Montana at Washington State

Saturday, October 10, 1942

Washington State beat Montana 68–⁠16. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 17–⁠0.

AwayMontana0–⁠8 in 1942
16
HomeWashington State6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1942
68

FinalHigh 76°F, low 51°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: WASH. STATE WHIPS POOR M0NTANAN5

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 12, 1942, page 5

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    WASH. STATE WHIPS POOR M0NTANAN5 PULLMAN, Wash, Oct. 12.-Rip- ping touchdown bites out of the Montana Grizzlies, the Washington State Cougars gorged themselves on points last Saturday afternoon with a 68 to 16 football triumph. The win for the Staters was the third straight in the still young Pacific Coast Conference Rose Bowl drive.

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 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington State leads 24–⁠1 in 25 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1995Washington State 38, Montana 21
1992Washington State 25, Montana 13
1979Washington State 34, Montana 14
1951Washington State 47, Montana 10
1950Washington State 14, Montana 7
1949Washington State 13, Montana 7

Around this game

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Washington State