Oregon at Washington State

Saturday, October 26, 1940

Oregon and Washington State tied 6–⁠6. It was their 13th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 5–⁠5–⁠3.

AwayOregon4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1940
6
HomeWashington State4–⁠4–⁠2 in 1940
6

FinalHigh 57°F, low 45°F, 0.07 in. of rainAttendance 6,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Tacoma times's story: Stanford Has Nation Talking

    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.

Oregon leads 52–⁠37–⁠6 in 95 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Oregon 38, Washington State 24
2022Oregon 44, Washington State 41
2021Oregon 38, Washington State 24
2020Oregon 43, Washington State 29
2019Oregon 37, Washington State 35
2018Washington State 34, Oregon 20

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