Gonzaga vs. Washington State

Gonzaga and Washington State first met in 1920 and have played 22 times; Washington State leads the series 14–⁠5–⁠3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Washington State 6–⁠3, and Washington State has won the last 4.

Gonzaga wins
5
Washington State wins
14
Ties
3
First meeting
1920
Longest streak
7 Washington State
Current streak
4 Washington State
Last 10 meetings
Washington State 6–⁠3
Most recent
1941

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠7–⁠2
1930s3–⁠5–⁠1
1940s0–⁠2
Average margin
13.6 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Gonzaga
3–⁠13–⁠3 Gonzaga’s record at home
At Washington State
1–⁠2 Washington State’s record at home
Shutouts
9

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Gonzaga’s biggest win1923: Gonzaga 27, Washington State 14by 13 points
  2. Washington State’s biggest win1941: Washington State 59, Gonzaga 0by 59 points
  3. Upset1935: Gonzaga 7, Washington State 0Gonzaga had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1934: Gonzaga 13, Washington State 6Gonzaga had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsGonzagaSeriesWashington State
1923–⁠1924Gus Dorais2–⁠0–⁠1Albert Exendine

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Gonzaga’s side (Dorais 2–⁠0–⁠1 against Exendine). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Gonzaga and Washington State, 1920 on13001500170019201925193019351940

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Seattle star's story of the 1924 game: Washington State and GonZaga Tie

    1924 · The Seattle star, Seattle, Wash., Nov 28, 1924

  • The Evening star's story of the 1925 game: FOOT BALL RESULTS YESTERDAY

    1925 · Evening star, Nov 22, 1925

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1933 game: FOOTB BALL. RESULTS&

    1933 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 6, 1933

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1936 game: FOOT BALL zS1REsULTs

    1936 · The Daily Alaska empire, Dec 7, 1936

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1941 game: FOOT BAIL @ {2{3SW5 IFS Mr

    1941 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 24, 1941

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Nov 22, 1941Washington State 59, Gonzaga 0at Gonzaga
Nov 23, 1940Washington State 14, Gonzaga 7at Gonzaga
Sep 23, 1939Washington State 19, Gonzaga 6at Washington State
Oct 29, 1938Washington State 15, Gonzaga 13at Gonzaga
Sep 25, 1937Gonzaga 0, Washington State 0at Gonzaga
Dec 5, 1936Gonzaga 13, Washington State 6at Gonzaga
Nov 2, 1935Gonzaga 7, Washington State 0at Washington State
Oct 13, 1934Gonzaga 13, Washington State 6at Gonzaga
Nov 4, 1933Washington State 16, Gonzaga 0at Gonzaga
Nov 21, 1931Washington State 13, Gonzaga 6at Gonzaga
Oct 18, 1930Washington State 24, Gonzaga 0at Gonzaga
Nov 23, 1929Washington State 27, Gonzaga 0at Gonzaga
Sep 29, 1928Washington State 3, Gonzaga 0at Gonzaga
Oct 15, 1927Washington State 13, Gonzaga 0at Gonzaga
Nov 25, 1926Washington State 7, Gonzaga 0at Gonzaga
Nov 21, 1925Gonzaga 0, Washington State 0at Gonzaga
Nov 27, 1924Gonzaga 0, Washington State 0at Gonzaga
Oct 11, 1924Gonzaga 14, Washington State 12at Washington State
Oct 13, 1923Gonzaga 27, Washington State 14at Gonzaga
Oct 14, 1922Washington State 10, Gonzaga 7at Gonzaga
Oct 15, 1921Washington State 54, Gonzaga 7at Gonzaga
Oct 9, 1920Washington State 35, Gonzaga 0at Gonzaga

Every game is listed as played on the field.