Oregon vs. Willamette

Oregon and Willamette have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1916; Oregon leads the series 10–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Oregon 9–⁠0, and Oregon has won the last 5.

Oregon wins
10
Willamette wins
0
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1916
Longest streak
5 Oregon
Current streak
5 Oregon
Last 10 meetings
Oregon 9–⁠0
Most recent
1931

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s2–⁠0
1920s6–⁠0–⁠1
1930s2–⁠0
Average margin
33.9 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Oregon
9–⁠0 Oregon’s record at home
At Willamette
0–⁠1–⁠1 Willamette’s record at home
Shutouts
8

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Oregon’s biggest win1916: Oregon 97, Willamette 0by 97 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Oregon and Willamette, 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.

From the newspapers

  • The Daily capital journal's story of the 1916 game: OREGON SMOTHERED WILLAMETTE 81 TO 0 Salem Bunch Never Had a Look In at Any Stage Of the Game

    1916 · Daily capital journal, Salem, Oregon, Oct 9, 1916

  • The The Seattle star's story of the 1924 game: Willamette Lineup for Saturday Listed BearCatS to Play Husky Eleven Here Tie Game With Oregon Gives Willamette Pres tige; Mix No Walkover

    1924 · The Seattle star, Seattle, Wash., Oct 1, 1924

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1929 game: GRID GAMES '' ON SATURDAY

    1929 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 14, 1929

  • The Evening star's story of the 1931 game: Foot Ball Results

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 28, 1931

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

Sep 27, 1931Oregon 20, Willamette 0at Oregon
Sep 22, 1930Oregon 51, Willamette 0at Oregon
Oct 12, 1929Oregon 34, Willamette 0at Oregon
Oct 13, 1928Oregon 38, Willamette 6at Oregon
Sep 25, 1926Oregon 44, Willamette 0at Willamette
Sep 27, 1924Willamette 0, Oregon 0at Willamette
Sep 30, 1923Oregon 40, Willamette 0at Oregon
Oct 7, 1922Oregon 37, Willamette 0at Oregon
Oct 1, 1921Oregon 7, Willamette 3at Oregon
Nov 3, 1917Oregon 14, Willamette 0at Oregon
Oct 7, 1916Oregon 97, Willamette 0at Oregon

Every game is listed as played on the field.