Michigan vs. Oregon

Michigan and Oregon have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1948; the series is tied 3–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s even at 3–⁠3, and Oregon has won the last 3.

Michigan wins
3
Oregon wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1948
Longest streak
3 Michigan
Current streak
3 Oregon
Last 10 meetings
even at 3–⁠3
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠0
1960s1–⁠0
1970s1–⁠0
2000s0–⁠2
2020s0–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Michigan 0, Oregon 1
Average margin
19.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan
3–⁠2 Michigan’s record at home
At Oregon
1–⁠0 Oregon’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Michigan’s biggest win1973: Michigan 24, Oregon 0by 24 points
  2. Oregon’s biggest win2007: Oregon 39, Michigan 7by 32 points
  3. Upset2007: Oregon 39, Michigan 7Oregon had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Ranked showdown2003: Oregon 31, Michigan 27No. 3 Michigan at No. 22 Oregon

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Michigan and Oregon, 1948 on130015001700190019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1948 game: Michigan Whips Oregon, Ia to 0, Before $500

    1948 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 3, 1948

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).

Every game

Nov 14, 2026Michigan at Oregon upcomingat Oregon
Nov 2, 20241Oregon 38, Michigan 17at Michigan
Sep 8, 2007Oregon 39, Michigan 7at Michigan
Sep 20, 200322Oregon 31, 3Michigan 27at Oregon
Oct 6, 19735Michigan 24, Oregon 0at Michigan
Sep 24, 1960Michigan 21, Oregon 0at Michigan
Oct 2, 1948Michigan 14, Oregon 0at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.