Washington at Willamette

Saturday, October 7, 1944

Washington beat Willamette 40–⁠6. It was their eighth meeting; Washington leads the series 8–⁠0.

AwayWashington5–⁠3 in 1944
40
HomeWillamette0–⁠2 in 1944
6

FinalHigh 75°F, low 43°FAttendance 1,492

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: WILLAMETTE IN LOSING BATTLE @"'7 WITH HUSkIES

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 9, 1944, page 5

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    WILLAMETTE IN LOSING BATTLE @”’7 WITH HUSkIES PORTLAND, Oct. 9.-The Wash ington power -laded Huskies spot ted Willamette six points in the third play of the game and roared back last Saturday to pour six touchdowns across the goal to score 8 40–⁠6 victory, their third straight win and the second over Villain cite. Fullback Keith Decourcey spear headed the Husky attack scoring four times, three times on line plays and once on a pass. Willamette scored it’s one time by intercep- tion. Don Rochon passed IT yards to End Wayne Mayfield who romp- ed 50 more to tally.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington leads 8–⁠0 in eight meetings.

Recent meetings
1944Washington 40, Willamette 6
1944Washington 71, Willamette 0
1928Washington 26, Willamette 0
1927Washington 32, Willamette 6
1926Washington 28, Willamette 0
1925Washington 108, Willamette 0

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