Idaho at Oregon

Saturday, November 3, 1951

Oregon beat Idaho 14–⁠13. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Oregon led the series 21–⁠3–⁠3.

AwayIdaho2–⁠7 in 1951
13
HomeOregon2–⁠8 in 1951
14

FinalHigh 58°F, low 40°F, 0.1 in. of rainAttendance 8,100

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Freshmen Give Oregon 14-f3 Win Over Idaho

    Evening star, November 4, 1951, page 56

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    Freshmen Give Oregon 14-f3 Win Over Idaho EUGENE, Ore. Nov. 8. A pair OF freshmen lifted Oregon out OF the coast conference cellar today with a 14–⁠13 victory over Idaho. George Shaw, freshman quarter pack from Portland. Greg, passed to both of Oregon’s touchdowns the last coming with less than two minutes remaining in the game. Then Freshman Emerson Harvey stepped up and booted the ball through the posts for uhe winning point and Oregon had It’s only conference victory of the season.

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)

Idaho 55% to win. Oregon won as Elo’s underdog.

Oregon leads 44–⁠3–⁠3 in 50 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Oregon 24, Idaho 14
2004Oregon 48, Idaho 10
2002Oregon 58, Idaho 21
2000Oregon 42, Idaho 13
1990Oregon 55, Idaho 23
1970Oregon 49, Idaho 13

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