Oregon at Pacific

Saturday, October 6, 1951

Pacific beat Oregon 34–⁠6. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayOregon2–⁠8 in 1951
6
HomePacific6–⁠5 in 1951
34

FinalAttendance 17,449

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Washington Huskies Bow To Southern Cal 13 to 20

    The Nome nugget, October 8, 1951, page 2 (results column)

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    Washington Huskies Bow To Southern Cal 13 to 20 SEATTLE, (P)-Janitors in the University of Washington football barracks were sweeping up the pieces of shattered hope today while Oregon States warriors took tuck in their belts and prepared to carry on the Northwest’s bid for berth in the Rose Bowl. Labeled dark horse in the Pacific Coast Conference pennant chase, Southern California walked on Washington 20–⁠13 and brought this praise from losing coach Howie Odell: Greatest team I’ve seen since I came west-and that includes Notre Dame” Even a 100 yard touchdown punt return by Hugh McElhenny to tie the score at 1913 couldn’t quench the use. fire. While the air hissed out of the Washington balloon, Oregon States Beavers rolled to an un- expected 34–⁠6 triumph over Idaho in their conference opener. Stan ford, the only other team to win a conference victory, rolled over Michigan 23–⁠13 to give Far West prestige an unexpected boost. California, the perennial cham pion and looming again as the probable titlist, mashed Minnesota 55–⁠14.

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)

Pacific 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oregon leads 4–⁠3 in seven meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1995Oregon 45, Pacific 7
1984Oregon 30, Pacific 14
1983Pacific 21, Oregon 15
1981Oregon 34, Pacific 0
1952Pacific 14, Oregon 6
1951Pacific 34, Oregon 6

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