Oregon at Idaho
Saturday, October 26, 1946 Share
No. 19 Oregon beat Idaho 26–13. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Oregon led the series 17–2–3.
FinalHigh 47°F, low 30°FAttendance 6,500
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 28, 1946, page 1 (results column)
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,1obeaten Teams Al Texas, Tennessee, Michigan, State Toppled yFW YORK, Oct. 27 - (P rta football seismograph still re- .c,ed sunday from another series a. ~aheavals that shook the pig ~ .+.ia world and toppled some of en- nations powers from their lofty positions aao the same since little Gin .sS y started it rocking by whip . .ao Indiana’s big nine champ. r5 ‘vav back in September when w.. W. b~asebalIers apparently were 4st Getting their second wind. The most cesounding crash was ..s~d from Texas where a fight Rice eleven tumbled mighty r6vss from the unbeaten and -s;tpd list with an 1913 upset of ~.+ounding proportion. Deacons’s Win uo.vv damage also was conferred .ne South where Wake Forest, sa.,en for the first time only a rock ago by North Carolina State, listed Tennessee’s perfect record ~i,5 = smashing 1876 triumph. and W. twice.beaten. twice-tied Virginia Tech squad handed N. c. State ls first licking, 1916. The six other major elevens with mbeaten and united records – G~mv. Notre Dame, Pennsylvania, nc L. A.. Georgia. and Harvard managed to keep their states dean but there were plenty OF ot5pr form r~eversals along with the snsets that dumpeo Texas, Tenn sssee and N. c. State. Hapless Mississippi clipped Arkansas 81; Southern Methodist tranked Missouri 40; Illinois re- FAMED prestige by nosing out Michigan 1879; West Virginia trip ned Syracuse, 1870; Kings Point S Merchant Mariners squeezed past Fordham. rs; moderated Gin ~innati staged another surprise in oonouering Michigan State; 1877, md Boston University’s weak squad scored a moral victory in vino Browns Ivy league-s, 14–14. Tar Heels : North Carolina, Oregon and Northwestern, unbeaten but once led. kept in step with the first TX by piliag up easy victories. Army, held s~co~eless on the ground for the first time since it started its 24-game victory string, look TO the air to overcome the powerfully defensive Duke Blue Devils, 1910 at the Polo Grounds. The Cadets touchdown twins, Jounior Davis ard Doc Blanchard, piled up yardage on the ground out it was Arnold fuckers passing arm that forced the victory. Tuck sr tossed three touchdown aerials, two Of them to Davis TO keep the Cadets rolling. Another great passing perform. ance was turned in by Notre Danes Johnny Lujack who pitch ed the Irish to a humping 41–6 victory over Iowa to give the ma ton second ranking squad its first triumph over the HaWkeyes in Iowa City. Powerful Pennsylvania rolled ever Navy, 32-l9, with skippy M5aisi dazzling the capacity crowd IN Philadelphia’‘s FGranklin Field with a truly All-American perform a.ce. The Quakers closed the sa.es in the second half by with arawing Minisi and the rest of the first team. U. c. L. As Bruins passed an other hurdle en- route to the Rose Bowl in easy fashion by massacring Santa Clara 1877 while Georgia SteamroIlered Furman, TOT. Har- Yard headed into November with d 30 record by defeating Holy Cross, 1876. Florida Loses North Carolina polished off FLORIDA, 40–19, but Oregon got plenty of resistance from Idaho 0efore winning 26–13. Northwest ems big nine conference leaders look things easy with Alonzo 9’aggs College of the Pacific visitors, winning 26–13. Although Notre Dame overcame ls Iowa City Jinx, Texas still was “ood0oed by Rice. The Triumph marked the Owls third victory qyef Texas in as many years. 6ea’eA only by Louisiana State, z D. IN their opener, the Owls, now Io-olhg a Al record, scored first u me starting period, were tied [0! d. The half, and then scared 1acf with u points in the third 40aIter 10 clinch the contest. The ,oagnorns rallied under Bobby Lsyne’s leadership to tally seven Eu-4’s In the closing frame but @s Owls held -esolutely to their i’ve point margin. -ayne gave a magnificent per- 9imahce connecting for IL out ~ passes for 100 yards – but

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 28, 1946, page 3 (results column)
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SrRo LOOT BALI. z SCORES Here are final scores of scme oi the leading football games played over the weekend. Washington 20; California 6. oregon 26; Idaho 13. USC 28: Stanford 90 oregon State E; Washington State r. Northwestern 26; College of Pa ciflc l3. UCLA 93; Santa Clara T. Penn State 6; Colgate 2. Bucknel %; Lafayette 0. Boston IA; Brown 14, tie Rice 18; Texas 13. Tulsa 56; Kansas O. West Virginia l3; Syracuse 0. Utah 27, WyCmins ‘. Texas Tech q; Denver {. North Carolina 40 Florida l9. Mississippi State l4, Tulane [. Rutgers 25; Washington 13. Mississippi 9; Arkansas T. Cincinnati 18, Michigan 7 Indiana 27; Nebraska I. Alabama 2t Kentucky r. Texas A8,M l7, Baylor 0, Louisiana State IA; Vanderbilt 0 -- SUNDAY GAMES Ge0rgetcWn 13; St. Louis T. Niagara 14; John Carroll G. St Marys 13 Nevada 12 St. Ambrose fl; St. Joseph’s Gn- diana) z
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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Oregon–Idaho gameOregon leads 44–3–3 in 50 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.
| 2024 | Oregon 24, Idaho 14 | |
| 2004 | Oregon 48, Idaho 10 | |
| 2002 | Oregon 58, Idaho 21 | |
| 2000 | Oregon 42, Idaho 13 | |
| 1990 | Oregon 55, Idaho 23 | |
| 1970 | Oregon 49, Idaho 13 |
Around this game
Oregon
- Next gameat USCNov. 2, 1946
- SeasonOregon in 1946
- ProgramOregon history and records
Idaho
- Next gameat MontanaNov. 2, 1946
- SeasonIdaho in 1946
- ProgramIdaho history and records

