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Oregon Ducks football

October 20, 2023

The Oregon Ducks football program is a college football team for the University of Oregon, located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the FBS and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). They will join the Big Ten Conference in 2024.[3][4] Although now known as the Ducks, the team was commonly called the Webfoots until the mid-1960s.

Oregon Ducks football
First season1894
Athletic directorRob Mullens[1]
Head coachDan Lanning
2nd season, 15–4 (.789)
StadiumAutzen Stadium
(capacity: 54,000)
Year built1967
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationEugene, Oregon
NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
ConferencePac-12
DivisionNorth
Past conferencesOIFA (1894–1895)
Independent (1896–1901, 1903–1907, 1909–1911, 1959–1963)
NIAA (1902, 1908, 1912–1915)
PCC (1916–1958)
All-time record692–508–46 (.574)
Bowl record16–20 (.444)
Playoff appearances1 (2014)
Playoff record1–1
National finalist2 (2010, 2014)
Conference titles14
Division titles6
RivalriesOregon State (rivalry)
Washington (rivalry)
Northwest Championship
Heisman winnersMarcus Mariota – 2014
Consensus All-Americans10
Current uniform
ColorsGreen and yellow[2]
   
Fight songMighty Oregon
MascotThe Duck
Marching bandOregon Marching Band
OutfitterNike
WebsiteGoDucks.com

The program first fielded a football team in 1894. Oregon plays its home games at the 54,000 seat Autzen Stadium in Eugene. Its main rivals are the Oregon State Beavers and the Washington Huskies. The Ducks and Beavers historically end each regular season with their rivalry game in late November. The program has been one of the most successful programs since the 2010s. Oregon football has been known in recent years for its unique uniform style.

History Edit

See also: List of Oregon Ducks football seasons, List of Oregon Ducks bowl games, and List of Pac-12 Conference football standings

Early history (1894–1950) Edit

 
The Oregon team of 1894

The football program began in 1894 and played its first game on March 24, 1894, defeating Albany College 44–3 under head coach Cal Young.[5][6][7] Cal Young left after that first game and J.A. Church took over the coaching position in the fall for the rest of the season. Oregon finished the season with two additional losses and a tie, but went undefeated the following season, winning all four of its games under head coach Percy Benson.[7][8][9] In 1899, the football team left the state for the first time, playing the California Golden Bears in Berkeley, California.[5] Oregon's largest margin of victory came in 1910 when they defeated the University of Puget Sound 115–0.[10]

 
The 1916 football team

Oregon changed coaches frequently during the early 20th century, going through sixteen different head coaches in nineteen seasons,[6][11] until Hugo Bezdek, who had coached the Webfeet to a 5–0–1 record in 1906, returned to Oregon from the University of Arkansas in 1913. Bezdek, Oregon's first truly professional coach, led the team from 1913 through 1917. A versatile motivator of athletes, during his tenure Bezdek was also the West Coast scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates.[citation needed] In the 1916 season, Oregon went undefeated with seven wins and one tie under Bezdek, shutting out all but two opponents. They opened the season against Willamette University, defeating them 97–0. The game against Washington ended in a scoreless tie. Oregon used ineligible players in two games and the Pacific Coast Conference title went to Washington,[12][13][additional citation(s) needed] but Oregon was given the invitation to the 1917 Rose Bowl, then known as the Tournament East-West Football Game at Tournament Park due to the cost of a train ticket to Los Angeles being significantly less from Eugene than from Seattle.[14] The Oregon football team defeated the heavily favored University of Pennsylvania Quakers 14–0, securing their first Rose Bowl victory.[10] In 1918 Bezdek quit Oregon to become general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates.[citation needed] He was succeeded by Shy Huntington, one of the heroes of the 1917 Rose Bowl.

Led by Charles A. Huntington and playing at newly constructed Hayward Field, which would be their home stadium in Eugene until 1967, the Webfeet again tied Washington for the Pacific Coast Conference title in 1919, winning the tiebreaker based on their 24–13 victory over the Huskies in Seattle. Oregon lost the 1920 Rose Bowl to Harvard University, 7–6.[6][15] This would be the team's last bowl appearance until the 1948 Cotton Bowl.[6][15][16][17] In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Oregon made the first attempts to establish a nationally prominent football program by luring established Eastern coaches west, first John "Cap" McEwan in 1926 from Army, then Clarence "Doc" Spears from Minnesota in 1930. Both coaches achieved moderate success, but neither outlasted his contracted term: McEwan resigned amid a contract dispute,[18] and Spears, hired under a five-year contract, left Oregon after two seasons to return to the Western Conference at Wisconsin.[19] Prince G. "Prink" Callison, Oregon native, alumnus, former player and coach of the freshman team, took over from Spears in 1932. Behind standout back Mike Mikulak and a smothering defense (50 points allowed, five shutouts), Callison led the 1933 Webfeet to a 9–1 mark and Pacific Coast Conference co-championship, with the only loss to USC. This record would stand as the best in school history until 2001.[20] After the homegrown Callison retired in 1937, Oregon again hired a working head coach, pulling Gerald "Tex" Oliver from Arizona. Oliver coached until World War II, when he took a leave of absence to serve as a naval officer; Oregon basketball coach John Warren served as interim head football coach in 1942, posting a 2–6 record, after which the school shut down the football program for the duration of the war.[6] Oliver returned as head coach after the war, eventually posting a mediocre 23–28–3 cumulative record. His 71–7 loss at Texas in 1941 on the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor stands as the most points allowed by any Oregon team, and the second largest margin of defeat. Oliver, in 1945, is the only coach to see his team lose twice to Oregon State in the same season.[21] In October 1946, Oliver abruptly resigned as Oregon's head coach, expressing dissatisfaction with the level of support shown by the administration for the football program.[22]

Oliver was replaced by another working head coach, Jim Aiken of Nevada. Aiken had immediate success with the team he inherited, which like many post-war squads, was peppered with war veterans including Brad Ecklund, Jake Leicht and Norm Van Brocklin, and transfers George Bell, Woodley Lewis and John McKay.[23] Oregon's 1948 team went 9–1 in the regular season and tied with California for the PCC championship; the teams did not meet on the field that season and in a secret ballot by the conference presidents, Cal was awarded the 1949 Rose Bowl bid.[24] In a bid to soothe hurt feelings, the conference broke tradition and allowed the Webfeet to play in a post-season contest other than the Rose Bowl. Oregon's Cotton Bowl game that season (a 21–13 loss to SMU with Doak Walker) was the team's only bowl appearance between the 1920 and 1958 Rose Bowls. Aiken couldn't maintain his success with younger players. By his fourth season, the Ducks were one of the nation's worst major college teams, posting a 1–9 record in 1950, still the lowest winning percentage in school history as of 2011.[20] Aiken resigned amid allegations of recruiting and practice violations in early 1951.[25]

Len Casanova era (1951–1966) Edit

Everything that Oregon athletics is today, it owes to Len Casanova. He has been the pillar, the strength and the inspiration for our program for over 50 years.

