Oregon at Washington State

Saturday, October 10, 1953

Washington State beat Oregon 7–⁠0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 12–⁠9–⁠4.

AwayOregon4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1953
0
HomeWashington State4–⁠6 in 1953
7

FinalHigh 80°F, low 49°FAttendance 16,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Washington State Wins Over Oregon, 10

    Evening star, October 11, 1953, page 72

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    Washington State Wins Over Oregon, 10 PULLMAN, Wash, Oct. 10. Vaughn Hitchcock. a 190pound sophomore fullback. car ried Washington State on an 83yard Second-quarter touchdown march today and a TO football victory over Oregon. Hitchcock took the ball eight times on the drive and picked up IS yards. Oregon had only one good scoring chance and it fell short by II yards in the first quarter. Oregon “ O O 90 washington State O z O 0–⁠7

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 State 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oregon leads 52–⁠37–⁠6 in 95 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Oregon 38, Washington State 24
2022Oregon 44, Washington State 41
2021Oregon 38, Washington State 24
2020Oregon 43, Washington State 29
2019Oregon 37, Washington State 35
2018Washington State 34, Oregon 20

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