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Idaho vs. Portland

Idaho and Portland first met in 1942 and have played 5 times; Idaho leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Idaho 5–⁠0, and Idaho has won the last 5.

Idaho wins
5
Portland wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1942
Longest streak
5 Idaho
Current streak
5 Idaho
Last 10 meetings
Idaho 5–⁠0
Most recent
1949

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s5–⁠0
Average margin
16.4 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Idaho
5–⁠0 Idaho’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Idaho’s biggest win1949: Idaho 49, Portland 21by 28 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Idaho and Portland, 1942 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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 1948 game: FOOTBALL :. SCORES

    1948 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 15, 1948

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1949 game: BEARS GET PAWS INTO ROSE BOWL

    1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 31, 1949

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.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America (each under its holder’s rights statement).

Every game

Oct 29, 1949Idaho 49, Portland 21at Idaho
Nov 13, 1948Idaho 28, Portland 0at Idaho
Oct 18, 1947Idaho 20, Portland 14at Idaho
Nov 16, 1946Idaho 20, Portland 6at Idaho
Nov 21, 1942Idaho 20, Portland 14at Idaho

Every game is listed as played on the field.