— Bill Moos, [26]
 
Len Casanova,
Head Coach 1951–1966

Once again, Oregon found a working major college coach to take over its program, hiring Len Casanova from the University of Pittsburgh after Aiken's resignation.[6][27] Casanova gradually rebuilt the program, and eventually led the Ducks to a winning record in 1954. The Ducks played in the earliest nationally televised college football game in 1953, against Nebraska in Lincoln, winning 20–12.[28]

In the 1957 season Oregon tied Oregon State for the conference title, but earned the Rose Bowl bid because of the conference no-repeat rule. The Webfeet lost 10–7 to the heavily favored and number one ranked Ohio State University in the 1958 Rose Bowl.[27][29] Braven Dyer of the Los Angeles Times, who had picked Ohio State to win by a 48–14 score, said: "The score of 10–7 was a complete moral victory for the underdog Ducks from Eugene who had been doped to lose by three touchdowns. They lost, but at day's end there weren't many fans who were willing to concede that the better team had won." " Vincent X. Flaherty, writing in the San Francisco Examiner, said: "Len Casanova undoubtedly performed the greatest coaching feat of the season for the Rose Bowl classic...there couldn't have been a bowl team anywhere in America yesterday that dazzled with more spectacular finesse."[28]

Casanova led the Ducks to two more bowl appearances, in the Liberty Bowl (1960 vs Penn State) and the Sun Bowl (1963 vs Southern Methodist), before becoming the UO's second full-time athletic director in January 1967, replacing Leo Harris.[5][27][29] Future Pro Football Hall of Fame members Mel Renfro and Dave Wilcox were players under his tutelage. Many of his assistant coaches such as George Seifert, John McKay, and John Robinson went on to have their own successful head coaching careers.[29] His career record of 82–73–8 marked the highest number of wins recorded by a head coach at the university at that time.[27] The Len Casanova Center, Oregon's athletic department headquarters near Autzen Stadium, is named in his honor.[29]

Jerry Frei era (1967–1971) Edit

Casanova's move to the administration began a two-decade downturn in Oregon's fortunes. Longtime offensive line coach Jerry Frei succeeded him as head coach in 1967, when Oregon moved into the new Autzen Stadium.[6][29][30] His teams were never selected for a bowl game and never won more than six games in a season. (Until the 1975 season, the Pac-8 (and Big Ten) had only one bowl team, for the Rose Bowl.) Although his Oregon career ended with a losing record, he coached several players who went on to NFL stardom, including Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts and All-Pro wide receiver Ahmad Rashad, known as halfback Bobby Moore as a Duck.[31] In 1970, he coached the Ducks to an improbable comeback at UCLA, scoring twenty points in the final four minutes to win by a point, 41–40.[32] However, Frei was unable to defeat arch-rival Oregon State (under Dee Andros) in the Civil War game, and after the 1971 loss, some influential boosters reportedly demanded that Frei make significant changes to his coaching staff.[33] On January 18, 1972, Frei resigned as head coach, citing disagreements with university boosters and athletic director Norv Ritchey.[30][31] Following his resignation, the student body president at the time, as well as others, numerous published letters to the editor of The Register-Guard voiced their support of Frei.[30]

Dick Enright era (1972–1973) Edit

After an exhaustive search that included interviews with several established head coaches, Frei's offensive line coach, Dick Enright, was elevated to head coach for the 1972 season. Enright was the least experienced candidate for the position, having been a high school coach until 1970,[34] and he struggled to maintain team discipline and consistent play. Enright famously tried to make an option quarterback out of Dan Fouts, who was not a runner.[35] Although his 1972 team did beat Oregon State for the first time in nine seasons, Enright's teams only won six games in two seasons. After complaining to the media about what he considered sub-standard conditions of football facilities,[36] he was fired after the 1973 season.

Don Read era (1974–1976) Edit

Enright was replaced by Don Read, his quarterback coach.[33] Read was unable to field a competitive team in his first job as a major college head coach. Oregon's longest losing streak – 14 games – was set during Read's three-year term, which also saw the team's worst loss in history (66–0 at Washington in 1974).[37] After the Ducks' home opener in 1975, a 5–0 loss to San Jose State, UO president William Boyd told a reporter he'd "rather be whipped in a public square than sit through a game like that."[38] Read was fired, with one year left on his contract, after the 1976 season ended. His teams had gone 3–18 in conference play, were shut out seven times in three seasons, and owned just one win over a team with a winning record (17–3 over Colorado State in 1976).[6][39][40]

In announcing Read's termination, Oregon Athletic Director John Caine said it had been a financial decision; Read hadn't shown enough progress to generate interest in season ticket sales, boosters were not making donations, and Read couldn't be sent out recruiting without a contract extension, for which there was no support. Breaking recent—and unsuccessful—tradition, Caine also said "the successor will not come from the current staff ... There is a need for a different approach than we've had here for a number of years ... I'm looking for a multi-talented individual, one with perhaps a different personality and a different background."[41] It had become clear that drastic action was needed to correct a suffering program. Caine had informed an alumni group that the Oregon football team had lost money the last three seasons. Normally, it is a university's football program that provides funding for other non-revenue sports, but at Oregon, football was siphoning money from the successful basketball program and cutting into the budgets for wrestling, baseball and track.[42]

Rich Brooks era (1977–1994) Edit

Caine could not afford to pay top dollar for a college coach; he told reporters he wouldn't top $35,000 annually for his new head coach, but that he would sweeten the pot with a $100,000 recruiting budget, the second highest in the conference.[43] The coaching search took two weeks. After being rebuffed by Bill Walsh, who took the Stanford job, and Jim Mora, who withdrew his name from consideration because he considered the job a dead end, Caine appointed UCLA assistant coach and Oregon State graduate Rich Brooks as Oregon's 29th head football coach, over finalists Monte Kiffin and Ray Greene.[44]

Brooks got off to a shaky start, with four two-win seasons in his first six years at Oregon.[45][46][47] In 1980, a pay-for-credit scandal, disclosure of an illegal travel fund, misuse of phone cards and criminal sexual abuse charges against Oregon football players led Brooks to tender his resignation to President Boyd; Boyd refused to accept the resignation.[48][better source needed] Oregon was placed on probation by the Pac-10 (1980)[49] and NCAA (1982).[50] After several mediocre seasons, including 1983 and an infamous scoreless tie with Oregon State known as the "Toilet Bowl"[51] the Ducks posted an 8–4 season in 1989, going to the Independence Bowl – Oregon's first postseason appearance in 26 seasons.[52] Brooks would achieve two more bowl games before his final season in 1994.[53]

The pinnacle of Brooks' Oregon career came in his final season, when his team became the Pacific-10 Conference Champions with a 9–3 regular season record and a Rose Bowl appearance (their conference championship was also their first ever outright conference championship as all the previous ones were shared).[53] The defining moment of the season came in a game against the 9th-ranked (AP) Washington Huskies, and is widely remembered by Duck fans as "The Pick".[54] Prior to that game, the Ducks had won only three games against the Huskies in 20 seasons, including many heartbreakers in the heated rivalry.[55] Late in the game, with the Ducks nursing a 24–20 lead, Washington was in position to score and take the lead when the Huskies' quarterback Damon Huard threw an interception to Kenny Wheaton, who returned the interception for a 97-yard touchdown, sealing the win for the Ducks. The Pick is replayed on the big screen at Autzen Stadium before each football game.[54] Following the Washington game, the Ducks finished the rest of the regular season without a loss, but lost to Penn State in the 1995 Rose Bowl, 38–20.[53]

After the 1994 season, Rich Brooks announced that he would leave Oregon to become the new head coach of the St. Louis Rams.[56] Although Brooks had a poorer winning percentage, with 91 victories he surpassed Len Casanova to become the winningest coach in school history.[57] The field at Autzen Stadium was dedicated as Rich Brooks Field, in honor of his tenure and accomplishments.[58] Although he left the Ducks with a losing record due to his first seven teams winning a combined 22 games, he is credited with reviving Oregon's football program. His 91 wins were the most in school history at the time, while his 109 losses are still the most in school history.

