Washington at Stanford

Saturday, October 30, 1948

Stanford beat Washington 20–⁠0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 13–⁠8–⁠3.

AwayWashington2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1948
0
HomeStanford4–⁠6 in 1948
20

FinalHigh 60°F, low 37°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Revivine Stanford Beats Washington, 20 to O

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1948, page 43

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    Revivine Stanford Beats Washington, 20 to O PALO ALTO, Calf, Oct. 30 Stanford’s Indians, slowly but sure ly approaching the football heights they once enjoyed, wrapped up a 900 victory over Washington today. The team that lost all nine of its games last season outplayed its Northern rivals practically all the way.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL l SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 1, 1948, page 6 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL l SCORES Final scores of leading football games played over the weekend are as follows stanford 20; Washington 0. St. Mary’s IS; Oregon IA. UCLA 27; Nebraska 15. Miss State 0; Tulane g. California IS; USC ‘. Montana State IA; Idaho s. 20. Colorado s. 34; Colorado c. 2. Michigan s 46; Oregon c. 21. Idaho IA; Washington s. 19. Utah IA; Colorado F. Santa Clara 25; San Francisco 13 Dayton T; Xavier o. Bowdoin IS; Bates. 12. Virginia 14; Princeton 55. Georgia Tech 19; Duke 2. Virginia Tech T; Army 49. Michigan 28; Illinois 20. Penn State 32; Colgate 13. Oklahoma 33; Iowa State 6. Arkansas 28; Texas AM 6. Mississippi 0; Tulane 9. Drake 45 Kansas State 20. Brown 20; Rutgers 6. Williams T; Union 19 Notre Dame Al; Navy ‘. G. Washington IA; Lafayette 33. Washington-Lee T; Penn 40. Hcly Cross 13; Harvard 20. Duquesene 13; Ohio U IA. Cornell 20; Columbia 13. Syracuse T; Boston U 12. s. Carolina 12; w. Virginia 35. N. Carolina s 13; Wake Forest 34. Davidson 6; V M 33 Florida 32; Thurman IA. North Carolina IA; Tennessee T. Washington-Jeff. l9; Car. T. 2. Pittsburgh 20; Reserve O. Kentucky 28; Cincinnati T. Akron 20; Wooster G. New York U 21; Lehigh 20. Indiana ‘; Minnesota 30. Ohio State T; Northwestern 21. Georgia 35; Alabama 0. Wisconsin IS; Iowa 19. SMU 21; Texas 6. Okla. AM T. Kansas 13 Missouri 4; Kansas State 2.

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)

Stanford 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington leads 46–⁠43–⁠4 in 93 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Washington 42, Stanford 33
2022Washington 40, Stanford 22
2021Washington 20, Stanford 13
2020Stanford 31, Washington 26
2019Stanford 23, Washington 13
2018Washington 27, Stanford 23

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