Washington at Washington State

Saturday, November 24, 1956

Washington beat Washington State 40–⁠26. It was their 49th meeting; after it, Washington led the series 21–⁠12–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayWashington5–⁠5 in 1956
40
HomeWashington State3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1956
26

FinalHigh 46°F, low 25°FAttendance 20,700

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Huskies Win in Romp Over Washington Stote

    Evening star, November 25, 1956, page 77

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    Huskies Win in Romp Over Washington Stote SPOKANE. Wash, Nov. “a up. Washington University’s Huskies romped to six touchdowns and a 40–⁠26 Pacific Coast confer ence victory over Washington State today. The game went into the second quarter with Washington lead ing, 2l-0, before the Cougars scored. The first counter game on Washington’s third play, when the Huskies sprung Mike Nc Clusky over right tackle for So yards. The score then became l4-O when End Bruce Claridge smoth-

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 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Washington leads 78–⁠34–⁠6; as played, 70–⁠32–⁠4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 118 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Washington 24, Washington State 10
2025Washington 59, Washington State 24
2024Washington State 24, Washington 19
2023Washington 24, Washington State 21
2022Washington 51, Washington State 33
2021Washington State 40, Washington 13

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