Mike Bellotti era (1995–2008) Edit

Offensive coordinator Mike Bellotti was elevated into the head coaching position after Rich Brooks vacated the position in 1995.[59] During his head coaching career, Bellotti elevated the expectations of the Ducks football program. Season records that in the past would have been deemed acceptable or even laudable became considered mediocre and disappointing.[58] Bellotti was immediately successful, leading the team to a 9–3 record his first year and an appearance in the Cotton Bowl Classic.[60] In his 14 seasons, Bellotti's teams were selected for 12 bowl games, and only once (2004, 5–6) did the Ducks post a losing record during his tenure.[15]

Bellotti coached the team to the Pac-10 Championship in the 2000 season, shared with Washington and OSU.[61] With a Rose Bowl bid on the line, the Ducks lost the 2000 Civil War at Corvallis, dropping the Ducks to the Holiday Bowl[62] The Ducks defeated Texas 35–30 in the Holiday, for the first 10-win season in program history.[63]

 
Oregon vs. Colorado in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl

In the 2001 season, senior quarterback Joey Harrington, a Heisman Trophy finalist,[64][65] led the Ducks to its first 11-win season in program history and an outright Pac-10 championship.[66][67] The season was riddled with close games, 6 of which ended with a spread of one score or less, coining the nickname "Captain Comeback" for Harrington.[68][69] The only loss of the season came at home to the Stanford Cardinal.[69]

The Ducks ended the 2001 regular season ranked No. 2 in both the AP and Coaches polls, but the BCS computer formula ranked Oregon No. 4, behind No. 2 Nebraska – which had lost to Colorado in its final regular season game – and No. 3 Colorado; this kept Oregon out of the national championship game.[70] The discrepancy caused the BCS committee to alter the ranking system for subsequent years to a formula which, if applied in 2001, would have placed Oregon in the national championship game.[71] The 2001 Ducks instead played at the Fiesta Bowl against Colorado. Oregon's run defense stifled Colorado's running game, holding them to just 49 yards on 31 carries. Harrington passed for 350 yards and led the Ducks to a 38–16 win.[72] Oregon settled for a final 2nd-place ranking in both the AP and Coaches polls.[73] After the 2001 season, offensive coordinator Jeff Tedford left for the head coaching job at California,[74] replaced by Andy Ludwig. The 2003 season was highlighted by a big win against the 5th ranked Michigan Wolverines, ruining Michigan's aspirations of a big season during a trip to a west coast game for the third time in four years.[75]

Ludwig resigned as offensive coordinator after a dismal 2004 campaign, the only losing season (5–6) for a Mike Bellotti-coached Oregon team.[76] Recently fired BYU head coach Gary Crowton took the offensive reins;[77] the 2005 season saw a dramatic improvement from 2004, going 10–1 in the regular season, with the only loss to top-ranked USC.[78][79] In the eighth game of the season against the Arizona Wildcats, the senior starting quarterback for the Ducks, Kellen Clemens, suffered a spiral fracture in his ankle, ending his season and his collegiate career.[80] Despite losing Clemens, the Ducks won the game as well as the rest of their regular season games but lost the Holiday Bowl to the Oklahoma Sooners.[78] In 2006 the team started off well, winning four games to open the season,[78] including a controversial victory against then-ranked No. 11 Oklahoma.[81] But the Oklahoma victory proved to be the high point of the 2006 season; the team eventually fell apart, going 3–5 for the remainder of the regular season, and were pounded by BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl, losing 8–38 in a dismal performance.[82]

Gary Crowton left Oregon for the offensive coordinator position at Louisiana State University after the 2006 season;[83] Chip Kelly was hired to replace him in February 2007.[84] Kelly's impact was felt immediately, with the 2007 Ducks going 8–1 behind QB Dennis Dixon and ranked as high as No. 2, before being decimated by injuries at quarterback. Finishing the regular season with three straight losses, the Ducks were relegated to the Sun Bowl, where they defeated South Florida 56–21.[85] Geoff Schwartz started from 2005 to 2007 at right tackle, as part of an offense that led the conference in rushing for the first time since 1955 in 2006 and then again in 2007, and was a second-team 2007 All-Pac-10 selection.[86]

The 2008 season saw the emergence of quarterback Jeremiah Masoli as the leader of Chip Kelly's spread offense. Masoli, a transfer from City College of San Francisco, stepped in against Washington in the season opener, when starter Justin Roper was injured, and led the Ducks to a 44–10 victory.[87] Despite injuries, Masoli cemented himself as the starter by mid-season. In the 2008 Civil War, the Ducks defeated the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis, 65–38, knocking the Beavers out of the Rose Bowl.[88] The Ducks went to the Holiday Bowl.[89] In a clash of two teams with high powered offenses, Oregon beat the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the 2008 Holiday Bowl and finished the season ranked in the top 10.[90][91] In March 2009, Bellotti announced his resignation; Kelly would take over as the head coach, and Bellotti was named athletic director, replacing Pat Kilkenny.[92] Bellotti left the program as the winningest coach in Oregon history, with 116 wins and a 67.8 winning percentage.[15]

Chip Kelly era (2009–2012) Edit

In his first season as the head coach of the Ducks, Chip Kelly stumbled out of the gate, losing to Boise State by 11 points in a game ending in controversy with Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount punching Boise State linebacker Byron Hout on national television, after Hout was seen heckling Blount.[93] The Ducks showed only minor improvements with close wins against the Purdue Boilermakers and the Utah Utes.[94] It wasn't until the start of the Pac-10 season that the Ducks began to display their potential, by dismantling the highly ranked California Golden Bears 42–3.[95] The 2009 Ducks only lost one more game, to the Stanford Cardinal in the regular season, to win the Pac-10 title by two games. Oregon went to the 2010 Rose Bowl, where they lost 26–17 to the Ohio State Buckeyes.[78] During the offseason, the team was mired in controversy. Starting running back LaMichael James was involved in a domestic dispute in which he pleaded guilty to physical harassment of a former girlfriend, and was suspended for the first game of 2010 season.[96] Starting quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was suspended for the entire 2010 football season over thefts from a local fraternity house.[97] On June 7, Masoli was cited for marijuana possession, driving with a suspended license and failing to stop when entering a roadway. In response, coach Chip Kelly removed him from the team.[98]

 
Oregon vs. Auburn in the 2011 BCS National Championship Game

Despite the loss of Masoli, the Ducks dominated their opponents in the 2010 season. On October 17, the team moved up to the No. 1 ranking in both the AP and USA Today Coaches Poll for the first time in school history.[99] This occurred after the No. 1-ranked teams, Ohio State Buckeyes and Alabama Crimson Tide lost in consecutive weeks. The Ducks finished the regular season with a 12–0 record; winning the conference at 9–0, they were the only team in Pac-10 history to defeat every other conference team in a nine conference game season.[100] Ranked No. 2 in the BCS rankings, the Ducks played Auburn in the 2011 BCS National Championship Game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, losing on an Auburn field goal as time expired, 22–19.[101] Despite his opening game suspension, Oregon RB LaMichael James won the 2010 Doak Walker Award as the nation's outstanding college running back.[102] James was also Oregon's first unanimous All-American football player, appearing on all five all-America teams recognized by the NCAA.[103]

