Oregon and Oregon State football are headed for a pause in their rivalry game in 2026.

The Beavers and Ducks are set to continue the historic series beginning in 2027, but next season will be the first time the game hasn’t been played in more than 80 years.

There have been just two previous pauses since the rivalry series began in 1894. The first came amid controversy and planted the seeds for one of the rivalry’s defining traits.

1911

With William Howard Taft in the White House, revolution breaking out in China, and the Titanic setting sail on its maiden voyage, the rivalry game between University of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State) was not played in 1911.

The reason? A riot which broke out after the 1910 game.

The Webfoots (now Ducks) beat the Aggies (

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