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Since 2000, what are the biggest out of conference games that Oregon has played, whether ranked or not, regular season or postseason? I'd like to see what Oregon's record in "big" games is.

I'll update this top post as people respond.

2022: #3 Georgia 49, Oregon 3
2021: Oregon 35, #3 Ohio State
2020 #10 Iowa State 34, Oregon 17
2019: #16 Auburn 27, Oregon 21
2020: Oregon 28, #8 Wisconsin 27

Big Game counter: 2-3

2011 #3 Oregon 27, #4 LSU 40

StevensTechU wrote:Since 2000, what are the biggest out of conference games that Oregon has played, whether ranked or not, regular season or postseason? I'd like to see what Oregon's record in "big" games is.

I'll update this top post as people respond.

2022: #3 Georgia 49, Oregon 3
2021: Oregon 35, #3 Ohio State
2020 #10 Iowa State 34, Oregon 17
2019: #16 Auburn 27, Oregon 21
2020: Oregon 28, #8 Wisconsin 27

Big Game counter: 2-3

I don't consider a "big" game if we are significantly expected to lose (Georgia / Ohio State). I see "big game" as one where the outcome is uncertain and the stakes are high. I would consider the following since 2010:

2010: vs. Stanford (W)
2010: @ USC (W)
2010: vs. Auburn (L)
2011: vs. LSU (L)
2011: @ Stanford (W)
2011: vs. USC (L)
2011: vs. Wise (W)
2012: vs. Stanford (L)
2012: vs. K-state (W)
2013: vs. Stanford (L)
2014: vs. MSU (W)
2014: vs. FSU (W)
2014: vs.tOSU (L)
2018: vs. Stanford (L)
2019: vs. Auburn (L)
2019: vs. Utah (W)
2019: vs. Wisc (W)
2020: @ Utah (L)
2022: vs. UCLA (W)

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StevensTechU wrote:Since 2000, what are the biggest out of conference games that Oregon has played, whether ranked or not, regular season or postseason? I'd like to see what Oregon's record in "big" games is.

I'll update this top post as people respond.

2022: #3 Georgia 49, Oregon 3
2021: Oregon 35, #3 Ohio State
2020 #10 Iowa State 34, Oregon 17
2019: #16 Auburn 27, Oregon 21
2020: Oregon 28, #8 Wisconsin 27

Big Game counter: 2-3

# 6 UO 37 #16 Utah 16
Unranked UO 31- 5-1 USC 24

2001 vs. No. 3 Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl (W)

Hovering around .500 when playing Top 10 teams and not taking into account Oregon's own ranking at the time would indicate to me that we don't have a problem in big games - the nature of playing in big games is that they're tough and we've sure won our fair share against top opponents. If we'd won a NC I also think this wouldn't be a discussion but I'd sure love to see how we compare vs Top 10 teams relative to others.

2000: @ #5 Wisconsin - L 27-23
2000: vs #6 UCLA - W 29-10
2000: vs #6 uw - W 23-16
2000: @ #8 OSU - L 23-13
2001: vs #3 Colorado W - 38-16
2002: @ #5 WSU - L 32-21
2003: vs #3 Michigan - W 31-27
2004: @ #2 Oklahoma - L 31-7
2004: @ #4 Cal - L 28-27
2005: vs #1 USC - L 45-13
2006: @ #7 USC - L 35-10
2007: vs #6 Cal - L 31-24
2007: vs #4 ASU - W 35-23
2008: @ #9 USC - L 44-10
2009: vs #6 Cal - W 42-3
2009: vs #5 USC - W 47-20
2009: vs #8 tOSU - L 26-17
2010: vs #9 Stanford - W 52-31
2010: vs #1 Auburn - L 22-19
2011: vs #4 LSU - L 40-27
2011: @ #4 Stanford - W 53-30
2011: vs #10 Wisconsin - W 45-38
2012: vs #5 Kansas State - W 35-17
2013: @ #5 Stanford - L 26-20
2014: vs #7 Michigan State - W 46-27
2014: vs #7 Arizona - W 51-13
2014: vs #3 FSU - W 59-20
2014: vs #4 tOSU - L 42-20
2015: @ #5 Michigan State - L 31-28
2016: vs #5 uw - L 70-21
2017:
2018:vs #7 Stanford - L 38-31
2018: vs #7 uw - W 30-27
2019: vs #5 Utah - W 37-15
2019: vs #8 Wisconsin - W 28-27
2020: vs #10 Iowa State - L 34-17
2021: vs #3 tOSU - W 35-28
2022: vs #3 UGA - L 49-3


Overall:18-19
Pac: 10-10
OOC: 8-9

Only against top SEC teams unfortunately. The 2010 LSU and 2019 Auburn games were both games Oregon should’ve won but they gave it away with dumb mistakes.

Oregon is great in big games, but they do struggle in neutral NFL stadiums. Hopefully they get better at that.