Washington State defends the belt, 14–13, on the road at Stanford.
Where this game sits in the lineage
Washington State came in 21 days into reign #87, which began with a win over Oregon State, with 2 defenses already behind it; this was its third defense. Washington State went on to defend it 1 more time before Texas A&M took it on December 6, 1941, 42 days after the reign began.
For Stanford this was its 4th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 3 times before.
It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time it is 1–1.
About this game
Washington State traveled to Stanford on November 15, 1941, for a regular season matchup in week 9. Stanford lost 13-14, and Washington State retained the belt with the victory.
Written by Claude, strictly from this site’s own record of the game — the score and what it meant for the belt. CFBD doesn’t have a box score for games this old, so nothing here is invented beyond what’s verifiably on file.
Sources Game record: College Football Data (id 24746) · This game in the downloadable dataset