Stanford at Oregon State

Saturday, October 10, 1953

Stanford beat Oregon State 21–⁠0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 18–⁠4–⁠2.

AwayStanford6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
21
HomeOregon State3–⁠6 in 1953
0

FinalHigh 63°F, low 54°F, 1.56 in. of rainAttendance 8,005

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Stanford Easily Defeats HopIess Oregon State

    Evening star, October 11, 1953, page 72

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    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.

Stanford leads 59–⁠28–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Oregon State 62, Stanford 17
2022Oregon State 28, Stanford 27
2021Oregon State 35, Stanford 14
2020Stanford 27, Oregon State 24
2019Stanford 31, Oregon State 28
2018Stanford 48, Oregon State 17

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