Oregon State at Idaho
Saturday, November 5, 1949 Share
Oregon State beat Idaho 35–25. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Oregon State led the series 15–5.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 40°FAttendance 9,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 7, 1949, page 3
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BEARS FEAR DUCKS GAME; MAY BE UPSET SAN FRANCISCO, NOV. 7-lA- Double trouble loomed today for the undefeated California Bears in their drive toward the coast con- ference football title and the Rose Bowl Lynn Waldorfs Californians face Oregon this weekend and Stanford the following Saturday to close out the league schedule. The Bears-only undefeated team in the eague-outscored Washing ton State, 33-l4, in unimpressive fashion last week. The meeting with Oregon will be a tough one, in spite of the latter’s spotty re- cord. Oregon hasn’t forgotten that California last year refused to con slider a playoff when the two teams tied for the conference title. The Webfoots who lost 27–28 to Washington last week, will invade the Bear lair pitched high. a o 114NI OIeAy T VI – A1S Stanford popped into the confer ence championship picture with a loud bang. The Indians finally put their potentially powerful game to- gether to pulverize the favored Southern California TroJans, 34–13. This is the same use. team that front running California had such difficult time defeating, l6–10. AS a result of Stanford’s sensa- tional upset win, the conference title may be up for decision when the Indians tackle California in the Big Game” at Palo Alto, Nov. 19. The expectation is that Califor- mia will turn back Oregon and Stanford will defeat Idaho. Idaho’s disappointing season in- creased in scope Saturday when it was beaten by Oregon State, 25–35. Another team still in the run ming is the University of California at Los Angeles, with four league wins to one defeat. Stanford, with three victories, lost a conference contest to U.C.L.A., TIA. Califor- nia’s eight game win streak in- cludes five in the circuit, and one was over U.C.L.A., 35–21.
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 State 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Oregon State–Idaho gameOregon State leads 34–7 in 41 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.
| 2021 | Oregon State 42, Idaho 0 | |
| 2006 | Oregon State 38, Idaho 0 | |
| 1995 | Oregon State 14, Idaho 7 | |
| 1985 | Oregon State 43, Idaho 28 | |
| 1984 | Idaho 41, Oregon State 22 | |
| 1966 | Oregon State 14, Idaho 7 |
Around this game
Oregon State
- Next gamevs. Michigan StateNov. 12, 1949
- SeasonOregon State in 1949
- ProgramOregon State history and records
Idaho
- Next gameat StanfordNov. 12, 1949
- SeasonIdaho in 1949
- ProgramIdaho history and records

