Utah at Oregon
Saturday, October 2, 1954 Share
Utah beat Oregon 7–6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Oregon led the series 3–1.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 32°FAttendance 11,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 3, 1954, page 65
Read the text
Oregon RoIIy FoiIs, Utah Triumphs, 7–6 EUGENE, Ore. Oct. “A So yard touchdown drive in the first period and a successful conver sion gave Utah an upset 7–6 victory over Oregon today. Oregon. desperately trying to stave of defeat. sent halfback Dick James over for a touchdown in the last half minute Of che game but Dick Pavlats try for the tying point went awry.
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)
Oregon 53% to win. Utah won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Utah–Oregon gameOregon leads 25–12 in 37 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.
| 2023 | Oregon 35, Utah 6 | |
| 2022 | Oregon 20, Utah 17 | |
| 2021 | Utah 38, Oregon 10 | Pac-12 Championship Game |
| 2021 | Utah 38, Oregon 7 | |
| 2019 | Oregon 37, Utah 15 | Pac-12 Championship Game |
| 2018 | Utah 32, Oregon 25 |
Around this game
Utah
- Next gameat BYUOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonUtah in 1954
- ProgramUtah history and records
Oregon
- Next gameat CaliforniaOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonOregon in 1954
- ProgramOregon history and records