Oregon won its third straight conference championship in 2011, winning the new Pac-12 North Division and defeating UCLA in the inaugural Pac-12 Conference Championship Game.[104] The Ducks became the first Pac-12 team other than USC to win three consecutive titles outright since the conference was formed in 1959.[105] LaMichael James became the first player in conference history with three 1,500+ yard rushing seasons, and ranks second on the Pac-12's career rushing list. James was a finalist for the 2011 Doak Walker Award, and was named a finalist for the 2011 Paul Hornung Award. Punter Jackson Rice was a finalist for the Ray Guy Award.[106] On January 2, 2012, the Oregon Ducks won the Rose Bowl, defeating the Wisconsin Badgers 45–38 for the title.[107]

The Ducks continued their streak of national relevance into the 2012 season, reaching the No. 1 ranking in the AP poll for only the second time in team history on November 12.[108] But a loss at home to Stanford ended Oregon's string of conference championships.[109] The team was selected to play in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl against Kansas State (which Oregon won 35–17),[110] making Oregon only the fourth team in history to play in four consecutive BCS bowl games.[111] Running back Kenjon Barner was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award and was named Oregon's fifth consensus All-American.[112] Immediately following the end of the 2012 season, Kelly interviewed for head coaching vacancies with the Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles. Kelly initially declined the offers, but a few weeks later, agreed to terms with the Eagles.[113]

Mark Helfrich era (2013–2016) Edit

A few days after Kelly's resignation, offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich was hired to become the Ducks' 32nd head coach.[114] On June 26, 2013, the football program was penalized with 3 years of probation and a reduction of scholarships by the NCAA but no bowl bans. This decision was made after an investigation into the school's use of football recruiting services under former head coach Chip Kelly.[115]

In 2013, Helfrich's first season as head coach, the Ducks were bound for the national championship after early season domination and QB Marcus Mariota was a front-runner for the Heisman[citation needed] The Ducks then lost two games in the span of 3 weeks to Arizona and Stanford. The regular season was capped off with a 36–35 win in the game against the Oregon State Beavers. Oregon went on to beat Texas in the Valero Alamo Bowl 30–7.[116] Helfrich led the 2014 Ducks to a 12–1 (8–1) regular season record, winning his first Pac-12 Conference Championship as a head coach. The record season included wins over reigning Big Ten Conference and Rose Bowl champion Michigan State, and rivals Washington and Oregon State. The Ducks' sole loss came in a Thursday night home game against Arizona. Oregon rebounded with eight consecutive wins, including a dominant win in a rematch against the Wildcats in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game.[117] Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota was voted the school's second unanimous All-American[118] and first Heisman Trophy winner, receiving the second highest point percentage in the award's history.[119] Mariota was also named the school's first winner of the Maxwell, Davey O'Brien, and Walter Camp awards. After finishing No. 2 in the final College Football Playoff rankings in 2014,[120] Oregon qualified to face undefeated defending national champions Florida State in the Rose Bowl, designated a semi-final game for the College Football Playoff. The Ducks defeated the Seminoles 59–20.[121] With the win the Ducks advanced to the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship Game to face the No. 4 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, who defeated No. 1 ranked Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, the other College Football Playoff semi-final game. The Ducks lost in the CFP National Championship game 42–20 against the Buckeyes. Oregon finished the 2014 season with an overall record of 13-2 and a No. 2 ranking in the final Associated Press football poll.[122]

Oregon was ranked in the top 10 in both major pre-season football polls for 2015.[123] Following the departure of Marcus Mariota to the NFL, Oregon found itself without a proven option at quarterback. Vernon Adams, a highly regarded player for three years at FCS Eastern Washington, moved to Oregon for his final season of eligibility as a graduate transfer.[124] Adams was injured in his first game as a Duck—ironically, against his old team, Eastern Washington[125]—and either sat out of or played ineffectively in the next five games of 2015, as Oregon opened 3–3. Once Adams returned to full health, the team went on a run through conference play, winning the last six games of the regular season to finish 9–3, earning a bid in the 2016 Alamo Bowl against Texas Christian. In the Alamo Bowl, Oregon raced to a 31–0 lead in the first half, but Adams exited the game after an injury; TCU made one of the greatest comebacks in bowl game history in the second half, eventually tying the game and winning the game in the third overtime period, 47–41.[126] Oregon was ranked No. 19 AP /No. 20 Coaches in the polls following the 2015 season. The 2015 Oregon football season was marred by defensive ineptitude. Opponents tallied 37.5 points per game, the worst total in program history,[127] despite the presence of All-American defensive end DeForrest Buckner, who was drafted with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers.[128]

Following the season, Don Pellum took the fall for the poor performance on defense and returned to position coaching, and Helfrich hired Brady Hoke, an experienced college head coach, as defensive coordinator on January 16, 2016.[129] Helfrich promoted receiver coach Matt Lubick to offensive coordinator prior to the Alamo Bowl, replacing the departed Scott Frost.[130] 2016 was Mark Helfrich's last as head coach. Oregon posted a 4–8 record, capped with losing to rival Oregon State in the season finale. OSU beat the Ducks 34–24, ending Oregon's eight game win streak versus their in-state rival.[131] Other defeats came versus the University of Washington, a 70–21 loss,[132] a 51–33 loss to Washington State University[133] and a 45–20 loss to the USC Trojans.[134] The 4 wins was the lowest total in the program since 1991.[135] Helfrich was terminated as head coach November 29, 2016.[136]

Willie Taggart era (2017) Edit

Following Helfrich's dismissal, South Florida head coach Willie Taggart was named 33rd head coach of the Oregon Ducks on December 7, 2016.[137] On January 17, 2017, Oregon suspended strength and conditioning coach Irele Oderinde for one month after 3 players were hospitalized during off-season workouts.[138] On January 23, 2017, ESPN reported that co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach David Reaves would be fired less than one week after officially being hired, following a DUI arrest.[139] On December 5, 2017, Taggart departed after a single season as head coach when he accepted the head coaching position at Florida State.[140] The team finished the season 7–5, losing to Boise State in the Las Vegas Bowl.

Mario Cristobal era (2018–2021) Edit

On December 8, 2017, Mario Cristobal was named the permanent head coach of the Oregon Ducks.[141] On February 20, 2018, it was reported Cristobal made his first staffing decision with the hiring of offensive line coach Alex Mirabal, who will be Oregon's 10th and final full-time assistant coach.[142] Prior to the 2018 season, Oregon had scheduled Texas A&M for a home-and-home series for both 2018 and 2019 seasons but the Aggies backed out of the commitment. Oregon opened the season led by Junior quarterback Justin Herbert, a darkhorse Heisman Trophy candidate, and the Ducks won their first three games. The Ducks defeated Bowling Green 58–24, Portland State 62–14, and San Jose State 35–22. On September 18, 2018, Oregon was ranked 20th in the AP Top 25 and 19th in the Coaches Poll. Oregon's was defeated by then 7th-ranked Stanford at Autzen on September 22, 2018. Three weeks later, they defeated then number 7 Washington 30–27 in overtime. They finished the regular season at 8–4 and defeated the Michigan State Spartans 7–6 in the Redbox Bowl, finishing the 2018 season at 9–4.

