Oregon at Stanford

Saturday, November 15, 1952

Oregon beat Stanford 21–⁠20. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 12–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayOregon2–⁠7–⁠1 in 1952
21
HomeStanford5–⁠5 in 1952
20

FinalHigh 57°F, low 46°F, 0.79 in. of rainAttendance 6,100

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Stanford Kick Fails; Oregon Wins, 21.2O

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 16, 1952, page 71

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    Stanford Kick Fails; Oregon Wins, 21.2O PALO ALTO, Calf, Nov. 15.- A fourth-quarter conversion that missed denied Stanford a tie today and Oregon won it’s second Pacific Coast Conference victory, 21–⁠20. Oregon capitalized on Stanford tumbles for two touchdowns. The biggest Oregon break came at the start of the second half when Guard Jim Jacques recovered Bob Matthias tumble on the kickoff, and Tom Novikoff drove to the Stanford end zone to give the visitors a lat lead. Although Stanford tied the game at 14-l4, Oregon came right back to 60 81 yards in seven plays for another touchdown and a conversion. !. In the final quarter Stanford scored on a 54-yard drive. stanford go

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)

Stanford 85% to win. Oregon pulled the upset.

Stanford leads 47–⁠36–⁠1 in 84 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Oregon 42, Stanford 6
2022Oregon 45, Stanford 27
2021Stanford 31, Oregon 24
2020Oregon 35, Stanford 14
2019Oregon 21, Stanford 6
2018Stanford 38, Oregon 31

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