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Oregon State vs. Washington State

Oregon State and Washington State have 104 meetings on file, the first in 1916; Washington State leads the series 56–⁠45–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Washington State 6–⁠4.

Oregon State wins
45
Washington State wins
56
Ties
3
Earliest on file
1916
Longest streak
10 Washington State
Current streak
1 Oregon State
Last 10 meetings
Washington State 6–⁠4
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s2–⁠1
1920s3–⁠4–⁠1
1930s4–⁠6
1940s3–⁠5–⁠1
1950s4–⁠6
1960s9–⁠1
1970s5–⁠5
1980s0–⁠8–⁠1
1990s2–⁠6
2000s6–⁠3
2010s3–⁠7
2020s4–⁠4
Both ranked
1 meeting: Oregon State 0, Washington State 1
Average margin
14.7 points; 40 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oregon State
28–⁠29–⁠1 Oregon State’s record at home
At Washington State
27–⁠17–⁠2 Washington State’s record at home
Shutouts
19

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oregon State’s biggest win2008: Oregon State 66, Washington State 13by 53 points
  2. Washington State’s biggest win1991: Washington State 55, Oregon State 7by 48 points
  3. Upset2010: Washington State 31, Oregon State 14Washington State had a 10% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1919: Oregon State 6, Washington State 0Oregon State had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1947: Washington State 14, Oregon State 13Washington State had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  6. Ranked showdown2023: Washington State 38, Oregon State 35No. 14 Oregon State at No. 21 Washington State

Coach against coach

YearsOregon StateSeriesWashington State
1920–⁠1922R.B. Rutherford1–⁠2Gus Welch
1927–⁠1932Paul Schissler1–⁠5O.E. Hollingbery
1933–⁠1942Lon Stiner5–⁠5O.E. Hollingbery
1945–⁠1948Lon Stiner1–⁠3–⁠1Phil Sarboe
1952–⁠1954Kip Taylor1–⁠2Alton Kircher
1956–⁠1963Tommy Prothro6–⁠2Jim Sutherland
1965–⁠1967Dee Andros2–⁠1Bert Clark
1968–⁠1975Dee Andros6–⁠2Jim Sweeney
1980–⁠1984Joe Avezzano0–⁠4–⁠1Jim Walden
1991–⁠1996Jerry Pettibone1–⁠5Mike Price
1999–⁠2001Dennis Erickson2–⁠1Mike Price
2003–⁠2007Mike Riley3–⁠2Bill Doba
2008–⁠2011Mike Riley3–⁠1Paul Wulff
2012–⁠2014Mike Riley2–⁠1Mike Leach
2015–⁠2017Gary Andersen0–⁠3Mike Leach

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oregon State’s side (Rutherford 1–⁠2 against Welch). 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 State, 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

Anthony Gordon Washington State50 of 70, 606 yards, 6 TD, 3 INT2019 Passing
Luke Falk Washington State44 of 61, 471 yards, 5 TD2014 Passing
Sean Mannion Oregon State34 of 51, 493 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT2013 Passing
Gardner Minshew Washington State30 of 40, 430 yards, 5 TD2018 Passing
Luke Falk Washington State33 of 46, 415 yards, 5 TD2016 Passing
Jake Luton Oregon State22 of 40, 408 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT2019 Passing

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

From the newspapers

  • The The Tacoma times's story of the 1916 game: DUCK HUNTERS Nebraska To Play ASGies

    1916 · The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., Oct 16, 1916

  • The Bonners Ferry herald's story of the 1917 game: SPORTING ITEMS

    1917 · Bonners Ferry herald, Idaho, Nov 13, 1917

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1919 game: By Ray Mccarthy

    1919 · New-York tribune, Nov 24, 1919

  • The Capital journal's story of the 1921 game: Down Oregon Aggie Eleven 7-3

    1921 · Capital journal, Salem, Or., Nov 12, 1921

  • The Ashland weekly tidings's story of the 1922 game: WASHINGTON STATE LOSES TO o. A. c. by SCORE OF 10 TO q

    1922 · Ashland weekly tidings, Ashland, Or., Nov 29, 1922

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.

