Colorado at Oregon
Saturday, October 15, 1949 Share
Oregon beat Colorado 42–14. It was their first meeting; after it, Oregon led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 36°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 12,500
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 17, 1949, page 3 (results column)
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HERE ARE STARS SAT. GRID GAMES o \ x1AS0OO4L1 \ A1A/ AtAnJo Al Dugoff, George Washington U fullback-scored all four CIV touch- downs, including one from kickoff from behind own goal. as team de- feated Virginia Tech, 24–14. Billy Boren, Utah-ran kickoff 100 yards for touchdown, scored another from scrimmage with 80- yard run, but Utah lost to Denver, 20sl8. Larry Courtre, Notre Dame helped Irish rout Tulane, 46–7, by scoring first three touchdowns in 10 minutes. Gil Stephenson, Army fullback- scored four touchdowns as Army de- feated Harvard, 54–14. Frank Brunk. California-just off injured list, he made a 102-yard touchdown run for winning marker oyer Southern California, which bowed 16–10~ Charley Justice, North Carolina scored three touchdowns in 28–14 victory over Wake Forest. George Thomas, Oklahoma-click- ed for four touchdowns in helping to heat Kansas. 48–26. Woodley Lewis, Oregon-unfurled asl02-yard kickoff return as Ore gon defeated Colorado, 42–14.
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 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colorado–Oregon gameOregon leads 16–9 in 25 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.
| 2023 | Oregon 42, Colorado 6 | |
| 2022 | Oregon 49, Colorado 10 | |
| 2021 | Oregon 52, Colorado 29 | |
| 2019 | Oregon 45, Colorado 3 | |
| 2016 | Colorado 41, Oregon 38 | |
| 2015 | Oregon 41, Colorado 24 |
Around this game
Colorado
- Next gameat Utah StateOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonColorado in 1949
- ProgramColorado history and records
Oregon
- Next gameat USCOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonOregon in 1949
- ProgramOregon history and records

