Left - OSU celebrates after their historic 1985 victory.The OSU Beavers faced off on the football field today against one of their historically toughest rivals, the University of Washington Huskies. This is always a tough game for the Beavs and if we pay attention to the facts surrounding the series one wouldn't have been hopeful about today's game. Even my brother, my Beavs #1 fan wasn't optimistic about today's game. Here are some other interesting facts about the series (shamelessly stolen from my from OSU e-clips weekly email):
- The two schools played for the first time in Corvallis in 1897. The final score was 16-0 in favor of the Oregon Agricultural College "Agrics." Washington was known as the "Sundodgers."
- This will be the 90th time the two schools have met. UW holds a 57-28-4 advantage. OSU is 16-32-2 in Seattle, 7-18-0 in Corvallis, and 5-7-1 in Portland. The 1914 game, played in Albany (Ore.), ended in a 0-0 tie.
- In 1985, OSU went to Seattle as 38-point underdogs. The Beavers' stunning 21-20 victory went down as the greatest upset in major college football history (up to that time). No team in Division I had ever defeated an opponent so heavily-favored.
- From 1906-1029, OSU managed to tally but six points in 12 games against Washington, a field goal in 1912 and another in 1920.
- OSU's biggest margin of victory came in 1928. The winning score was 29-0. The game was in Seattle.
- Washington's biggest margin came in 1991, when they pounded the Beavers 58-6. The game was in Corvallis.
- In 1962, Terry Baker's Heisman year, OSU lost at Multnomah Stadium (PGE Park) in Portland, 14-13.
- OSU's 1957 Rose Bowl team (1956 season) defeated the Huskies in Portland, 28-20.
- In 2000, Washington defeated OSU 33-30 in Seattle for the Beavers' only loss of the season.
- The next year, Head Coach Dennis Erickson's worst as a Beaver (5-6), OSU defeated the Huskies 49-24 in Corvallis. It was the most points ever scored against UW by OSU.
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