The 2019 season began with Oregon and Auburn University facing off in the Advocare Classic, a rematch of the 2011 BCS National Championship Game. Oregon led for much of the game, but was unable to hold off a late Auburn rally, losing 27–21. The Ducks bounced back from the disappointing start, winning nine consecutive games and rising to number 6 in national polls, before losing on the road to Arizona State, 31–28. Oregon closed its regular season with a victory over rival Oregon State and won the Pac-12 North division for the first time in five seasons. In the Pac-12 Championship Game, they defeated the favored Utah Utes 37–15. The win earned them a trip to the 2020 Rose Bowl Game, where they defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 28–27. Oregon finished the season ranked fifth in the AP and Coaches Polls, for their best finish since the 2014 season. In the 2020 season, the Ducks and college football at large were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Oregon ultimately played a shortened, conference-only season, going 3–2 but earning a spot in the Pac-12 Championship Game due to tie-breakers and forfeits. The Ducks again upset the favored South division champions, this time the USC Trojans, and won the conference championship 31–24. The Ducks were selected to play in the Fiesta Bowl, but fell to Iowa State, 34–17. In 2021, the first full season since the pandemic started, the Ducks started the season 4–0 and rising to number 3 in national polls with a win over then number 3 Ohio State before losing to Stanford, 31–24. Oregon won the Pac-12 North Division but lost in the Pac-12 Championship Game against Utah. Their 10–3 record earned them a game against Oklahoma in the 2021 Valero Alamo Bowl, where they lost 32–47. Oregon finished the 2021 season 10–4. On December 6, 2021, Cristobal announced to the team that he would leave the program in order to become the head coach at the University of Miami, eventually finishing his tenure.[143] Offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead also left to be the head coach at Akron.[144]

Dan Lanning era (2022–present) Edit

On December 11, 2021, Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning was named the 35th head coach at the University of Oregon, replacing Mario Cristobal after his departure to become the head coach at the University of Miami.[145][146] Despite no prior head coaching experience, Lanning arrived in Eugene with a reputation as a great defensive coach who had mentored many great players during his time at Georgia.[147] The Ducks would finish their first season under Lanning as head coach with a 10–3 record, winning the 2022 Holiday Bowl against North Carolina 28–27.

Conference affiliations Edit

Oregon has been a member of the following conferences.

Championships Edit

Conference championships Edit

Dating back to their second season of existence, Oregon has claimed at least a share of 14 conference titles.[148][149]

Season Conference Coach Conference Record Overall Record
1895 Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association Percy Benson 4-0 4-0
1919† Pacific Coast Conference Shy Huntington 2–1 5–1–3
1933† Prink Callison 4–1 9–1
1948† Jim Aiken 7–0 9–2
1957† Len Casanova 6–2 7–4
1994 Pacific-10 Conference Rich Brooks 7–1 9–4
2000† Mike Bellotti 7–1 10–2
2001 7–1 11–1
2009 Chip Kelly 8–1 10–3
2010 9–0 12–1
2011 Pac-12 Conference 8–1 12–2
2014 Mark Helfrich 8–1 13–2
2019 Mario Cristobal 8–1 12–2
2020 3–2 4–3

† Co-championship

Division championships Edit

In 2011, the Pacific-10 Conference expansion brought the membership total to 12 teams, leading to the creation of the Pac-12 Conference and a Conference Championship Game. The champions of each division faced off in the Conference Championship Game until 2021, due to the conference announcing they would eliminate divisions starting with the 2022 season, albeit the Conference Championship Game will be kept.

In 2020, the Ducks qualified for the 2020 Pac-12 Championship Game despite finishing in second place in the North Division, this was due to the original participants, the Washington Huskies, not being able to participate due to not having enough scholarship players to participate.

Season Division Coach Conf Record Overall Record Opponent CG Result
2011† Pac-12 North Chip Kelly 8–1 12–2 UCLA W 49–31
2012† 8–1 12–1 N/A lost tiebreaker to Stanford
2013† Mark Helfrich 7–2 11–2 N/A lost tiebreaker to Stanford
2014 8–1 13–2 Arizona W 51–13
2019 Mario Cristobal 8–1 12–2 Utah W 37–15
2020‡ 3-2 4-3 USC W 31-24
2021 7–2 10–3 Utah L 10-38

† Co-championship

‡ - Washington was replaced in the 2020 conference championship game by runner-up Oregon due to insufficient student-athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Individual accomplishments Edit

Individual National Award Winners Edit

Coaches
Rich Brooks (1994)
Rich Brooks (1994)
Rich Brooks (1994)
Chip Kelly (2010)
Rich Brooks (1994)
Chip Kelly (2010)
Chip Kelly (2010)
Chip Kelly (2010)
Chip Kelly (2010)

Individual Conference Award Winners Edit

Akili Smith (1998†)
Joey Harrington (2001)
Dennis Dixon (2007)
Marcus Mariota (2014)
Haloti Ngata (2005)
DeForest Buckner (2015)
Jairus Byrd (2006†)
LaMichael James (2009)
De'Anthony Thomas (2011†)
Marcus Mariota (2012)
Royce Freeman (2014)
Kayvon Thibodeaux (2019)
Rich Brooks (1979, 1994)
Chip Kelly (2009, 2010)
George Shaw (1954)
Vince Goldsmith (1980)
Gary Zimmerman (1983)
Adam Snyder (2004)
Haloti Ngata (2005)
Nick Reed (2008)
DeForest Buckner (2015)
Tyrell Crosby (2017)
Penei Sewell (2019)
Kayvon Thibodeaux (2020)

† Shared Award

Heisman Trophy Edit

Marcus Mariota became the first player in the history of the University of Oregon to be awarded the Heisman Trophy, receiving 90.92% of possible points, the second highest total in the history of the trophy.[150] Mariota earned the award without a media campaign, having declined an offer from the University of Oregon during the summer prior to the 2014 season.[151] This is in contrast to the media campaigns orchestrated by the University of Oregon in the past for potential Heisman contenders, for example, during the 2001 season, a $250,000 billboard in Time's Square promoting Joey Harrington as "Joey Heisman".[152] Mariota's Heisman winning season was marked by breaking every career and single season record at Oregon for total offense, total scoring and passing and winning the program's 12th Pac-12 Championship.

Six other players from the University of Oregon have received Heisman votes, with LaMichael James being the only Duck to receive votes in multiple years (2010, 2011). The highest non-first-place finish in the Heisman balloting also came from LaMichael James, who in 2010 came in third behind Cam Newton (1st) and fellow Pac-12 player Andrew Luck (2nd).

Year Name Position Points Place
1948 Norm Van Brocklin QB 83 6th
1954 George Shaw QB 182 7th
2001 Joey Harrington QB 364 4th
2007 Dennis Dixon QB 178 5th
2010 LaMichael James RB 916 3rd
2011 LaMichael James RB 48 10th
2012 Kenjon Barner RB 42 9th
2014 Marcus Mariota QB 2,534 1st

College Football Hall of Fame inductees Edit

The Ducks have had five players and three coaches inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame.[153]

Inducted Player POS Seasons
1954 Hugo Bezdek Coach 1906, 1913–1917
1966 Norm Van Brocklin QB 1945–1949
1969 Johnny Kitzmiller HB 1928–1930
John Beckett OL 1913–1916
1977 Len Casanova Coach 1951–1966
1986 Mel Renfro HB 1961–1963
1988 John McKay† HB 1947–1949
2007 Ahmad Rashad RB 1969–1971
2014 Mike Bellotti Coach 1995–2008

† McKay played halfback at Oregon from 1947 to 1949 and coached as an assistant from 1950 to 1958. He was inducted into the CFHoF in recognition of his success as the head coach of the USC Trojans, whom he coached from 1960 to 1975, winning four national championships and nine conference championships in 16 seasons.

