Oregon vs. Utah
Oregon and Utah have 37 meetings on file, the first in 1933; Oregon leads the series 25–12 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oregon 6–4, and Oregon has won the last 2. Share
- Oregon wins
- 25
- Utah wins
- 12
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1933
- Longest streak
- 3 Oregon
- Current streak
- 2 Oregon
- Last 10 meetings
- Oregon 6–4
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 5–3 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 5–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–2 |
- Both ranked
- 7 meetings: Oregon 4, Utah 3
- Average margin
- 13.5 points; 18 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Oregon
- 13–5 Oregon’s record at home
- At Utah
- 6–11 Utah’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–1 Oregon first
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Oregon’s biggest win2023: Oregon 35, Utah 6by 29 points
- Utah’s biggest win2015: Utah 62, Oregon 20by 42 points
- Upset2016: Oregon 30, Utah 28Oregon had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2015: Utah 62, Oregon 20Utah had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1991: Utah 24, Oregon 17Utah had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2019: Oregon 37, Utah 15No. 5 Utah at No. 13 Oregon
- Ranked showdown2023: Oregon 35, Utah 6No. 8 Oregon at No. 13 Utah
- Ranked showdown2022: Oregon 20, Utah 17No. 10 Utah at No. 12 Oregon
Coach against coach
| Years | Oregon | Series | Utah |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933–1935 | Prink Callison | 3–0 | Ike Armstrong |
| 1959–1965 | Len Casanova | 4–1 | Ray Nagel |
| 1968–1971 | Jerry Frei | 3–0 | Bill Meek |
| 1974–1976 | Don Read | 3–0 | Tom Lovat |
| 1995–2001 | Mike Bellotti | 3–0 | Ron McBride |
| 2013–2016 | Mark Helfrich | 3–1 | Kyle Whittingham |
| 2018–2021 | Mario Cristobal | 1–3 | Kyle Whittingham |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Oregon’s side (Callison 3–0 against Armstrong). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
| C.J. Verdell Oregon | 18 carries, 208 yards, 3 TD | 2019 Rushing | |
| Kayvon Thibodeaux Oregon | 5 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 2.5 for loss | 2019 Defense |
Named most valuable
| Devin Lloyd Utah | 2021 |
| C.J. Verdell | 2019 |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1933 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 6, 1933
1934 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 28, 1934
1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 3, 1954
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
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2023.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Oct 28, 2023 | 8Oregon 35, 13Utah 6 | at Utah | ||
| Nov 19, 2022 | 12Oregon 20, 10Utah 17 | at Oregon | ||
| Dec 3, 2021 | 14Utah 38, 10Oregon 10 | Allegiant Stadium | Pac-12 Championship Game | |
| Nov 20, 2021 | 24Utah 38, 4Oregon 7 | at Utah | ||
| Dec 6, 2019 | 13Oregon 37, 5Utah 15 | Levi’s Stadium | Pac-12 Championship Game | |
| Nov 10, 2018 | Utah 32, Oregon 25 | at Utah | ||
| Oct 28, 2017 | Oregon 41, Utah 20 | at Oregon | ||
| Nov 19, 2016 | Oregon 30, 11Utah 28 | at Utah | ||
| Sep 26, 2015 | 18Utah 62, 13Oregon 20 | at Oregon | ||
| Nov 8, 2014 | 5Oregon 51, 20Utah 27 | at Utah | ||
| Nov 16, 2013 | 6Oregon 44, Utah 21 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 19, 2009 | Oregon 31, 18Utah 24 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 3, 2003 | Utah 17, 19Oregon 13 | at Utah | ||
| Sep 8, 2001 | 7Oregon 24, Utah 10 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 18, 1997 | Oregon 31, Utah 13 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 2, 1995 | Oregon 27, Utah 20 | at Utah | ||
| Sep 17, 1994 | Utah 34, Oregon 16 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 21, 1991 | Utah 24, Oregon 17 | at Utah | ||
| Sep 25, 1976 | Oregon 21, Utah 13 | at Utah | ||
| Oct 25, 1975 | Oregon 18, Utah 7 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 28, 1974 | Oregon 23, Utah 16 | at Utah | ||
| Sep 29, 1973 | Utah 35, Oregon 17 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 18, 1971 | Oregon 36, Utah 29 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 20, 1969 | Oregon 28, Utah 17 | at Utah | ||
| Oct 26, 1968 | Oregon 14, Utah 6 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 30, 1967 | Utah 21, Oregon 0 | at Utah | ||
| Sep 24, 1966 | Utah 17, Oregon 14 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 25, 1965 | Oregon 31, Utah 14 | at Utah | ||
| Sep 29, 1962 | Oregon 35, Utah 8 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 30, 1961 | Utah 14, Oregon 6 | at Utah | ||
| Oct 1, 1960 | Oregon 20, Utah 17 | at Utah | ||
| Sep 26, 1959 | Oregon 21, Utah 6 | at Oregon | ||
| Sep 17, 1955 | Oregon 14, Utah 13 | at Utah | ||
| Oct 2, 1954 | Utah 7, Oregon 6 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 5, 1935 | Oregon 6, Utah 0 | at Oregon | ||
| Oct 27, 1934 | Oregon 8, Utah 7 | at Utah | ||
| Nov 4, 1933 | Oregon 26, Utah 7 | at Oregon |
Every game is listed as played on the field.