Oregon State at Stanford

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  Evening star, November 18, 1940, page 16

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  Most Sectional Struggles Over By This Week National Honors Still Open to Seven Teams With Clean States NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-ThansglVing Day-even when all hands agree upon the date-no longer marks the END Of the football season. but II S close enough that most of the major conference and sectional champion ships viii be decided by this week and the list Of cOntenders for the mythical crown may be reduced even further. AS things stand now, the list of undefeated and united college teams includes Boston College, Cornell, Lafayette, Tennessee, Minnesota, Texas Aggies. Hardin-SimmOns and Stanford. There are 10 others, definitely in the small college class, and Lafayette and Hardin-Simmons hardly could qualify as national title contenders. Cornells position also is ouestiOnable as a result Of claims that the Ithacans beat Dartmouth. 7–⁠3. on a touchdown scored on an illegal fifth down Cornell officials already have offered to call II 30 Dart mouth triumph if the men who han died the game rule, after lnveStl- CATION, that the down was illegal. The tied but unbcaten group enbraces Mississippi Texas Tech. Penn State and Colorado College, winner Of the Rocky Mountain Conference championship. Clemson, Vols Near Titles. Minnesota’s 1876 victory over Purdue last Saturday ClinChed the Western Conference crown for the Gophers: Stanford. 28–⁠14 victor over Oregon State, can’t get worse than a tie for the Pacific Coast Confer ence title and Texas A. and NJ in the Southwest and Utah in the Big Seven are in the same position Clemson in the Southern Confer ence and Tennessee in the South eastern can Cunch their champion ships this week. Looking over the title prospects by sections. YOU see something like this East-With COrnell’s position still. in dispute. Boston College stepped to the forefront with a 1918 victory over Georgetown. The Eagles i’m pressive performance and their feat of stopping Georgetown winning streak that started back in 1897

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Stanford leads 59–⁠28–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.