Montana vs. Washington State

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

1. Montana’s biggest win1947: Montana 13, Washington State 12by 1 points
2. Washington State’s biggest win1930: Washington State 61, Montana 0by 61 points
3. Upset1947: Montana 13, Washington State 12Montana had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Montana’s side (Milburn 0–⁠5 against Hollingbery). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1920 · The Alaska daily empire, Nov 1, 1920

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  1930 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 27, 1930

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  1931 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 26, 1931

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  1935 · The Waterbury Democrat, Oct 17, 1935

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  1936 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 28, 1936

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Montana vs. Idaho62 meetings, Montana 22–⁠39–⁠1
• Montana vs. Montana State57 meetings, Montana 38–⁠18–⁠1
• Montana vs. Utah State28 meetings, Montana 6–⁠22
• Montana vs. Eastern Washington27 meetings, Montana 18–⁠9
• Washington State vs. Washington106 meetings, Washington State 32–⁠70–⁠4
• Washington State vs. Oregon State104 meetings, Washington State 56–⁠45–⁠3
• Washington State vs. Oregon95 meetings, Washington State 37–⁠52–⁠6
• Washington State vs. California84 meetings, Washington State 30–⁠49–⁠5