California at Oregon
Saturday, October 18, 1941 Share
Oregon beat California 19–7. It was their 15th meeting; after it, California led the series 10–5.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 48°FAttendance 22,000
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, October 20, 1941, page 5
Read the text
OREGON I5 WINNER BY 19–7 SCORE Robin, Left HaIfbaek, SpdrkpIugs North Boys 10 Beat California PORTLAND, Ore. Oct. 20. = Tommy Robin, Oregon’s left half back, circled wide to the right last Saturday afternoon. handed the ball to halfback Curt Mecham who ran 35 yards for Oregon’s first touchdown. Oregon blocked California’s punt and Robin went through the cen- ter for another touchdown. A con- version failed. After recovering an Oregon fum- ble, Quarterback Walt Gordon scored California’s only touchdown. Joe Merlo converted. Hoblm outran the California team and scored the final touch down after 62-yard run and Jim Newquist converted. Oregon won 19 to T.
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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every California–Oregon gameOregon leads 42–39–1 in 82 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.
| 2023 | Oregon 63, California 19 | |
| 2022 | Oregon 42, California 24 | |
| 2021 | Oregon 24, California 17 | |
| 2020 | California 21, Oregon 17 | |
| 2019 | Oregon 17, California 7 | |
| 2018 | Oregon 42, California 24 |
Around this game
California
- Next gamevs. USCOct. 25, 1941
- SeasonCalifornia in 1941
- ProgramCalifornia history and records
Oregon
- Next gameat UCLAOct. 25, 1941
- SeasonOregon in 1941
- ProgramOregon history and records