Oregon State at Northwestern

Saturday, October 5, 1957

No. 9 Oregon State beat Northwestern 22–⁠13. It was their first meeting; after it, Oregon State led the series 1–⁠0.

Away9Oregon State8–⁠2 in 1957
22
HomeNorthwestern0–⁠9 in 1957
13

FinalHigh 60°F, low 48°FAttendance 34,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Oregon State 'Overpowers Northwestern

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1957, page 78

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    Oregon State ‘Overpowers Northwestern EVANSTON. NJ, oct. 5 tR. -Earnel burden and Joe Fran els accounted for al Of Ore gon States touchdowns today 70 lead the Pacific Coast Conference champions TO q 22–⁠13 victory over Northwestern. Oregon state piled . $50 margin before Northwestern broke loose behind Quarter back John Talley and Half back Ron Burton. Taiiey speared another rock ie. End Fred Williamson. near the end Of the second quarter. In the third period. TaIley faxed . hand-on 10 FuIIback Ed Quinn and lateraled to Burton. Burton raced 70 yards down the side line TO score, and Quinn added the point as Northwestern cut into the Beavers edge. ISIS. After being stopped ON the Northwestern one-foot line late in the period. Oregon state clinched its third straight triumph Of the season with q So yard thrust In six plays in the fourth quarter. S Scs.Ss. sssss ---..iss 3 2 I’D OREGON state scoring: Touchdowns-purden l36. pass from FTaneia. IS, rum. Francis (io, runl. ConverGion1-- Afana. Kleld goal--eearlo ltol, Northwestern scorinn. Touchdownl .--Wllliamson glo., pa.s from Taileyl

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)

Oregon State 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Northwestern leads 3–⁠1 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1966Northwestern 14, Oregon State 6
1965Northwestern 15, Oregon State 7
1964Northwestern 7, Oregon State 3
1957Oregon State 22, Northwestern 13

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