Colorado at Oregon

Saturday, October 15, 1949

Oregon beat Colorado 42–⁠14. It was their first meeting; after it, Oregon led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayColorado3–⁠7 in 1949
14
HomeOregon4–⁠6 in 1949
42

FinalHigh 60°F, low 36°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 12,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: HERE ARE STARS SAT. GRID GAMES

    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.

Oregon leads 16–⁠9 in 25 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Oregon 42, Colorado 6
2022Oregon 49, Colorado 10
2021Oregon 52, Colorado 29
2019Oregon 45, Colorado 3
2016Colorado 41, Oregon 38
2015Oregon 41, Colorado 24

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