Washington at Oregon

Saturday, October 18, 1930

Oregon beat Washington 7–⁠0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Oregon led the series 7–⁠4–⁠2 in the games on file.

AwayWashington5–⁠4 in 1930
0
HomeOregon7–⁠2 in 1930
7

FinalHigh 65°F, low 39°FAttendance 35,266

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: OREGON U. C0NQUERS WASHINGTON, 7 TO 0 Brilliant Pass From 47-Yard Line Gives Webfeet Victory Before Record Crowd in Northwest.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1930, page 70

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    OREGON U. C0NQUERS WASHINGTON, 7 TO 0 Brilliant Pass From 47-Yard Line Gives Webfeet Victory Before Record Crowd in Northwest. BY the ASSOCIATED PIeSg. MULTNOMAH STADIUM, Portland, Greg, october 18.-Plucking q 25-yard forward pass out of the heavens while heading full speed for the washington goal line, Johnny Kitzmiller, big blonde halfback of the University of Oregon, gave his webfoot grid eleven a 7-to-0 victory today over the Huskies. The ball was on Washington’s At yard line when the pass resulting in the touchdown was thrown. Londahl, the pasSer, dropped back and let go a fast heave in the direction of KitZmiller, who was speeding for the Husky goal line. The Washington safety let the brilliant Oregon half get past and Kitzmiller looked up Just in time to snare the pigskin. The mighty man of oregon then proceeded to place-kick the try for point to make the count Z to 0, the only scoring of the battle. The contest drew the largest foot ball crowd in the history Of the Pacific Northwest, 35.266 fans overlooking the Multnomah Stadium. It was Oregons first Pacific Coast Conference TIT Of the season.

  • The The Indianapolis times's story

    The Indianapolis times, Indiana, October 20, 1930, page 10 (results column)

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    BIZ United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.-In northern California, football center of the Pacific slope in other days, the air was purple with pessinism today, as all admitted that the years best football is likely to be played north or south of here. Stanford eked out a one-touchdown victory over Oregon State Saturday, 13 to 7. California lost to the Olympic Club, 13 to Z, and will play Washington this week, a northern team which suffered its first loss against Oregon Saturday, 7 to 0. Washington State took it easy with Gonzaga and won, “A to 0. Montana, in nonconference tilt,

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Washington leads 63–⁠50–⁠5; as played, 56–⁠46–⁠4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 118 meetings, counting the 93 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Oregon 26, Washington 14
2024Oregon 49, Washington 21
2023Washington 34, Oregon 31Pac-12 Championship
2023Washington 36, Oregon 33
2022Washington 37, Oregon 34
2021Oregon 26, Washington 16

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