On television

2025CBS0.8 million viewers
2025The CW0.5 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Oct 17, 2026Oregon State 48, Washington State 30at Oregon State
Nov 29, 2025Washington State 32, Oregon State 8at Washington State
Nov 1, 2025Oregon State 10, Washington State 7at Oregon State
Nov 23, 2024Oregon State 41, 25Washington State 38at Oregon State
Sep 23, 202321Washington State 38, 14Oregon State 35at Washington State
Oct 15, 2022Oregon State 24, Washington State 10at Oregon State
Oct 9, 2021Washington State 31, Oregon State 24at Washington State
Nov 7, 2020Washington State 38, Oregon State 28at Oregon State
Nov 23, 2019Washington State 54, Oregon State 53at Washington State
Oct 6, 2018Washington State 56, Oregon State 37at Oregon State
Sep 16, 201721Washington State 52, Oregon State 23at Washington State
Oct 29, 2016Washington State 35, Oregon State 31at Oregon State
Oct 17, 2015Washington State 52, Oregon State 31at Washington State
Nov 8, 2014Washington State 39, Oregon State 32at Oregon State
Oct 12, 2013Oregon State 52, Washington State 24at Washington State
Oct 6, 201214Oregon State 19, Washington State 6at Oregon State
Oct 22, 2011Oregon State 44, Washington State 21at Washington State
Nov 13, 2010Washington State 31, Oregon State 14at Oregon State
Nov 21, 200920Oregon State 42, Washington State 10at Washington State
Oct 11, 2008Oregon State 66, Washington State 13at Oregon State
Nov 17, 2007Oregon State 52, Washington State 17at Washington State
Oct 7, 2006Washington State 13, Oregon State 6at Oregon State
Oct 1, 2005Oregon State 44, Washington State 33at Oregon State
Oct 23, 2004Oregon State 38, Washington State 19at Oregon State
Oct 25, 20036Washington State 36, Oregon State 30at Washington State
Oct 6, 2001Washington State 34, Oregon State 27at Washington State
Oct 28, 200018Oregon State 38, Washington State 9at Oregon State
Oct 30, 1999Oregon State 27, Washington State 13at Washington State
Oct 12, 1996Washington State 24, Oregon State 3at Oregon State
Oct 7, 1995Washington State 40, Oregon State 14at Washington State
Nov 12, 1994Oregon State 21, 24Washington State 3at Oregon State
Sep 18, 1993Washington State 51, Oregon State 6at Washington State
Oct 10, 1992Washington State 35, Oregon State 10at Oregon State
Oct 5, 1991Washington State 55, Oregon State 7at Washington State
Oct 20, 1990Washington State 55, Oregon State 24at Oregon State
Sep 16, 198923Washington State 41, Oregon State 3at Washington State
Nov 12, 198820Washington State 36, Oregon State 27at Washington State
Oct 4, 1986Washington State 24, Oregon State 14at Washington State
Oct 12, 1985Washington State 34, Oregon State 0at Oregon State
Nov 3, 1984Washington State 20, Oregon State 3at Washington State
Nov 5, 1983Washington State 27, Oregon State 9at Oregon State
Oct 9, 1982Washington State 14, Oregon State 14at Washington State
Oct 10, 1981Washington State 23, Oregon State 0at Oregon State
Nov 8, 1980Washington State 28, Oregon State 7at Washington State
Nov 3, 1979Washington State 45, Oregon State 42at Oregon State
Nov 4, 1978Oregon State 32, Washington State 31at Washington State
Nov 5, 1977Washington State 24, Oregon State 10at Oregon State
Nov 6, 1976Washington State 29, Oregon State 24at Washington State
Nov 8, 1975Oregon State 7, Washington State 0at Oregon State
Nov 9, 1974Oregon State 17, Washington State 3at Washington State
Nov 10, 1973Washington State 13, Oregon State 7at Oregon State
