Oregon at UCLA
Saturday, October 27, 1945 Share
UCLA beat Oregon 12–0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Oregon led the series 9–7.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 51°FAttendance 40,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 27, 1945, page 3
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Oregon–UCLA gameUCLA leads 41–33 in 74 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.
| 2026 | UCLA 17, Oregon 15 | |
| 2024 | Oregon 34, UCLA 13 | |
| 2022 | Oregon 45, UCLA 30 | |
| 2021 | Oregon 34, UCLA 31 | |
| 2020 | Oregon 38, UCLA 35 | |
| 2018 | Oregon 42, UCLA 21 |
Around this game
Oregon
- Next gamevs. WashingtonNov. 3, 1945
- SeasonOregon in 1945
- ProgramOregon history and records
UCLA
- Next gamevs. Saint Mary’s (CA)Nov. 17, 1945
- SeasonUCLA in 1945
- ProgramUCLA history and records

