Northwestern vs. Oregon State

Northwestern and Oregon State have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1957; Northwestern leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Northwestern 3–⁠1, and Northwestern has won the last 3.

Northwestern wins
3
Oregon State wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1957
Longest streak
3 Northwestern
Current streak
3 Northwestern
Last 10 meetings
Northwestern 3–⁠1
Most recent
1966

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s0–⁠1
1960s3–⁠0
Average margin
7.3 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Northwestern
2–⁠1 Northwestern’s record at home
At Oregon State
0–⁠1 Oregon State’s record at home

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Northwestern and Oregon State, 1957 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 1957 game: Oregon State 'Overpowers Northwestern

    1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 6, 1957

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 8, 1966Northwestern 14, Oregon State 6at Oregon State
Oct 9, 1965Northwestern 15, Oregon State 7at Northwestern
Sep 19, 1964Northwestern 7, Oregon State 3at Northwestern
Oct 5, 19579Oregon State 22, Northwestern 13at Northwestern

Every game is listed as played on the field.