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Oregon State vs. Washington

Oregon State and Washington have 95 meetings on file, the first in 1916; Washington leads the series 61–⁠32–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Washington 9–⁠1, and Washington has won the last 2.

Oregon State wins
32
Washington wins
61
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1916
Longest streak
13 Washington
Current streak
2 Washington
Last 10 meetings
Washington 9–⁠1
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠2–⁠1
1920s3–⁠3
1930s3–⁠2
1940s5–⁠3–⁠1
1950s4–⁠6
1960s5–⁠5
1970s2–⁠8
1980s1–⁠8
1990s0–⁠9
2000s7–⁠3
2010s1–⁠9
2020s1–⁠3
Both ranked
4 meetings: Oregon State 0, Washington 4; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
15.3 points; 36 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oregon State
14–⁠27 Oregon State’s record at home
At Washington
34–⁠18–⁠2 Washington’s record at home
Shutouts
13

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oregon State’s biggest win1928: Oregon State 29, Washington 0by 29 points
  2. Washington’s biggest win1991: Washington 58, Oregon State 6by 52 points
  3. Upset1985: Oregon State 21, Washington 20Oregon State had a 8% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1937: Oregon State 6, Washington 3Oregon State had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1973: Oregon State 31, Washington 7Oregon State had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2023: Washington 22, Oregon State 20No. 5 Washington at No. 10 Oregon State
  7. Ranked showdown1960: Washington 30, Oregon State 29No. 8 Washington at No. 18 Oregon State
  8. Ranked showdown1940: Washington 19, Oregon State 0No. 18 Oregon State at No. 16 Washington

Coach against coach

YearsOregon StateSeriesWashington
1921–⁠1923R.B. Rutherford1–⁠2Enoch Bagshaw
1934–⁠1941Lon Stiner4–⁠3James Phelan
1942–⁠1947Lon Stiner3–⁠2Ralph Welch
1949–⁠1952Kip Taylor2–⁠2Howard Odell
1957–⁠1964Tommy Prothro3–⁠5Jim Owens
1965–⁠1974Dee Andros5–⁠5Jim Owens
1976–⁠1979Craig Fertig0–⁠4Don James
1980–⁠1984Joe Avezzano0–⁠5Don James
1985–⁠1989Dave Kragthorpe1–⁠3Don James
1993–⁠1996Jerry Pettibone0–⁠4Jim Lambright
1999–⁠2002Dennis Erickson1–⁠3Rick Neuheisel
2005–⁠2008Mike Riley4–⁠0Tyrone Willingham
2009–⁠2013Mike Riley2–⁠3Steve Sarkisian
2015–⁠2017Gary Andersen0–⁠3Chris Petersen

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oregon State’s side (Rutherford 1–⁠2 against Bagshaw). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oregon State and Washington, 1916 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Sammie Stroughter Oregon State7 catches, 223 yards, 1 TD2006 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening capital news's story of the 1916 game: OREGON AGGIES NO MATCH FOR DOBIES

    1916 · Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, Nov 12, 1916

  • The The Daily Missoulian's story of the 1917 game: Oregon Aggies in Tie With Washington Team

    1917 · The Daily Missoulian, Missoula, Mont., Nov 18, 1917

  • The Daily capital journal's story of the 1918 game: Jacobberger Oregon Star. washington Beats Q. A. @.

    1918 · Daily capital journal, Salem, Oregon, Nov 25, 1918

  • The 's story of the 1921 game: OREGON AGGIES MAKE BIC BOAST Expect to Take All Pacific Teams Into Camp; Wash ington Defeated.

    1921 · , Oct 25, 1921

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1934 game: BOND DASKES TO. SCORE FORHUSKY. TRIUMPH, IA TO I Sophomore Tackle Callops } Yards to Beat Oregon State

