Stanford at Oregon State
Saturday, October 10, 1953 Share
Stanford beat Oregon State 21–0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 18–4–2.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 54°F, 1.56 in. of rainAttendance 8,005
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 11, 1953, page 72
Read the text
Stanford Easily Defeats HopIess Oregon State PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 10 (H1. Stamford ran off it’s second straight Pacific Coast Conference victory, downing hapless Oregon State, 21–0, before a scant crowd of 8,005 today. 1t was the fourth straight conference loss for State, which has yet to score a point this season. Quarterback Bob Garrett guide Stanford to to two first quarter touchdowns, and there after the winners coasted with reserves playing much of the game. The first score came after only AZ minutes of play. Halfback Ron Cook raced 76 yards to q touchdown. Garrett passed 20 yards to End John Steinberg for another touchdown in that period. Stanford IA O z 0–21 Oregon State ----- 0 0 0 o. 0 Stanford scoring: Touchdowns-Cook, 6teinberg, Dorm. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OBJ.
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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Stanford–Oregon State gameStanford leads 59–28–3 in 90 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.
Around this game
Stanford
- Next gamevs. UCLAOct. 17, 1953
- SeasonStanford in 1953
- ProgramStanford history and records
Oregon State
- Next gameat USCOct. 17, 1953
- SeasonOregon State in 1953
- ProgramOregon State history and records

