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Oregon State vs. Portland

Oregon State and Portland have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1928; Oregon State leads the series 10–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oregon State 10–⁠0, and Oregon State has won the last 10.

Oregon State wins
10
Portland wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1928
Longest streak
10 Oregon State
Current streak
10 Oregon State
Last 10 meetings
Oregon State 10–⁠0
Most recent
1948

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠0
1930s4–⁠0
1940s4–⁠0
Average margin
30.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oregon State
8–⁠0 Oregon State’s record at home
At Portland
0–⁠2 Portland’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oregon State’s biggest win1929: Oregon State 71, Portland 7by 64 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oregon State and Portland, 1928 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 1939 game: OREGON STATE IS FORCED TO HIT 1T TO BEAT PORTLAND

    1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 16, 1939

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1946 game: FOOTBALL d SCORES

    1946 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 7, 1946

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1947 game: 70. CALF. IS MAKING BID, ROSE BOW l

    1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 27, 1947

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1948 game: FOOTBALL SCORES

    1948 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 11, 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.

Every game

Oct 9, 1948Oregon State 32, Portland 6at Oregon State
Oct 25, 1947Oregon State 46, Portland 0at Oregon State
Oct 5, 1946Oregon State 35, Portland 0at Oregon State
Oct 11, 1940Oregon State 26, Portland 0at Oregon State
Oct 14, 1939Oregon State 14, Portland 12at Portland
Oct 8, 1938Oregon State 19, Portland 0at Oregon State
Nov 2, 1935Oregon State 19, Portland 2at Oregon State
Oct 12, 1934Oregon State 39, Portland 12at Oregon State
Oct 12, 1929Oregon State 71, Portland 7at Oregon State
Oct 12, 1928Oregon State 41, Portland 0at Portland

Every game is listed as played on the field.