mt least broke their jinx by losing by q field goal. Oregon and Washington State played a 6 to 6 tie on wet field. Idaho and Utah State played a scoreless tie and Montana took Gonzaga Is to 10. The Pacific Coast conference standings:
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 63% to win.
The series
Every Oregon–Washington State gameOregon leads 52–37–6 in 95 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.
Around this game
Oregon
- Next gamevs. MontanaNov. 2, 1940
- SeasonOregon in 1940
- ProgramOregon history and records
Washington State
- Next gameat IdahoNov. 2, 1940
- SeasonWashington State in 1940
- ProgramWashington State history and records

