Oregon–Washington football rivalry

Oregon–Washington football rivalry

Teams	Oregon Ducks Washington Huskies
Originated	December 1, 1900
Total meetings	104
Series	Washington leads 58–41–5
First Game	Oregon 43, Washington 0 December 1, 1900
Largest Victory	Washington 66, Oregon 0 October 26, 1974
Most Recent Game	Oregon 34, Washington 17 November 5, 2011
Current Streak	Oregon 8 (2004-2011)

The Oregon–Washington football rivalry, also known as the Border War, is an American college football rivalry game played by the Oregon Ducks football team of the University of Oregon and the Washington Huskies football team of the University of Washington. The game has been played regularly since 1900.^[1]^[2]

Series history

Although the schools began playing each other in 1900, the rivalry became heated in 1948, when Oregon and the University of California tied for the best record in the Pacific Coast Conference. The winner of the PCC, as is today with the Pac-12, would go on to play in the Rose Bowl. The tiebreaker format the PCC elected to use was that the championship team be elected by the schools. In the PCC there were 10 teams, 6 of them were in the northwest and the other 4 in California, so it was assumed that Oregon would be the team playing in the Rose Bowl. Instead California was voted champion of the PCC because the University of Washington had talked the University of Montana, then a member of the PCC, into voting for California, something that has not been forgotten by Oregon fans.^[3]

Within the last 60 years the rivalry has grown between the two fanbases. In 1962, Larry Hill, of Oregon, was tackled by Washington fans who had rushed onto the field while he was trying to catch the game winning touchdown. In 1995, Washington head coach, Jim Lambright, lobbied for the Huskies to be selected to play in the Cotton Bowl instead of the Ducks. He was unsuccessful however Seattle Post Intelligencer columnist Bud Withers wrote that Lambright's actions "invited a least another half-century worth of bile from Oregon fans."

The rivalry was given a boost, at least in Oregon eyes, when former Colorado Buffaloes head coach Rick Neuheisel was named head coach of Washington 1999. It was Neuheisel who called for a fake punt during the 1996 Cotton Bowl between Oregon and Colorado while the Buffaloes led 38–6. Oregon fans were also accused of turning Neuheisel in for recruiting during the dead period. The Ducks went 1–2 against Neuheisel-coached Washington teams, and 40–57–5 all-time versus the Huskies. The rivalry grew even more when Coach Neuheisel celebrated by taking photos and jumping up and down on the "O" in the middle of the field after a win against Oregon at Autzen Stadium.

Game results^[4]

Oregon victories are colored ██ green. Washington victories are colored ██ purple. Ties are white.

Year	Location	Winner	Score
1900	Eugene, OR	Oregon	43–0
1903	Seattle, WA	Washington	6–5
1904	Eugene, OR	Oregon	18–0
1905	Eugene, OR	Tie	12–12
1906	Eugene, OR	Oregon	16–6
1907	Seattle, WA	Oregon	6–0
1908	Eugene, OR	Washington	15–0
1909	Seattle, WA	Washington	20–6
1911	Portland, OR	Washington	29–3
1912	Seattle, WA	Washington	30–14
1913	Portland, OR	Washington	10–7
1914	Seattle, WA	Washington	10–0
1916	Eugene, OR	Tie	0–0
1918	Eugene, OR	Oregon	7–0
1919	Seattle, WA	Oregon	24–13
1920	Eugene, OR	Oregon	17–0
1922	Seattle, WA	Tie	3–3
1923	Seattle, WA	Washington	26–7
1924	Eugene, OR	Oregon	7–3
1925	Seattle, WA	Washington	15–14
1926	Portland, OR	Washington	23–9
1927	Seattle, WA	Washington	7–0
1928	Portland, OR	Oregon	27–0
1929	Seattle, WA	Oregon	14–0
1930	Portland, OR	Oregon	7–0
1931	Seattle, WA	Oregon	13–0

Year	Location	Winner	Score
1932	Portland, OR	Tie	0–0
1933	Seattle, WA	Oregon	6–0
1934	Portland, OR	Washington	16–6
1935	Seattle, WA	Oregon	7–6
1936	Portland, OR	Washington	7–0
1937	Seattle, WA	Washington	14–0
1938	Portland, OR	Oregon	3–0
1939	Seattle, WA	Washington	20–13
1940	Portland, OR	Washington	10–0
1941	Seattle, WA	Oregon	19–16
1942	Portland, OR	Washington	15–7
1945	Seattle, WA	Washington	20–6
1945	Portland, OR	Washington	7–0
1946	Seattle, WA	Washington	16–0
1947	Portland, OR	Oregon	6–0
1948	Seattle, WA	Oregon	13–7
1949	Portland, OR	Washington	28–27
1950	Seattle, WA	Washington	27–13
1951	Portland, OR	Washington	63–6
1952	Seattle, WA	Washington	49–0
1953	Portland, OR	Washington	14–6
1954	Seattle, WA	Oregon	26–7
1955	Portland, OR	Washington	19–7
1956	Seattle, WA	Washington	20–7
1957	Portland, OR	Washington	13–6
1958	Seattle, WA	Washington	6–0

