Will Oregon football extend its nonconference home win streak against Boise State?

EUGENE — Oregon owns the nation’s longest home nonconference win streak in college football: 33 games. That’s two more than Utah, holders of the next-longest such winning streak, and nine more than Penn State.

The last time the Ducks lost a nonconference game at Autzen Stadium was Sept. 20, 2008, a 37-32 defeat at the hand of none other than Boise State, which will attempt to put an end to Oregon’s winning ways at home on Saturday.

No. 7 Oregon (1-0) vs. Boise State (1-0)

• When: Saturday, Sept. 7
• Time: 7 p.m. PT
• Where: Autzen Stadium, Eugene
• TV channel: There is no TV broadcast for this game. Streaming only on Peacock.
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Kellen Moore and Ian Johnson led the Broncos’ win nearly 16 years ago, a victory that was also the first of three wins for Boise State over UO, which has never won in the all-time series.

Those are marks Dan Lanning has made the No. 7 Ducks aware of entering this week’s game.

“We’ve talked — our players are aware of the history in this game for sure and excited to get an opportunity to step on the field,” Lanning said.

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Oregon is 88-11 at home since losing to Boise State and aims to add to the win column 5,831 days after that last nonconference loss at Autzen.

The Broncos also defeated the Ducks 19-8 to open the 2009 season in a game remembered most for LaGarrette Blount punching Byron Hout afterward. The teams met again in the 2017 Las Vegas Bowl, a 38-28 Broncos win, which was Mario Cristobal’s first game as Oregon head coach.

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The Ducks might know some of the history of the albeit brief series, which will continue in 2026, and are focused on writing their own.

“They ain’t beat me,” receiver Traeshon Holden said. “Coach Lanning wasn’t here when they won. They ain’t beat none of us. We got to go out there and make a new streak.”

– James Crepea covers the Oregon Ducks and Big Ten. Listen to the Ducks Confidential podcast or subscribe to the Ducks Roundup newsletter.