Oregon at Stanford

Saturday, November 12, 1955

Stanford beat Oregon 44–⁠7. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 15–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayOregon6–⁠4 in 1955
7
HomeStanford6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1955
44

FinalHigh 63°F, low 41°FAttendance 27,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Stanford Easily Defeats Oregon

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 13, 1955, page 69

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    Stanford Easily Defeats Oregon PALO ALTO, Calf. Nov. IL Rl.Jonn Brodie’s deadly pass ing and failure Of the Oregon running attack to penetrate the big Stanford line gave the In dians an easy 44-T victory over the University Of Oregon today. The Indians mixed up passes and running for two quick touchdowns in the opening pc riod while the Oregon backs were fumbling away whatever chance they may have had oi staying In contention Throughout the first half the Ducks relied entirely on ground plays and their backs piled uS against the big Red line. It was only III the final PEI Rod, when they were hopelessly beaten that Oregon attempted q passing attack The Indians I’M ished the game with second and third stringers scoring thret touchdowns in the final period. Neither team scored III thu third period but the Indian: broke loose for three more II the final stanza g,v.snr y q o. Stanford ~ 2l---4. oregon acorine: IoueHdeEns5..e 5.e| Morris f6, ef tackle buckl. CpnyeFsiol ---Morria q etewsrt Ss psss from Hordisl Bil Terr 40. rdnl; Paul Camera l11i pas from A1fdie) Qua duetafson q, Buck D Biickj ConVersi6nS@ Mika Rafteyy uonE Dick Jack TAYLOR, Safety Morn tackled bv Jack TAYLOR II end zone.

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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Stanford leads 47–⁠36–⁠1 in 84 meetings, counting the 63 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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