Montana at Oregon State

Saturday, November 22, 1941

No. 16 Oregon State beat Montana 27–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Oregon State led the series 8–⁠0–⁠2.

AwayMontana6–⁠3 in 1941
0
Home16Oregon State8–⁠2 in 1941
27

FinalHigh 40°F, low 31°FAttendance 4,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: BIG GAME week ON COAST

    Imperial Valley press, November 24, 1941, page 2 (results column)

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    BIG GAME week ON COAST SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. “a tUPl – It’s Big Game Week” in the Pacific Coaost conference football race, and trying to pick the western Rose Bowl team is still like playing poker with a pinochle deck. Oregon State and Stanford lead the pack, each beaten twice W.S.C and Oregon have lost three each. Washington and use. each have three conference losses, plus defeats outside the league. Traditional rivalrieS end. the sea sons of both leaders this SATURDAY. oregon States meets a tough Oregon team at Eugene while Stanford has an easier task with California at Palo Alto. Discounting the possibility OF ties and there hasn’t been one between major teams on the coast this year-the Rose Bowl picture shapes up like this: l. If both O.S.C. and Stanford win, CSC. appears TO have Slight edge because the Beavers beat Stan ford 2. If both lose, W.S.C. will make a strong bid for the Rose Bowl, especially if the Cougars beat Texas A. & M. Dec. 6 at Tacoma. 3. If only one loses, the winning team will have a clear track. Washington meets use. Saturday in the only other conference game. W.S.C. and U.CLA. will rest up for games the following week, Idaho and Montana have completed their regular seasons. Last Saturdays top conference game saw Oregon upset Washington 1916, whipping over three touch downs in the second half to come from behind and win with an in tentional safety that soaked up the closing minutes of play. Oregon State ran it’s reserves thru, Montana, 27–⁠0. Washington State smashed Gonzaga, 500. Idaho Swamped Montana State. 800 Santa Clara, top independent cam of the coast. Closed its season with a flaShy BIB victory owe, UCLA. use. and st. Mary’s went east renew old intersectional rivalries The Trojans made a surprisingly good showing against Notre Dame although they lost, 2O-l3. Fordham Knocked over st. Marys, 35–⁠7. Stanford and California took the weekend off in preparation for their big game.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BAIL @ {2{3SW5 IFS Mr

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 24, 1941, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BAIL @ {2{3SW5 IFS Mr The following are final scores or important games of football played last Saturday afternoon: Oregon 19; Washington l3. Oregon State 27; Montana 0. Washington State 59; Gonzaga 0. San Jose State O; San Fran cisco 20. Santa Clara 3l; UCLA IS. Mississippi State 49; Millsaps 6. Montana State 0; Idaho 39. Pennsylvania 16; Cornell 0. Boston College 19; Boston Uni versity ‘. Lafayette AT; Lehigh 2. Yale 0; Harvard IA. Temple 31; Holy Cross l3. West Virginia 6; Army ‘. Penn State 31; Pittsburgh ‘. Ohio 20; Michigan 20, tie. Ohio Wesleyan T; Michigan State 31. St. Mary’s ‘; Fordham 35. Georgia Tech ‘: Florida IA. Clemson 34; Furman 6. Navy 23; Princeton o. Duke 55; North Carolina G. Bucknell 42; Albright 0. Colgate 30; Columbia 2l. Tennessee 20; Kentucky ‘. Southern California Is; Notre Dame 20 Iowa 13; Nebraska IA. Rice 0; Texas Christian 0. Dartmouth 0; Georgia 35. Missouri 45; Kansas 6. Kansas State 12; Iowa State l2 tie. Alabama 0; Vanderbilt ‘. Arkansas O; Mississippi l8. Baylor o; Southern Methodist II Drake G. Tulsa 20. Wisconsin G; Minnesota Al.

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)

Oregon State 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oregon State leads 13–⁠2–⁠2 in 17 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Oregon State 52, Montana 17
1996Montana 35, Oregon State 14
1990Montana 22, Oregon State 15
1982Oregon State 30, Montana 10
1950Oregon State 20, Montana 0
1949Oregon State 63, Montana 14

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