Gonzaga vs. Oregon State

Gonzaga and Oregon State first met in 1919 and have played 7 times; Oregon State leads the series 6–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Oregon State 6–⁠0.

Gonzaga wins
0
Oregon State wins
6
Ties
1
First meeting
1919
Longest streak
5 Oregon State
Current streak
1 Oregon State
Last 10 meetings
Oregon State 6–⁠0
Most recent
1935

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠2
1930s0–⁠3–⁠1
Average margin
18.4 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Gonzaga
0–⁠1–⁠1 Gonzaga’s record at home
At Oregon State
5–⁠0 Oregon State’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oregon State’s biggest win1919: Oregon State 50, Gonzaga 0by 50 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Gonzaga and Oregon State, 1919 on13001500170019201925193019351940

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 The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1932 game: OREGON STATE BEATS CONzACA IN GRID GAME Comes from Behind in Last Quarter with Five Minutes to Play

    1932 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 19, 1932

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1935 game: GRID SCORES, FRIDAY GAMES

    1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 12, 1935

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 11, 1935Oregon State 33, Gonzaga 6at Oregon State
Oct 7, 1933Gonzaga 0, Oregon State 0at Gonzaga
Sep 17, 1932Oregon State 19, Gonzaga 16at Gonzaga
Sep 27, 1930Oregon State 16, Gonzaga 6at Oregon State
Oct 8, 1926Oregon State 23, Gonzaga 6at Oregon State
Oct 10, 1925Oregon State 22, Gonzaga 0at Oregon State
Nov 27, 1919Oregon State 50, Gonzaga 0at Oregon State

Every game is listed as played on the field.