There’s no question that “The Point” played well in the Huskies’ locker room at the time and won Browning cred points that still exist to this day, even if he later called it "pretty dumb." Expect this year's UW-Oregon game to be raucous at Autzen Stadium.
In the long, frenzied history of the Washington-Oregon football rivalry, 110 years strong, there have been numerous flash points.
Washington voting for Cal, rather than Oregon, to break a conference tie and land Cal in the 1948 Rose Bowl — the de facto start of the interstate hostilities.
Hugh McElhenny and the Huskies running it up on Oregon, 63-6, in the 1951 game, much to the ire of legendary Ducks coach Len Casanova.