Oregon at Idaho

Saturday, October 4, 1952

Oregon beat Idaho 20–⁠14. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Oregon led the series 22–⁠3–⁠3.

AwayOregon2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1952
20
HomeIdaho4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1952
14

FinalHigh 78°F, low 38°FAttendance 11,542

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Oregon Third-Siring Back Defeats Idaho, 20 10 IA

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 5, 1952, page 71

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    Oregon Third-Siring Back Defeats Idaho, 20 10 IA MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 4.-Dean Van Leuven, a third-string sophomore fullback who carried the ball only once in Oregon’s first two games, raced so yards for touch down in the final four minutes today to hand the Webfoots a thrill ing 20–⁠14 uphill football victory over Idaho. The visitors, favored by. six points but outplayed all the way, sent Van Leuven through the middle on a handoff and he sprinted through the Idaho Sec |ondary to go over standing up. Only so seconds earlier, the Ducks had tied the score when Tom Lyon blocked Wayne Andersons fourth-down punt on the Idaho S. Hal Dunham sneaked over from the and Emerson Har- Ivey kicked the point to tie the score at 14–⁠14.

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)

Idaho 65% to win. Oregon pulled the upset.

Oregon leads 44–⁠3–⁠3 in 50 meetings, counting the 22 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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