1996 (8) - Washington at Oregon

- Oregon had won the previous year in Seattle and was on a 2-game win streak
- UW had the overall edge at 54 - 30 - 5
- Attendance was 46,226. At that time, the 2nd largest crowd ever at Autzen
- UW RB Corey Dillon was averaging just under 200 yds all-purpose yds/game. This was #3 in the country
- UW had not lost 3 in a row since 1928-31. That would change in future years.
- This was Mike Bellotti's 2nd tear as Oregon HC - moving up from OC
- The game was unusual in that it was sandwiched between 2 bye weeks
- UO was averaging 6 plays / 1.51 on TD drives