UCLA at Oregon

Saturday, October 3, 1953

No. 5 UCLA beat Oregon 12–⁠0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, UCLA led the series 14–⁠10.

Away5UCLA8–⁠2 in 1953
12
HomeOregon4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1953
0

FinalHigh 68°F, low 36°FAttendance 24,587

In the newspapers

  • The The Key West citizen's story: THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Notre Dame Has Weeks Layoff To Prepare For Pitt Battle

    The Key West citizen, October 5, 1953, page 6 (results column)

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    THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Notre Dame Has Weeks Layoff To Prepare For Pitt Battle ltie and q 21–⁠12 victory over Van derbilt to show for the years work. Right now, Mississippi State, Duke and Maryland loom as the class Of the section. State has yielded only II points in winning three games. Il trounced North Texas State, 21–⁠6 Saturday for No 3. State viii get pretty stiff test against Auburn this week. Duke and Maryland also have won three each and have giver lup just six points apiece. The Terps’ Saturday victim was Glen son, 200. Duke faces Purdue this week and Maryland goes against Georgia. On the Pacific Coast, the two outfits that fought it out down to the barrier last year, are showing all signs Of doing the same again. Southern California, which beat out UCLA for the crown, has pol. |ished off one league team and q pair of Big 10 elevens. The Trojams licked Indiana 27.14 for their third conquest. The Uclans made Oregon their third straight victim Saturday, 12–⁠0. and now have uermitted only one touchdown In $50 minutes Of football. California, usually q. Pee power, seems TO lack the horses after being routed by Ohio State. Southern Cal and UCLA don’t meet until Nov. Il and that one could decide the title. In the Southwest, most Of the teams still are waiting for a big test, but Rice and Baylor rule the choices. Rice made a trip east Saturday and swamped Cornell, |20.7.

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)

UCLA 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

UCLA leads 41–⁠33 in 74 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026UCLA 17, Oregon 15
2024Oregon 34, UCLA 13
2022Oregon 45, UCLA 30
2021Oregon 34, UCLA 31
2020Oregon 38, UCLA 35
2018Oregon 42, UCLA 21

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