    1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 5, 1934

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

Nov 18, 20235Washington 22, 10Oregon State 20at Oregon State
Nov 4, 2022Washington 24, 24Oregon State 21at Washington
Oct 2, 2021Oregon State 27, Washington 24at Oregon State
Nov 14, 2020Washington 27, Oregon State 21at Washington
Nov 8, 2019Washington 19, Oregon State 7at Oregon State
Nov 17, 201817Washington 42, Oregon State 23at Washington
Sep 30, 20176Washington 42, Oregon State 7at Oregon State
Oct 22, 20165Washington 41, Oregon State 17at Washington
Nov 21, 2015Washington 52, Oregon State 7at Oregon State
Nov 22, 2014Washington 37, Oregon State 13at Washington
Nov 23, 2013Washington 69, Oregon State 27at Oregon State
Oct 27, 2012Washington 20, 7Oregon State 17at Washington
Nov 19, 2011Oregon State 38, Washington 21at Oregon State
Oct 16, 2010Washington 35, 24Oregon State 34at Washington
Nov 14, 2009Oregon State 48, Washington 21at Oregon State
Oct 18, 2008Oregon State 34, Washington 13at Washington
Nov 10, 2007Oregon State 29, Washington 23at Oregon State
Oct 14, 2006Oregon State 27, Washington 17at Washington
Nov 5, 2005Oregon State 18, Washington 10at Washington
Oct 16, 2004Oregon State 29, Washington 14at Washington
Oct 18, 2003Washington 38, 22Oregon State 17at Oregon State
Nov 9, 2002Washington 41, Oregon State 29at Washington
Nov 10, 2001Oregon State 49, 8Washington 24at Oregon State
Oct 7, 200013Washington 33, 23Oregon State 30at Washington
Oct 9, 1999Washington 47, Oregon State 21at Oregon State
Oct 24, 1998Washington 35, Oregon State 34at Washington
Oct 25, 19977Washington 45, Oregon State 17at Oregon State
Nov 9, 199619Washington 42, Oregon State 3at Washington
Sep 30, 199518Washington 26, Oregon State 16at Oregon State
Oct 29, 199415Washington 24, Oregon State 10at Washington
Nov 6, 1993Washington 28, Oregon State 21at Oregon State
Nov 14, 19926Washington 45, Oregon State 16at Washington
Nov 16, 19913Washington 58, Oregon State 6at Oregon State
Nov 11, 1989Washington 51, Oregon State 14at Oregon State
Oct 31, 1987Washington 28, Oregon State 12at Washington
Nov 8, 198613Washington 28, Oregon State 12at Oregon State
Oct 19, 1985Oregon State 21, Washington 20at Washington
Oct 6, 19843Washington 19, Oregon State 7at Oregon State
Oct 8, 198316Washington 34, Oregon State 7at Washington
Oct 16, 19821Washington 34, Oregon State 17at Oregon State
Oct 17, 1981Washington 56, Oregon State 17at Washington
Oct 11, 1980Washington 41, Oregon State 6at Oregon State
Oct 6, 19797Washington 41, Oregon State 0at Washington
Sep 30, 1978Washington 34, Oregon State 0at Oregon State
Oct 22, 1977Washington 14, Oregon State 6at Washington
Oct 9, 1976Washington 24, Oregon State 12at Oregon State
Oct 25, 1975Washington 35, Oregon State 7at Washington
Oct 12, 1974Oregon State 23, Washington 9at Oregon State
Oct 13, 1973Oregon State 31, Washington 7at Washington
Nov 4, 1972Washington 23, Oregon State 16at Oregon State
Oct 23, 1971Washington 38, Oregon State 14at Washington
Oct 24, 1970Washington 29, Oregon State 20at Oregon State
Oct 18, 1969Oregon State 10, Washington 6at Washington
Oct 5, 1968Oregon State 35, Washington 21at Oregon State
Oct 7, 1967Washington 13, Oregon State 6at Washington
Nov 12, 1966Oregon State 24, Washington 13at Oregon State
Nov 13, 1965Washington 28, Oregon State 21at Washington
Oct 10, 1964Oregon State 9, Washington 7at Oregon State
Oct 12, 1963Washington 34, Oregon State 7at Washington
Oct 13, 19627Washington 14, Oregon State 13at Oregon State
Nov 11, 1961Oregon State 3, Washington 0at Washington
Oct 22, 19608Washington 30, 18Oregon State 29at Oregon State
Nov 7, 195912Washington 13, Oregon State 6at Washington
Oct 25, 1958Oregon State 14, Washington 12at Oregon State
Oct 26, 1957Washington 19, Oregon State 6at Washington
Nov 3, 195617Oregon State 28, Washington 20at Oregon State
Oct 29, 1955Oregon State 13, Washington 7at Washington
Oct 2, 1954Washington 17, Oregon State 7at Oregon State
Oct 3, 1953Washington 28, Oregon State 0at Washington
Nov 1, 1952Washington 38, Oregon State 13at Oregon State
Nov 3, 1951Oregon State 40, Washington 14at Washington
Oct 14, 195011Washington 35, Oregon State 6at Oregon State
Oct 8, 1949Oregon State 7, Washington 3at Washington
Oct 2, 1948Washington 14, Oregon State 14at Washington
Oct 4, 1947Oregon State 14, Washington 7at Washington
Nov 30, 1946Oregon State 21, Washington 12at Oregon State
Nov 10, 1945Oregon State 7, 18Washington 6at Washington
Oct 20, 1945Washington 13, Oregon State 0at Oregon State
Oct 31, 1942Washington 13, Oregon State 0at Washington
Oct 4, 1941Oregon State 9, Washington 6at Oregon State
Oct 19, 194016Washington 19, 18Oregon State 0at Washington
Oct 21, 1939Oregon State 13, Washington 7at Washington
Oct 15, 1938Oregon State 13, Washington 6at Washington
Oct 9, 1937Oregon State 6, Washington 3at Washington
Oct 17, 1936Washington 19, Oregon State 7at Washington
Nov 3, 1934Washington 14, Oregon State 7at Washington
Oct 27, 1928Oregon State 29, Washington 0at Washington
Oct 25, 1924Washington 6, Oregon State 3at Washington
Nov 3, 1923Washington 14, Oregon State 0at Oregon State
Oct 21, 1922Washington 14, Oregon State 3at Washington
Oct 22, 1921Oregon State 24, Washington 0at Oregon State
Oct 23, 1920Oregon State 3, Washington 0at Washington
Nov 23, 1918Washington 6, Oregon State 0at Washington
Nov 17, 1917Washington 0, Oregon State 0at Washington
Nov 11, 1916Washington 35, Oregon State 0at Washington

Every game is listed as played on the field.