Year	Location	Winner	Score
1959	Portland, OR	Washington	13–12
1960	Seattle, WA	Washington	7–6
1961	Portland, OR	Oregon	7–6
1962	Seattle, WA	Tie	21–21
1963	Portland, OR	Washington	26–19
1964	Seattle, WA	Oregon	7–0
1965	Portland, OR	Washington	24–20
1966	Seattle, WA	Washington	10–7
1967	Eugene, OR	Washington	26–0
1968	Seattle, WA	Oregon	3–0
1969	Eugene, OR	Oregon	22–7
1970	Seattle, WA	Washington	25–23
1971	Eugene, OR	Oregon	23–21
1972	Seattle, WA	Washington	23–17
1973	Eugene, OR	Oregon	58–0
1974	Seattle, WA	Washington	66–0
1975	Eugene, OR	Washington	27–17
1976	Seattle, WA	Washington	14–7
1977	Eugene, OR	Washington	54–0
1978	Seattle, WA	Washington	20–14
1979	Eugene, OR	Washington	21–17
1980	Seattle, WA	Oregon	34–10
1981	Eugene, OR	Washington	17–3
1982	Seattle, WA	Washington	37–21
1983	Eugene, OR	Washington	32–3
1984	Seattle, WA	Washington	17–10

Year	Location	Winner	Score
1985	Eugene, OR	Washington	19–13
1986	Seattle, WA	Washington	38–3
1987	Eugene, OR	Oregon	29–22
1988	Eugene, OR	Oregon	17–14
1989	Seattle, WA	Washington	20–14
1990	Seattle, WA	Washington	38–17
1991	Seattle, WA	Washington	29–7
1992	Eugene, OR	Washington	24–3
1993	Seattle, WA	Washington	21–6
1994	Eugene, OR	Oregon	31–20
1995	Seattle, WA	Oregon	24–22
1996	Eugene, OR	Washington	33–14
1997	Seattle, WA	Oregon	31–28
1998	Eugene, OR	Oregon	27–22
1999	Seattle, WA	Washington	34–20
2000	Eugene, OR	Oregon	23–16
2002	Eugene, OR	Washington	42–14
2003	Seattle, WA	Washington	42–10
2004	Eugene, OR	Oregon	31–6
2005	Eugene, OR	Oregon	45–21
2006	Eugene, OR	Oregon	34–14
2007	Seattle, WA	Oregon	55–34
2008	Eugene, OR	Oregon	44–10
2009	Seattle, WA	Oregon	43–19
2010	Eugene, OR	Oregon	53–16
2011	Seattle, WA	Oregon	34–17

Oregon's home games were played in Portland, Oregon from 1911–1913 and from 1926–1965.

References

^ Raley, Dan (2004-10-29). "Nothing neighborly about Huskies vs. Ducks". Seattle Post Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/huskies/197309_husk29.html. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
^ Linde, Richard. "The border war.". 4malamute.com. http://www.4malamute.com/borderwar.html. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
^ Smith, Shelley (2001-04-20). "Oregon-Washington: "We know they hate us"". ESPN Classic. http://espn.go.com/classic/s/oregon_wash_rivalry.html. Retrieved October 20 2009.
^ "Oregon vs Washington". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/oregon/opponents_records.php?teamid=3421. Retrieved 28 April 2011.

Oregon Ducks football

Venues	Kincaid Field (1902–1918) Hayward Field (1919–1966) Autzen Stadium (1967–present) Jeld-Wen Field (alternate, before 1967)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Civil War (Oregon State, Platypus Trophy) Washington

Culture & lore	The Oregon Duck "Mighty Oregon" Oregon Marching Band

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Washington Huskies football

Venues	Denny Field (1895–1920) Husky Stadium (1920–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Apple Cup (Washington State) Oregon

Culture & lore	Dubs Harry the Husky "Bow Down to Washington" University of Washington Husky Marching Band

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

National championship seasons in bold

Football rivalry games of the Pacific-12 Conference

North Division	Apple Cup (Washington–Washington State) Big Game (California–Stanford) Civil War (Oregon–Oregon State) Border War (Oregon-Washington)

South Division	Rumble in the Rockies (Colorado–Utah) Territorial Cup (Arizona–Arizona State) Victory Bell (UCLA–USC)

Non-conference	Battle of the Palouse (Washington State–Idaho) Colorado–Nebraska rivalry Holy War (Utah–BYU) Jeweled Shillelagh (USC–Notre Dame) Legends Trophy (Stanford–Notre Dame) Rocky Mountain Showdown (Colorado–Colorado State)

Oregon–Washington football rivalry

Series history

Game results[4]

References

Game results^[4]