Oregon vs. Pacific

Oregon and Pacific first met in 1946 and have played 7 times; Oregon leads the series 4–⁠3. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Oregon 4–⁠3, and Oregon has won the last 2.

Oregon wins
4
Pacific wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1946
Longest streak
2 Pacific
Current streak
2 Oregon
Last 10 meetings
Oregon 4–⁠3
Most recent
1995

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠0
1950s0–⁠2
1980s2–⁠1
1990s1–⁠0
Average margin
18.7 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oregon
4–⁠2 Oregon’s record at home
At Pacific
1–⁠0 Pacific’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oregon’s biggest win1995: Oregon 45, Pacific 7by 38 points
  2. Pacific’s biggest win1951: Pacific 34, Oregon 6by 28 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oregon and Pacific, 1946 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Nome nugget's story of the 1951 game: Washington Huskies Bow To Southern Cal 13 to 20

    1951 · The Nome nugget, Oct 8, 1951

  • The Evening star's story of the 1952 game: College Of Pacific Beats Oregon, 14-6

    1952 · Evening star, Nov 2, 1952

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 7, 199517Oregon 45, Pacific 7at Oregon
Sep 29, 1984Oregon 30, Pacific 14at Oregon
Sep 3, 1983Pacific 21, Oregon 15at Oregon
Sep 19, 1981Oregon 34, Pacific 0at Oregon
Nov 1, 1952Pacific 14, Oregon 6at Oregon
Oct 6, 1951Pacific 34, Oregon 6at Pacific
Sep 28, 1946Oregon 7, Pacific 6at Oregon

Every game is listed as played on the field.