Idaho at Oregon
Saturday, October 27, 1917 Share
Oregon beat Idaho 14–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Oregon led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 56°F, low 39°F
In the newspapers

East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, Oregon, October 29, 1917, page 5
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OREGON DEFEATS IDAHO IA TO 0 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Oct. 29.-After being all but out played in the first half. the oregon team Saturday came back strong in the last half and defeated Idaho II to o. Just before the end of the sec end quarter, Big Bill Steers of The Dalles battered his way through for “a touchdown. In the last half an on side kick outfoxed the Idaho eleven and gave the Lemon Yellows another touchdown. Several times the Idaho team threatened to cross the oregon goal and once it was a flying tackle of Steers that prevented Roberts from making his way over after he had caught a forward pass. The game vas witnessed by 900 people.

Rogue River courier, Grants Pass, Or., October 28, 1917, page 1
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Berkeley. Oct. 27.-California defeated o., A. c. at football here today by the score of IA to 3. Eugene. Oct. 27-Oregon took the University OF Idaho into her foot ball camp here this afternoon by the score Of IA to 0. CASTRO IS ORDERED OUT OF TRINIDAD Port OF Spain, Trinidad. Oct. %. Castro. former president of Venezuela. has been requested by the government to leave Trinidad. The general protested against being compelled to sail at this season, but is preparing to depart. He attribu;es his expulsion to American in tervention.
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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Idaho–Oregon gameOregon leads 44–3–3 in 50 meetings, counting the 49 since this game.
| 2024 | Oregon 24, Idaho 14 | |
| 2004 | Oregon 48, Idaho 10 | |
| 2002 | Oregon 58, Idaho 21 | |
| 2000 | Oregon 42, Idaho 13 | |
| 1990 | Oregon 55, Idaho 23 | |
| 1970 | Oregon 49, Idaho 13 |
Around this game
Idaho
- Next gamevs. Washington StateNov. 3, 1917
- SeasonIdaho in 1917
- ProgramIdaho history and records
Oregon
- Next gamevs. WillametteNov. 3, 1917
- SeasonOregon in 1917
- ProgramOregon history and records