Pro Football Hall of Fame Edit

Six former Oregon football players have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[154]

Year Inducted Player POS Seasons at Oregon NFL Team(s) Years with NFL Team(s)
1971 Norm Van Brocklin QB 1945–1949 Los Angeles Rams 1949–1957
Philadelphia Eagles 1958–1960
1978 Alphonse Leemans RB 1932 New York Giants 1936–1943
1993 Dan Fouts QB 1970–1972 San Diego Chargers 1973–1987
1996 Mel Renfro S 1961–1963 Dallas Cowboys 1964–1977
2000 Dave Wilcox LB 1962–1963 San Francisco 49ers 1964–1974
2008 Gary Zimmerman OL 1980–1983 Minnesota Vikings 1986–1992
Denver Broncos 1993–1997

First team All-Americans Edit

Main article: List of Oregon Ducks football All-Americans

Every year, several publications release lists of their ideal "team". The athletes on these lists are referred to as All-Americans. The NCAA recognizes five All-American lists. They are the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF).

As of 2020, Oregon has had 29 players honored 34 times as first team All-Americans (8 Consensus)[155] in its history, including five players honored in different seasons. During the 2019 season, left offensive tackle Penei Sewell became Oregon's 8th Consensus All-American.

Records and results Edit

Undefeated seasons Edit

Year Coach Regular Season Record Final Record
1895 Percy Benson 4–0 4–0
1906 Hugo Bezdek 5–0–1 5–0–1
1916 Hugo Bezdek 6–0–1 7–0–1

All-time bowl record Edit

Main article: List of Oregon Ducks bowl games

This is a partial list of the five most recent bowl games that Oregon has competed in. For the full Oregon bowl game history, see List of Oregon Ducks bowl games

From the 2004 Holiday Bowl through the January 2016 Alamo Bowl, Oregon had played in 11 consecutive bowl games, its longest streak. The Ducks failed to make a bowl game at the end of the 2016 season, snapping the streak. From the 1989 Independence Bowl through the January 2016 Alamo Bowl, Oregon had played in bowl games for 23 of 27 seasons, missing only the 1991, 1993, 1996, and 2004 seasons.

Oregon played in five BCS bowl games, including four consecutive BCS bowl games from 2009 to 2012, tied for first in consecutive BCS appearances in the BCS era.

Oregon's last 10 bowl games
Season Date Bowl Opponent Result
2013 December 30, 2013 Alamo Bowl Texas W 30-7
2014 January 1, 2015 Rose Bowl Florida State W 59-20
2014 January 12, 2015 CFP National Championship Ohio State L 20-42
2015 January 2, 2016 Alamo Bowl TCU L 41–473OT
2017 December 17, 2017 Las Vegas Bowl Boise State L 28–38
2018 December 31, 2018 Redbox Bowl Michigan State W 7–6
2019 January 1, 2020 Rose Bowl Wisconsin W 28–27
2020 January 2, 2021 Fiesta Bowl Iowa State L 17–34
2021 December 29, 2021 Alamo Bowl Oklahoma L 32–47
2022 December 28, 2022 Holiday Bowl North Carolina W 28–27

Playoffs Edit

Oregon was selected as the second seed in the inaugural College Football Playoff following the 2014 season, and defeated the defending national champions, third seed Florida State, in the 2015 Rose Bowl. In the CFP national championship game, they fell to fourth seeded Ohio State, finishing number two in the country.

Year Seed Opponent Round Result
2014 2 No. 3 Florida State Semi-Finals – Rose Bowl W 59–20
No. 4 Ohio State Finals – CFP National Championship Game L 20–42

Rivalries Edit

Oregon State Edit

Main article: Oregon–Oregon State football rivalry

The rivalry game with Oregon State was originally called the "Oregon Classic" or the "State Championship Game". From 1929 to 2020, it was known as the Civil War. It is the 7th oldest rivalry in Division I FBS football.[citation needed] The Ducks had an 8-game win streak in the series to tie for the longest streak in the history of the rivalry until losing in 2016.[citation needed] The winner was awarded the Platypus Trophy from 1959 to 1961.[156]

Washington Edit

Main article: Oregon–Washington football rivalry

The series started in 1900 and has incited particularly poor behavior from fans of both teams.[157] Although Washington historically dominated the series, Oregon has turned the tables since 1994, winning 18 of 24. From 2004 to 2015, Oregon won 12 match-ups in a row by an average of 24 points, the longest streak in the rivalry by either team. However, that streak was broken in 2016.

Northwest Championship Edit

Main article: Northwest Championship

Oregon wins the so-called Northwest Championship by sweeping Washington, Washington State, and Oregon State. The four Pacific Northwest rivals began playing in a round-robin format in the 1903 season.

Saint Mary's Edit

Main article: Governors' Trophy Game

Oregon and Saint Mary's College competed in an annual Thanksgiving Day classic between 1929–1935, played at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.[158] The victors were awarded The Governors' Perpetual Trophy jointly by the governors of the states of California and Oregon.[159] The Gaels hold a 7–3 lead in the series and final possession of the trophy. The rivalry is unlikely to be contested again, as Saint Mary's discontinued football in 1951 due to the national emergency resulting from the Korean War.[160]

Future opponents Edit

Rotating conference opponents Edit

Prior to the program's move to the Big Ten Conference, Oregon played each of the other 5 schools in the North Division of the Pac-12 annually and 4 of the 6 schools from the South Division. Each season, Oregon "missed" two schools from the South Division: either UCLA or USC and one of the four Arizona or Mountain schools. This cycle repeated after eight seasons.[161]

On October 5, 2023, Oregon's Big Ten opponents from 2024 through 2028 were revealed, with their rivalry game against Washington being a protected annual game. [162][163]

Future non-conference opponents Edit

Announced schedules as of October 6, 2023.[164]

Future Oregon Ducks Football Schedule
Season Date Opponent Site
2024 August 24 at Hawai'i (G5 - MW) Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, Hawaii
August 31 vs Idaho (FCS - Big Sky) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
September 9 vs Texas Tech (P5 - Big 12) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
September 14 vs Boise State (G5 - MW) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
2025 August 30 vs Montana State (FCS - Big Sky) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
September 6 vs Oklahoma State (P5 - Big 12) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
September 13 at Boise State (G5 - MW) Albertsons Stadium • Boise, Idaho
TBD TBD TBD • TBD
2026 September 5 vs Boise State (G5 - MW) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
September 12 at Oklahoma State (P5 - Big 12) Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma
September 19 vs Portland State (FCS - Big Sky) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
TBD TBD TBD • TBD
2027 September 4 vs Eastern Washington (FCS - Big Sky) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
September 11 at Baylor (P5 - Big 12) McLane Stadium • Waco, Texas
September 18 vs Utah State (G5 - MW) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
TBD TBD TBD • TBD
2028 September 2 vs North Dakota State (FCS - MVC) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
September 9 vs Baylor (P5 - Big 12) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
September 16 at Utah State (G5 - MW) Maverik Stadium • Logan, Utah
TBD TBD TBD • TBD
2029 September 1 vs Portland State (FCS - Big Sky) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
September 8 TBD TBD • TBD
September 15 vs Utah State (G5 - MW) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
TBD TBD TBD • TBD
2030 September 7 TBD Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
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2031 September 13 vs Hawai'i (G5 - MW) Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
TBD TBD TBD • TBD
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2032 September 11 TBD Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon
TBD TBD TBD • TBD
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2033 September 10 TBD TBD • TBD
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Venues and facilities Edit

