Oregon at Washington

Saturday, October 18, 1952

Washington beat Oregon 49–⁠0. It was their 46th meeting; after it, Washington led the series 17–⁠14–⁠3 in the games on file.

AwayOregon2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1952
0
HomeWashington7–⁠3 in 1952
49

FinalHigh 63°F, low 48°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Don Heinrich S Passes Whip Oregon, AZ 10 0

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1952, page 47

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    Don Heinrich S Passes Whip Oregon, AZ 10 0 SEATTLE, Oct. 18.-Don Helm rich, Washington’s air arm, riddled Oregon today for a 49–⁠0 football triumph. Three of his losses went for touchdownS and a Pacific Coast Conference record. Stocky Sam Mitchell, starting at safety for the first time, helped by intercepting three Oregon passes and tackling Ted Anderson on the Washington three to blast an Oregon threat. In all. the Washington HuskieS hauled down nine Oregon passes record. The old mark was seven, set by another Oregon team. Heinrich’s record came when he boosted his three-year total of touchdown heaves to ~, beating by three the mark held by Bob ‘Waterfleld of UCLA. Oregon ~----- 0 o o. washington --------- II 81 IA 90

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)

Washington 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Washington leads 63–⁠50–⁠5; as played, 56–⁠46–⁠4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 118 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Oregon 26, Washington 14
2024Oregon 49, Washington 21
2023Washington 34, Oregon 31Pac-12 Championship
2023Washington 36, Oregon 33
2022Washington 37, Oregon 34
2021Oregon 26, Washington 16

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