Gonzaga vs. Oregon

Gonzaga and Oregon first met in 1932 and have played 6 times; Oregon leads the series 5–⁠1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Oregon 5–⁠1.

Gonzaga wins
1
Oregon wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1932
Longest streak
5 Oregon
Current streak
1 Gonzaga
Last 10 meetings
Oregon 5–⁠1
Most recent
1939

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠5
Average margin
16.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Gonzaga
0–⁠2 Gonzaga’s record at home
At Oregon
3–⁠1 Oregon’s record at home
Shutouts
4

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Gonzaga’s biggest win1939: Gonzaga 12, Oregon 7by 5 points
  2. Oregon’s biggest win1937: Oregon 40, Gonzaga 6by 34 points
  3. Upset1939: Gonzaga 12, Oregon 7Gonzaga had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Gonzaga and Oregon, 1932 on13001500170019351940

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1937 game: OREGON SWAMPS GONZAGA, 40-6

    1937 · Imperial Valley press, Oct 11, 1937

  • The The Skyland post's story of the 1939 game

    1939 · The Skyland post, West Jefferson, N.C., Oct 26, 1939

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 21, 1939Gonzaga 12, 11Oregon 7at Oregon
Oct 9, 1937Oregon 40, Gonzaga 6at Gonzaga
Sep 28, 1935Oregon 18, Gonzaga 0at Oregon
Sep 23, 1934Oregon 13, Gonzaga 0at Oregon
Sep 30, 1933Oregon 14, Gonzaga 0at Gonzaga
Oct 29, 1932Oregon 13, Gonzaga 0at Oregon

Every game is listed as played on the field.