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Oregon State vs. Willamette

Oregon State and Willamette first met in 1921 and have played 11 times; Oregon State leads the series 11–⁠0. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oregon State 10–⁠0, and Oregon State has won the last 11.

Oregon State wins
11
Willamette wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1921
Longest streak
11 Oregon State
Current streak
11 Oregon State
Last 10 meetings
Oregon State 10–⁠0
Most recent
1937

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s3–⁠0
1930s8–⁠0
Average margin
34.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oregon State
10–⁠0 Oregon State’s record at home
At Willamette
0–⁠1 Willamette’s record at home
Shutouts
10

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oregon State’s biggest win1931: Oregon State 76, Willamette 0by 76 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oregon State and Willamette, 1921 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 1934 game: RESULTS OF GRID C AMES ON SATURDAY

    1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 24, 1934

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1935 game: Staters of Oregon Are COntenders Smother Willamette Squad Under Twenty-six to Nothing Score

    1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 30, 1935

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1936 game: FOOT BALL &6REsULTs

    1936 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 5, 1936

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 6, 1937Oregon State 18, Willamette 0at Oregon State
Oct 3, 1936Oregon State 13, Willamette 0at Oregon State
Sep 28, 1935Oregon State 26, Willamette 0at Oregon State
Sep 21, 1934Oregon State 13, Willamette 0at Oregon State
Sep 23, 1933Oregon State 21, Willamette 0at Oregon State
Sep 24, 1932Oregon State 32, Willamette 0at Oregon State
Sep 19, 1931Oregon State 76, Willamette 0at Oregon State
Sep 20, 1930Oregon State 48, Willamette 0at Oregon State
Sep 21, 1929Oregon State 37, Willamette 6at Oregon State
Oct 3, 1925Oregon State 51, Willamette 0at Oregon State
Oct 15, 1921Oregon State 54, Willamette 0at Willamette

Every game is listed as played on the field.