| First meeting | November 10, 1900 Stanford, 34–0 |
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| Latest meeting | September 30, 2023 Oregon, 42–6 |
| Next meeting | TBD |
| Trophy | None |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 87 |
| All-time series | Stanford leads, 50–36–1 |
| Largest victory | Stanford, 49–7 (2017) |
| Longest win streak | Stanford, 11 (1900–29) |
| Current win streak | Oregon, 2 (2022–present) |
TheOregon–Stanford football rivalry is an Americancollege football rivalry game between theOregon Ducks andStanford Cardinal.[1][2][3]
The bordering state rivals were members of the same conference for much of their athletics histories, first thePacific Coast Conference (PCC) from 1919 to 1958 then the various predecessors of the modern dayPac-12 Conference from 1959 to 2023.[4][5] Since 1947, the teams have never gone more than three years without playing each other.[6] The rivalry reached its peak in the 2010s, when Oregon was an established national power under head coachChip Kelly and Stanford's program was rising under head coachesJim Harbaugh andDavid Shaw.[7]
Writing inThe Athletic in September 2019, sportswriterDavid Lombardi called Stanford's 21–62019 season home loss to Oregon"the bleakest Cardinal showing against the Ducks since 2006." The touchdown-free defeat, which created the first three-game losing streak of the David Shaw era, stood in contrast to the 2010–15 seasons, when annual top-ten meetings between Oregon and Stanford helped shape the national championship race. Lombardi pointed out that in their 2019 matchup Stanford's front seven players successfully held Oregon to a small number of yards per carry and logged four sacks. However, repeated offensive miscues, busted coverages and an injury-hampered game from quarterbackK. J. Costello signalled a broader erosion of the Cardinal's once-dominant power style.[8]
When Oregon left the Pac-12 for theBig Ten Conference[9][10] and Stanford left for theAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in 2024,[11][12] the rivalry between the Ducks and Cardinal was put on hiatus. As of June 2025, there are no plans for the schools to meet again on the football field.
A 2018Bleacher Report article by Jeff Bell profiling the rivalry stated that the Stanford–Oregon series has quietly become one of college football's premier showdowns. The article emphasizes that early-2010s top-5 clashes routinely decided the Pac-12 race and influenced the national NCAA title hunt. It added that the rivalry's appeal in the 2010s came from the two team's then contrasting styles, Stanford's bruising defence against Oregon's high-speed offense, and a run of dramatic upsets that made the matchup desired viewing far beyond the West Coast.[13]
Another commentator noted in 2022 that Oregon and Stanford"grew into the premier Pac-10 (and then Pac-12) rivalry commensurate with USC's decline as the 2000s gave way to the 2010s" and that "Marked by classic contests with conference, and sometimes national championship implications, the Ducks and Cardinal defined football out West." Further, he stated"a reminder that even if it’s a relatively new rivalry, the stakes increase when these teams get together."[14]
Zachary Neel had noted, in a 2023USA Today piece, that the rivalry“may not get the respect that others do in the conference, but it undoubtedly has played as big of an impact on the outcome of the league as any other over the years.” Neel specifically highlights the 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2021 editions as the most memorable matchups between the two teams and separately analyses why he picks each one.[2]
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