Oregon at Oregon State
Saturday, November 20, 1948 Share
No. 13 Oregon beat Oregon State 10–0. It was their 52nd meeting; after it, Oregon State led the series 15–14–3 in the games on file.
FinalHigh 51°F, low 41°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 22,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1948, page 41
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Oregon Defeats Oregon State 10 to 0 in Mud CORVALLIS, Ore, Nov. 20.-Twoinch ooze nearly stopped the Oregon Ducks Rose Bowl drive, but they finally staged two drives over a stubborn Oregon State team to produce 100 victory here today. 1t was the seventh straight Coast Conference win for the Ducks. whose hopes Of going to the Rose Bowl now rest on a vote of conference schools. Their rivals for the bowl-the California Bears-ended the season with six conference wins. Oregon produced a touchdown in the second quarter and the big Ore gon line kept the staters completely subdued. Johnny Mckay. Oregon’s fleet left halfback, finally came up with what was a long run for the day: Is yards without slipping into the muck. The run came at the end Of a 40-yard drive for Oregon’s touch down two minutes before the half ended. Scrubbed dry between halves, the ducks came right back at the start o fthe third period to add a field goal.

Roanoke Rapids daily herald, November 21, 1948, page 1 (results column)
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Nations Grid Bowl Picture Is BecIouded by Outcome Of SATURDAYS Football Contests ston Wildcats, however, are clear out runners up to Michigan and likely nominees for the trip. But all is not so clear in the Pacific Coast conference where Oregon and California both wound up their schedules today unbeaten in the coast cir cult. California squeezed past Stanford, 7 to 6, and Oregon blanked Oregon State, 10 to 0. California, which also is unbeaten- outside the circuit, has five loop wins, Oregon has six. How ever, Oregon lost to Michigan, IA to 0. Oklahoma and Southern Met odist also clinched conference titles although the Texas Mus tangs still can be tied for the laurels in the Southwest circuit. Southern Methodist again wait ed until late in the game to subdue Baylor, 13 to 6, bat Okla homa started from the kickoff to murder Kansas, so to 7. William & Mary was the major school to accept a bowl bid. The Virginians drubbed North Carolina State, 26 to 6, and will appear in the Delta Bowl at Memphis on Jan. /. Clemson, another Southern Conference power, remained unbeaten with a AZ to 0 conquest of Duquesne and North Carolina stopped Duke, 20 to 0. Each of the victors is bowl possibility.
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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Oregon–Oregon State gameOfficially, Oregon leads 70–49–10; as played, 57–46–6 in the 109 games on file; the official count covers all 129 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.
| 2025 | Oregon 41, Oregon State 7 | |
| 2024 | Oregon 49, Oregon State 14 | |
| 2023 | Oregon 31, Oregon State 7 | |
| 2022 | Oregon State 38, Oregon 34 | |
| 2021 | Oregon 38, Oregon State 29 | |
| 2020 | Oregon State 41, Oregon 38 |
Around this game
Oregon
- Next gamevs. SMUJan. 1, 1949, Cotton Bowl
- SeasonOregon in 1948
- ProgramOregon history and records
Oregon State
- Next gamevs. NebraskaNov. 27, 1948
- SeasonOregon State in 1948
- ProgramOregon State history and records

