Oregon at Idaho

Saturday, October 31, 1959

No. 16 Oregon beat Idaho 45–⁠7. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Oregon led the series 29–⁠3–⁠3.

Away16Oregon8–⁠2 in 1959
45
HomeIdaho1–⁠9 in 1959
7

FinalHigh 54°F, low 34°FAttendance 7,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Idaho Routed ByOreqon

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 1, 1959, page 1

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    Idaho Routed ByOreqon MOSCOW. Idaho. Oct. 81 AP).-The Oregon Ducks turned a close game into a rout with four third-period touch downs today and went on to crush outrnanned Idaho, 45–⁠7. Oregon fell behind, TO, in the opening period and the Vandals threatened to score again before the Ducks regained their poise with two long scoring marches and a 1877 half time advantage. Then Quarterback Dave Grosz and the speedy Oregon backs got hot and the Webfoots ran wild. The Ducks stayed in the race for the Rose Bowl and Idaho moved farther down the road toward its worst season in more than go years of intercollegiate football. Oregon now has a 6–⁠1 rec ord, losing only to Washington, 1912. OREGON ------- 0 ~ 20 is IDAHO --------7 o 0 o. z Idsho-Farnworth 8, run Ismael, oregon-West Q, run run failed). Oregon-Mattson z, pass from Gross (pass failed). oregon-drayson so. pass from Cross Ckick failed). oregon-West i. run Daniels, kick,. 5, pass from Daniels daniels, kick). Oregon-Needham 8. run (kick failed. Oregon-Bruce 4, run (Arbuckle, kick)

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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Oregon leads 44–⁠3–⁠3 in 50 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Oregon 24, Idaho 14
2004Oregon 48, Idaho 10
2002Oregon 58, Idaho 21
2000Oregon 42, Idaho 13
1990Oregon 55, Idaho 23
1970Oregon 49, Idaho 13

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