Washington at Stanford
Saturday, October 28, 1950 Share
Washington beat Stanford 21–7. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 14–9–3.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 59°FAttendance 35,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 30, 1950, page 17 (results column)
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Saturdays Grid Stars JOHN BUSH, Yale halfback- Kicked conversion that gave Yale, 14–13 victory over Holy Cross. DREHER GASKINS, Clemson end-Batted down Wake Forest conversion attempt in final Sec onds to insure Clemson victory, 1912. AL PFEIFFER, Fordham end With reputation as pass catch er, Pfeiffer threw the block that made possible Larry Higgins 90 yard run after taking pass from Dick Doheny in Fordham’s 21–14 victory over San Francisco. VIC JANOWICZ, Ohio State halfback-Scored twice, recovered two fumbles. tossed four touch down passes and converted 10 times in II tries as Buckeyes massacred Iowa, 1921. BOB GAIN, Kentucky tackle His exhibition at Atlanta against Georgia Tech rated one of the best ever turned out by a tackle there as unbeaten Kentucky beat Tech, % to IA. BOB MOONMAW, UCLA center Was defensive stickout as Cali fornians defeated Purdue, 20–6. REX HOY, sub Nebraska guard l-Rumbled IS yards with detected Kansas pass for touchdown that helped Nebraska beat Kansas, 1926. JOHNNY COATTA, Wisconsin quarterback-Connected on 13 of II passes, including two for touch downs, in 14–13 win over North western. JOHNNY KARRAS, I11in ois half-Ran 81 yards to a touch down in Illinois 900 win over Indiana. GEORGE HUDAK. Minnesota halfback-Handled the ball IA times in Is plays in leading Min nesota to last-half touchdown to tie Michigan, TT. JACK HACKETT, Miami (Flao quarterback-Completed 16 or 26I passes, two for touchdowns, in $50 victory over Pittsburgh. DON HEINREICH, Washington quarterback-Completed 10 OF “a passes, three for touchdowns, In 21–7 victory over Stanford.
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 68% to win. Washington pulled the upset.
The series
Every Washington–Stanford gameWashington leads 46–43–4 in 93 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.
| 2023 | Washington 42, Stanford 33 | |
| 2022 | Washington 40, Stanford 22 | |
| 2021 | Washington 20, Stanford 13 | |
| 2020 | Stanford 31, Washington 26 | |
| 2019 | Stanford 23, Washington 13 | |
| 2018 | Washington 27, Stanford 23 |
Around this game
Washington
- Next gamevs. CaliforniaNov. 4, 1950
- SeasonWashington in 1950
- ProgramWashington history and records
Stanford
- Next gamevs. USCNov. 4, 1950
- SeasonStanford in 1950
- ProgramStanford history and records