Main article: Oregon Ducks football venues
 
Autzen Stadium

Oregon has used six sites as home fields for its football team:

Autzen Stadium, the home of Oregon's football team since 1967, was named in honor of Thomas J. Autzen, a Portland businessman and, ironically, a graduate of rival Oregon State University. After his death, the Autzen Foundation, managed by son and Oregon alum Thomas E. Autzen, gave the university $250,000 towards construction of the facility, completed in 1967.[165] Although listed capacity has been 54,000 since a 2002 expansion, standing room around the rim of the stadium allows the capacity to swell to more than 60,000, and crowds of 59,000 or more have been the norm in most years. It is notorious for being one of the loudest and most intimidating venues in college football. On October 27, 2007, in a game against USC, the crowd of 59,277 was able to reach a noise level of 127.2 decibels, the 4th loudest ever recorded at a college football game.[166]

Moshofsky Sports Center, named in honor of former University of Oregon football letterman (1940–42) and long-time university supporter Ed Moshofsky, was dedicated in August 1998, the first indoor practice and training facility in the Pacific-10 Conference. Located south of the Casanova Athletic Center, the Moshofsky Center accommodates the majority of the university's intercollegiate athletic programs. The $14.6 million facility includes an enclosed full-length artificial surface football field and 120-meter four-lane synthetic surface running track and an automated system in place to lower a batting cage for use by the softball team, as well as protective netting that transforms the facility for use by the men's and women's golf teams.[167] A combination of indirect lighting and two parallel skylight panels contribute to an energy efficient system which allows the flexibility to alter lighting conditions.[168]

A new Football Operations Center adjacent to Autzen Stadium, the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex, was completed in 2013.[169] Featured in the expansion, which wraps around the north and west sides of the Casanova Center, is a new 25,000-square-foot weight room, an enhanced grass football practice field as well as the addition of two new synthetic turf practice fields, and a full-service dining facility available to all University athletes, students and staff. The six story facility incorporates a centralized football headquarters upstairs incorporating nine dedicated football position meeting rooms, two team video theaters, offense and defense strategy rooms as well as a larger conference suite for the coaching staff. Additional amenities include a players' lounge, a recruiting center to host prospective student-athletes, dedicated areas to accommodate professional scouts, a media interview room as well as an advanced video editing and distribution center. A new outdoor courtyard and plaza to the west of the Casanova Center is designed in the center of the complex, uniting the expansion with the existing Cas Center and Moshofsky Center. The design and construction cost of the $68 million facility was donated by Nike founder and chairman Phil Knight.

Uniforms Edit

The University of Oregon football team has been known in recent years for its unique uniform style, consisting of multiple color combinations of helmets, uniforms (both shirts and pants), socks, and shoes, resulting in a new uniform setup every week (not counting in-season changes to uniform designs). The changes have been often well-liked and praised by football recruits.[170][171] New uniform schemes are coordinated by Oregon alumnus Tinker Hatfield, an executive at Nike. Nike has had the outfitting rights for the Ducks since 1995.[172]

 
The uniforms designed in 2013 to honor the United States Armed Forces.

For several decades in the 20th century, Oregon's uniforms were traditional, generally featuring a yellow helmet (with the original interlocking "UO" emblem) and yellow pants, joined with a green home jersey with gold letters or white road jersey with green letters and "UCLA-style" shoulder loops. During the Jerry Frei era (1967–1971), the helmets were solid green with subtle logo variations. In 1972, new head coach Dick Enright returned the yellow helmet with Green Bay Packer-style green and white striping and no logos, a helmet style that continued until 1977, when new head coach Rich Brooks added the green block-style interlocking "UO" emblem. In 1985, the team added the Oregon Donald Duck logo to the jersey sleeves. Mike Bellotti made subtle changes in the livery, removing the striping from the helmet, jersey and pants, and adding a green variation of the pants.[173]

The Oregon uniform underwent a radical change for the 1999 season, where new, Nike-designed gear featuring a redesigned "O" emblem with solid green helmets and jerseys with lightning yellow letters were revealed.[174] This began a period of unusually non-uniform standards for a typical college football team. Since 1999, Oregon has completely revised its uniform appearance roughly every three seasons.[175] The frequent uniform changes and their typically flashy uniform have provoked some controversy. Fans of a more traditional approach to college football tend to ridicule each new uniform as it is released,[176] while younger fans and players—in particular, potential Oregon athletes—react more favorably to the flashy nature of the livery.[177]

The football team used nine different football combinations in the 2005 season, but introduced even more combinations in the 2006 season.[178] The new uniforms in 2006 provided 384 possible different combinations of jerseys, pants, helmets, socks, and shoes. A metallic-yellow colored helmet with silver flames, which debuted in the 2006 Las Vegas Bowl, increased the possible combinations to 512.[179] These uniforms were more technologically advanced than other uniforms, 28% lighter when dry, 34% lighter when wet, and greater durability with reinforcing diamond plating patterns at the joints.[172] The Ducks wore the previously announced white helmets for the first time on October 20, 2007, in Seattle, when they played the Washington Huskies.[180] In 2008, during the Arizona–Oregon game, they wore new, all black uniforms nicknamed "lights out", but instead of the typical metal diamond plated shoulder pads, the new uniforms had a wing pattern.[181][182]

The original "block UO" helmet emblem made a comeback, when it was worn along with a throwback jersey, against Cal in 2009.[183] However, the neo-throwback green jersey with gold letters, with the modern logo instead of the "UO" on the yellow helmet, did appear in the 2009 Civil War.[184]

For the Arizona game in 2008, Oregon unveiled a new uniform design based on the "lights out" design from the previous season featuring the "wings" pattern on the shoulder pads as well as a more simplified uniform design, while retaining the number font style of "Bellotti Bold" and the colors of green, black, white, yellow, grey, gold, and steel.[185] This was the primary uniform design from 2009 through the 2011 regular season.

Another uniform revision was introduced at the 2012 Rose Bowl and carried forward into the 2012 season, with the "wings" moving from the shoulder pads to the helmets as chrome decals, and a broader "feather" detail with iridescent fabric highlights. Five different helmets are incorporated into the uniform kit.[186][187]

On October 19, 2013, Oregon wore special Breast Cancer Awareness uniforms in a game against Washington State.[188] In addition to new bold pink helmets, the Ducks wore pink Nike Vapor Talon Elite cleats, pink Nike Vapor Carbon Elite socks and pink Vapor Jet gloves in combination with their black Nike Pro Combat uniform system.[189] The special edition uniforms were designed to raise awareness and funds for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund as the helmets were auctioned off.

