UCLA at Oregon State

Saturday, October 27, 1956

Oregon State beat UCLA 21–⁠7. It was their 21st meeting; after it, UCLA led the series 13–⁠5–⁠3.

AwayUCLA7–⁠3 in 1956
7
HomeOregon State7–⁠3–⁠1 in 1956
21

FinalHigh 54°F, low 40°F, 0.29 in. of rainAttendance 17,080

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 29, 1956, page 1

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    Whatever happens during the rest of the college football season, there are bound to be some unfamiliar faces in the major bowl games January /. Old faithful Georgia Tech should win the Southeastern Conference title-provided it can get by Tennessee--and thus play host in the Sugar Bowl. But otherwise the lineup of potential bowl teams is anything but i’m Ipressive. | The fight for the hosts berth in the Rose Bowl. for example, has developed into a scrap between Oregon State and STAN ford, a couple of teams that have spent much of their time in the dungeons of the Parific Coast Conference. Southern California. UCLA and Washington all are ineligi- BILE because of assorted Subsidication attractions, so the No Ivember 10 game between Ore gon State and Stanford at Palo Alto probably will be the big game of the conference season. Actually. both Stanford and Oregon State added to their sta Iture last Saturday. The Indians turned back Southern California, 27-l9, while Oregon State defeated UCLA, 21–⁠7. Had South ern California and UCLA won, the Rose Bowl would have been a hollow affair, indeed. Now the promoters have q talking point. The situation is much the

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)

UCLA 64% to win. Oregon State won as Elo’s underdog.

UCLA leads 43–⁠18–⁠4 in 65 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Oregon State 36, UCLA 24
2019Oregon State 48, UCLA 31
2016UCLA 38, Oregon State 24
2015UCLA 41, Oregon State 0
2012Oregon State 27, UCLA 20
2011UCLA 27, Oregon State 19

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