Washington vs. Willamette

Washington and Willamette first met in 1923 and have played 8 times; Washington leads the series 8–⁠0. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Washington 8–⁠0, and Washington has won the last 8.

Washington wins
8
Willamette wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1923
Longest streak
8 Washington
Current streak
8 Washington
Last 10 meetings
Washington 8–⁠0
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s6–⁠0
1940s2–⁠0
Average margin
50.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Washington
7–⁠0 Washington’s record at home
At Willamette
0–⁠1 Willamette’s record at home
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Washington’s biggest win1925: Washington 108, Willamette 0by 108 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Washington and Willamette, 1923 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 Seattle star's story of the 1924 game: Washington Showing Signs of Wonderful Grid Power Purple and Gold Eleven Literally Crushes Willamette Saturday; Second-String Men in Backfield Show Reserve Strength Is Good; Whitman Is Next

    1924 · The Seattle star, Seattle, Wash., Oct 6, 1924

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1944 game: WILLAMETTE IN LOSING BATTLE @"'7 WITH HUSkIES

    1944 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 9, 1944

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, 1944Washington 40, Willamette 6at Willamette
Sep 23, 1944Washington 71, Willamette 0at Washington
Sep 15, 1928Washington 26, Willamette 0at Washington
Sep 17, 1927Washington 32, Willamette 6at Washington
Sep 18, 1926Washington 28, Willamette 0at Washington
Sep 19, 1925Washington 108, Willamette 0at Washington
Oct 4, 1924Washington 57, Willamette 0at Washington
Oct 6, 1923Washington 54, Willamette 0at Washington

Every game is listed as played on the field.