Washington at Willamette
Saturday, October 7, 1944 Share
Washington beat Willamette 40–6. It was their eighth meeting; Washington leads the series 8–0.
FinalHigh 75°F, low 43°FAttendance 1,492
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Washington–Willamette gameWashington leads 8–0 in eight meetings.
Around this game
Washington
- Next gameat WhitmanOct. 14, 1944
- SeasonWashington in 1944
- ProgramWashington history and records
Willamette
- SeasonWillamette in 1944
- ProgramWillamette history and records
