Oregon at California

Saturday, November 17, 1945

Oregon beat California 20–⁠13. It was their 17th meeting; after it, California led the series 11–⁠6.

AwayOregon3–⁠6 in 1945
20
HomeCalifornia4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1945
13

FinalHigh 62°F, low 51°F, 0.18 in. of rainAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: ESma BALL !. SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 19, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    ESma BALL !. SCORES The following gre final scores of football games played over the weekend. Edsi Colgate T; Syracuse 6. Cornell 20; Dartmout l3. Navy 36; Wisconsin 2. Yale 4l; Coast Guard 6. Temple 14; Holy Cross 6. Army 61; Pennsylvania 0. Columbia 32; Princeton T. Harvard l4; Brown T. Midl0eSt Indiana 19; Pittsburgh O. Michigan 27; Purdue 13. Ohio State 27: Illinois 2. Michigan State 33; Penn State 0. Ohio U IA; West Virginia O. Iowa go: Minnesota 19. Metre Dame 34, Northwestern 2. Marquette l9; Kentucky l3. Missouri IA; Oklahoma 6. Icwa State 8: Drake 6. Kansas 27; Kansas State o. Nebraska 53; South Dakota 0. Tulsa 26; Baylor ‘. Oklahoma ARM 46; Texas Tech 6. South Mississippi State 54; Northwestern Louisiana 0. Clemson AT; Tulane 20. Alabama Il; Vanderbilt 0. Georgia 35; Auburn 0. Wake Forest IA; N. Carolina IS. Louisiana State g; Georgia Tech T. ScHth1OeSt Southern Methodist 21; Arkansas ). Texas 20; Texas Christian O. Rice 6; Texas A and Mo West Oregon 20; California 13. Washington 12; Idaho o. Washington State 13; Oregon s. O.. UCLA IS; St. Mary’s 2. Colorado State Il; Nebraska Wes cyan 6.

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)

California 54% to win. Oregon won as Elo’s underdog.

Oregon leads 42–⁠39–⁠1 in 82 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Oregon 63, California 19
2022Oregon 42, California 24
2021Oregon 24, California 17
2020California 21, Oregon 17
2019Oregon 17, California 7
2018Oregon 42, California 24

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