The Oregon–Washington football rivalry is an American college football

College football

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 rivalry

College rivalry

Pairs of schools, colleges and universities, especially when they are close to each other either geographically or in their areas of specialization, often establish a college rivalry with each other over the years. This rivalry can extend to both academics and athletics, the latter being typically...

 game played by the Oregon Ducks football

Oregon Ducks football

The Oregon Ducks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Oregon located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. Known as the Ducks, the...

 team of the University of Oregon

University of Oregon

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 and the Washington Huskies football

Washington Huskies football

College football has a long history at the University of Washington. The Washington Huskies have won 15 Pacific-10 Conference championships, seven Rose Bowl titles, and three national championships. Washington's all-time record of 653-398-50 ranks 20th by all-time winning percentage and 21st by...

 team of the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

. The game has been played regularly since 1900.

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

Pacific Coast Conference

The Pacific Coast Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pacific-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, the older league had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis...

. 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.

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

Autzen Stadium

Autzen Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Located north of the University of Oregon campus, it is the home field of the Oregon Ducks of the Pacific-12 Conference. Opened in 1967, the stadium has undergone several expansions...

.

Game results

b>In the 1911 – 1913 and 1926 – 1965 seasons, Oregon's home games were played in Portland.

Year	Visitor	Home		Year	Visitor	Home		Year	Visitor	Home		Year	Visitor	Home
1900	Washington 0	Oregon 43		1901	Did Not Play			1902	Did Not Play			1903	Washington 6	Oregon 5
1904	Oregon 18	Washington 0		1905	Oregon 12	Washington 12		1906	Oregon 16	Washington 6		1907	Oregon 6	Washington 0
1908	Washington 15	Oregon 0		1909	Oregon 6	Washington 20		1910	Did Not Play			1911	Washington 29	Oregon 3
1912	Oregon 14	Washington 30		1913	Washington 7	Oregon 10		1914	Oregon 0	Washington 10		1915	Did Not Play
1916	Washington 0	Oregon 0		1917	Did Not Play			1918	Washington 0	Oregon 7		1919	Oregon 24	Washington 13
1920	Washington 0	Oregon 17		1921	Did Not Play			1922	Oregon 3	Washington 3		1923	Oregon 7	Washington 26
1924	Washington 3	Oregon 7		1925	Oregon 14	Washington 15		1926	Washington 23	Oregon 9		1927	Oregon 0	Washington 7
1928	Washington 0	Oregon 27		1929	Oregon 14	Washington 0		1930	Washington 0	Oregon 7		1931	Oregon 13	Washington 0
1932	Washington 0	Oregon 0		1933	Oregon 6	Washington 0		1934	Washington 16	Oregon 6		1935	Oregon 7	Washington 0
1936	Washington 7	Oregon 0		1937	Oregon 0	Washington 14		1938	Washington 0	Oregon 3		1939	Oregon 13	Washington 20
1940	Washington 10	Oregon 0		1941	Washington 16	Oregon 19		1942	Washington 15	Oregon 7		1943	No Oregon Team
1944	No Oregon Team			1945	Oregon 6	Washington 20		1946	Oregon 0	Washington 16		1947	Washington 0	Oregon 6
1948	Oregon 13	Washington 7		1949	Washington 28	Oregon 27		1950	Oregon 13	Washington 27		1951	Washington 63	Oregon 3
1952	Oregon 0	Washington 49		1953	Washington 14	Oregon 6		1954	Oregon 26	Washington 7		1955	Washington 19	Oregon 7
1956	Oregon 7	Washington 20		1957	Washington 13	Oregon 6		1958	Oregon 0	Washington 6		1959	Washington 13	Oregon 12
1960	Oregon 6	Washington 7		1961	Washington 6	Oregon 7		1962	Washington 21	Oregon 21		1963	Washington 26	Oregon 19
1964	Oregon 7	Washington 0		1965	Washington 24	Oregon 20		1966	Oregon 13	Washington 14		1967	Washington 26	Oregon 0
1968	Oregon 3	Washington 0		1969	Washington 7	Oregon 22		1970	Oregon 23	Washington 25		1971	Washington 21	Oregon 23
1972	Oregon 17	Washington 23		1973	Washington 0	Oregon 58		1974	Oregon 0	Washington 66		1975	Washington 27	Oregon 17
1976	Oregon 7	Washington 14		1977	Washington 54	Oregon 0		1978	Oregon 14	Washington 20		1979	Washington 21	Oregon 17
1980	Oregon 34	Washington 10		1981	Washington 17	Oregon 3		1982	Oregon 21	Washington 37		1983	Washington 32	Oregon 3
1984	Oregon 10	Washington 17		1985	Washington 19	Oregon 13		1986	Oregon 3	Washington 38		1987	Washington 22	Oregon 29
1988	Washington 14	Oregon 17		1989	Oregon 14	Washington 20		1990	Oregon 17	Washington 38		1991	Oregon 7	Washington 29
1992	Washington 24	Oregon 3		1993	Oregon 6	Washington 21		1994	Washington 20	Oregon 31		1995	Oregon 24	Washington 22
1996	Washington 33	Oregon 14		1997	Oregon 31	Washington 28		1998	Washington 22	Oregon 27		1999	Washington 34	Oregon 20
2000	Washington 16	Oregon 23		2001	Did Not Play			2002	Washington 42	Oregon 14		2003	Oregon 10	Washington 42
2004	Washington 6	Oregon 31		2005	Washington 21	Oregon 45		2006	Washington 14	Oregon 34		2007	Oregon 55	Washington 34
2008	Washington 10	Oregon 44		2009	Oregon 43	Washington 19		2010	Washington 16	Oregon 53		2011	Oregon 34	Washington 17