Oct 21, 1972Washington State 37, Oregon State 7at Washington State
Nov 13, 1971Oregon State 21, Washington State 14at Oregon State
Nov 14, 1970Oregon State 28, Washington State 16at Washington State
Nov 15, 1969Oregon State 38, Washington State 3at Oregon State
Oct 26, 1968Oregon State 16, Washington State 8at Washington State
Oct 28, 1967Oregon State 35, Washington State 7at Oregon State
Oct 29, 1966Oregon State 41, Washington State 13at Washington State
Oct 30, 1965Washington State 10, Oregon State 8at Oregon State
Oct 31, 1964Oregon State 24, Washington State 7at Washington State
Oct 19, 1963Oregon State 30, Washington State 6at Oregon State
Nov 3, 1962Oregon State 18, Washington State 12at Washington State
Nov 4, 1961Oregon State 14, Washington State 6at Oregon State
Nov 5, 1960Oregon State 20, Washington State 10at Washington State
Oct 31, 1959Washington State 14, Oregon State 0at Oregon State
Nov 8, 1958Washington State 7, Oregon State 0at Washington State
Nov 2, 1957Oregon State 39, Washington State 25at Oregon State
Oct 20, 1956Oregon State 21, Washington State 0at Washington State
Oct 22, 1955Oregon State 14, Washington State 6at Oregon State
Oct 9, 1954Washington State 34, Oregon State 6at Washington State
Nov 14, 1953Oregon State 7, Washington State 0at Oregon State
Oct 25, 1952Washington State 33, Oregon State 20at Washington State
Oct 20, 1951Washington State 26, Oregon State 13at Oregon State
Nov 18, 1950Washington State 21, Oregon State 7at Washington State
Oct 29, 1949Oregon State 35, Washington State 6at Oregon State
Nov 6, 1948Washington State 26, Oregon State 26at Washington State
Nov 15, 1947Washington State 14, Oregon State 13at Oregon State
Oct 26, 1946Oregon State 13, Washington State 12at Washington State
Nov 17, 1945Washington State 13, Oregon State 6at Oregon State
Oct 6, 1945Washington State 33, Oregon State 0at Washington State
Oct 24, 1942Washington State 26, Oregon State 13at Oregon State
Oct 25, 1941Washington State 7, 18Oregon State 0at Washington State
Nov 9, 1940Oregon State 21, Washington State 0at Oregon State
Oct 28, 193915Oregon State 13, Washington State 0at Oregon State
Oct 22, 1938Oregon State 7, Washington State 6at Oregon State
Nov 20, 1937Washington State 7, Oregon State 0at Oregon State
Nov 7, 1936Oregon State 16, 17Washington State 6at Washington State
Oct 26, 1935Washington State 26, Oregon State 13at Oregon State
Oct 27, 1934Washington State 31, Oregon State 0at Washington State
Oct 28, 1933Oregon State 2, Washington State 0at Oregon State
Oct 22, 1932Washington State 7, Oregon State 6at Oregon State
Oct 31, 1931Washington State 7, Oregon State 6at Oregon State
Nov 1, 1930Washington State 14, Oregon State 7at Oregon State
Nov 2, 1929Washington State 9, Oregon State 0at Oregon State
Oct 20, 1928Washington State 9, Oregon State 7at Washington State
Oct 29, 1927Oregon State 13, Washington State 6at Oregon State
Nov 8, 1924Oregon State 14, Washington State 13at Oregon State
Nov 17, 1923Oregon State 3, Washington State 3at Oregon State
Nov 25, 1922Oregon State 16, Washington State 0at Oregon State
Nov 12, 1921Washington State 7, Oregon State 3at Oregon State
Nov 13, 1920Washington State 28, Oregon State 0at Washington State
Nov 22, 1919Oregon State 6, Washington State 0at Oregon State
Nov 10, 1917Washington State 6, Oregon State 0at Oregon State
Oct 14, 1916Oregon State 13, Washington State 10at Washington State

Every game is listed as played on the field.