Oregon at UCLA

Saturday, October 27, 1945

UCLA beat Oregon 12–⁠0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Oregon led the series 9–⁠7.

AwayOregon3–⁠6 in 1945
0
HomeUCLA5–⁠4 in 1945
12

FinalHigh 73°F, low 51°FAttendance 40,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: R0SSI LEADS UCLLA 10 WIN OVER OREGON

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 27, 1945, page 3

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    R0SSI LEADS UCLLA 10 WIN OVER OREGON LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27-Gallop- ing Cal Rossi ground out bril- liant finish to his l945 collegiate grid career by amassing l69 yards and scoring a touchdown to lead the UCLA Bruins to a 12–⁠0 victory over the Oregon Webfoots last night. Playing his last game for the Bruins before Navy transfer to Harvard, Rossi brought his ground gaing total to 680 yards in 95 scrimmage tries in five games. Both the total and average of 7.l5 put the Bruin Rambler in the forefront of the nations ball carriers. UCLA speed and power tipped the balance to the Bruins after a scoreless first half in which triple threat Jake Leicht and the Web foots outplayed Rossi and his mates.

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)

UCLA 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

UCLA leads 41–⁠33 in 74 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026UCLA 17, Oregon 15
2024Oregon 34, UCLA 13
2022Oregon 45, UCLA 30
2021Oregon 34, UCLA 31
2020Oregon 38, UCLA 35
2018Oregon 42, UCLA 21

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