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The Oregon Ducks football program is a college football team for the University of Oregon located in the U S state of Oregon The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the FBS and is a member of the Pac 12 Conference Pac 12 They will join the Big Ten Conference in 2024 3 4 Although now known as the Ducks the team was commonly called the Webfoots until the mid 1960s Oregon Ducks football2023 Oregon Ducks football teamFirst season1894Athletic directorRob Mullens 1 Head coachDan Lanning 2nd season 15 4 789 StadiumAutzen Stadium capacity 54 000 Year built1967Field surfaceFieldTurfLocationEugene OregonNCAA divisionDivision I FBSConferencePac 12DivisionNorthPast conferencesOIFA 1894 1895 Independent 1896 1901 1903 1907 1909 1911 1959 1963 NIAA 1902 1908 1912 1915 PCC 1916 1958 All time record692 508 46 574 Bowl record16 20 444 Playoff appearances1 2014 Playoff record1 1National finalist2 2010 2014 Conference titles14Division titles6RivalriesOregon State rivalry Washington rivalry Northwest ChampionshipHeisman winnersMarcus Mariota 2014Consensus All Americans10Current uniformColorsGreen and yellow 2 Fight songMighty OregonMascotThe DuckMarching bandOregon Marching BandOutfitterNikeWebsiteGoDucks comThe program first fielded a football team in 1894 Oregon plays its home games at the 54 000 seat Autzen Stadium in Eugene Its main rivals are the Oregon State Beavers and the Washington Huskies The Ducks and Beavers historically end each regular season with their rivalry game in late November The program has been one of the most successful programs since the 2010s Oregon football has been known in recent years for its unique uniform style Contents 1 History 1 1 Early history 1894 1950 1 2 Len Casanova era 1951 1966 1 3 Jerry Frei era 1967 1971 1 4 Dick Enright era 1972 1973 1 5 Don Read era 1974 1976 1 6 Rich Brooks era 1977 1994 1 7 Mike Bellotti era 1995 2008 1 8 Chip Kelly era 2009 2012 1 9 Mark Helfrich era 2013 2016 1 10 Willie Taggart era 2017 1 11 Mario Cristobal era 2018 2021 1 12 Dan Lanning era 2022 present 2 Conference affiliations 3 Championships 3 1 Conference championships 3 2 Division championships 4 Individual accomplishments 4 1 Individual National Award Winners 4 2 Individual Conference Award Winners 4 3 Heisman Trophy 4 4 College Football Hall of Fame inductees 4 5 Pro Football Hall of Fame 4 6 First team All Americans 5 Records and results 5 1 Undefeated seasons 5 2 All time bowl record 5 3 Playoffs 6 Rivalries 6 1 Oregon State 6 2 Washington 6 3 Northwest Championship 6 4 Saint Mary s 7 Future opponents 7 1 Rotating conference opponents 7 2 Future non conference opponents 8 Venues and facilities 9 Uniforms 10 Notes 11 References 12 External linksHistory EditSee also List of Oregon Ducks football seasons List of Oregon Ducks bowl games and List of Pac 12 Conference football standings Early history 1894 1950 Edit nbsp The Oregon team of 1894The football program began in 1894 and played its first game on March 24 1894 defeating Albany College 44 3 under head coach Cal Young 5 6 7 Cal Young left after that first game and J A Church took over the coaching position in the fall for the rest of the season Oregon finished the season with two additional losses and a tie but went undefeated the following season winning all four of its games under head coach Percy Benson 7 8 9 In 1899 the football team left the state for the first time playing the California Golden Bears in Berkeley California 5 Oregon s largest margin of victory came in 1910 when they defeated the University of Puget Sound 115 0 10 nbsp The 1916 football teamOregon changed coaches frequently during the early 20th century going through sixteen different head coaches in nineteen seasons 6 11 until Hugo Bezdek who had coached the Webfeet to a 5 0 1 record in 1906 returned to Oregon from the University of Arkansas in 1913 Bezdek Oregon s first truly professional coach led the team from 1913 through 1917 A versatile motivator of athletes during his tenure Bezdek was also the West Coast scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates citation needed In the 1916 season Oregon went undefeated with seven wins and one tie under Bezdek shutting out all but two opponents They opened the season against Willamette University defeating them 97 0 The game against Washington ended in a scoreless tie Oregon used ineligible players in two games and the Pacific Coast Conference title went to Washington 12 13 additional citation s needed but Oregon was given the invitation to the 1917 Rose Bowl then known as the Tournament East West Football Game at Tournament Park due to the cost of a train ticket to Los Angeles being significantly less from Eugene than from Seattle 14 The Oregon football team defeated the heavily favored University of Pennsylvania Quakers 14 0 securing their first Rose Bowl victory 10 In 1918 Bezdek quit Oregon to become general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates citation needed He was succeeded by Shy Huntington one of the heroes of the 1917 Rose Bowl Led by Charles A Huntington and playing at newly constructed Hayward Field which would be their home stadium in Eugene until 1967 the Webfeet again tied Washington for the Pacific Coast Conference title in 1919 winning the tiebreaker based on their 24 13 victory over the Huskies in Seattle Oregon lost the 1920 Rose Bowl to Harvard University 7 6 6 15 This would be the team s last bowl appearance until the 1948 Cotton Bowl 6 15 16 17 In the late 1920s and early 1930s Oregon made the first attempts to establish a nationally prominent football program by luring established Eastern coaches west first John Cap McEwan in 1926 from Army then Clarence Doc Spears from Minnesota in 1930 Both coaches achieved moderate success but neither outlasted his contracted term McEwan resigned amid a contract dispute 18 and Spears hired under a five year contract left Oregon after two seasons to return to the Western Conference at Wisconsin 19 Prince G Prink Callison Oregon native alumnus former player and coach of the freshman team took over from Spears in 1932 Behind standout back Mike Mikulak and a smothering defense 50 points allowed five shutouts Callison led the 1933 Webfeet to a 9 1 mark and Pacific Coast Conference co championship with the only loss to USC This record would stand as the best in school history until 2001 20 After the homegrown Callison retired in 1937 Oregon again hired a working head coach pulling Gerald Tex Oliver from Arizona Oliver coached until World War II when he took a leave of absence to serve as a naval officer Oregon basketball coach John Warren served as interim head football coach in 1942 posting a 2 6 record after which the school shut down the football program for the duration of the war 6 Oliver returned as head coach after the war eventually posting a mediocre 23 28 3 cumulative record His 71 7 loss at Texas in 1941 on the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor stands as the most points allowed by any Oregon team and the second largest margin of defeat Oliver in 1945 is the only coach to see his team lose twice to Oregon State in the same season 21 In October 1946 Oliver abruptly resigned as Oregon s head coach expressing dissatisfaction with the level of support shown by the administration for the football program 22 Oliver was replaced by another working head coach Jim Aiken of Nevada Aiken had immediate success with the team he inherited which like many post war squads was peppered with war veterans including Brad Ecklund Jake Leicht and Norm Van Brocklin and transfers George Bell Woodley Lewis and John McKay 23 Oregon s 1948 team went 9 1 in the regular season and tied with California for the PCC championship the teams did not meet on the field that season and in a secret ballot by the conference presidents Cal was awarded the 1949 Rose Bowl bid 24 In a bid to soothe hurt feelings the conference broke tradition and allowed the Webfeet to play in a post season contest other than the Rose Bowl Oregon s Cotton Bowl game that season a 21 13 loss to SMU with Doak Walker was the team s only bowl appearance between the 1920 and 1958 Rose Bowls Aiken couldn t maintain his success with younger players By his fourth season the Ducks were one of the nation s worst major college teams posting a 1 9 record in 1950 still the lowest winning percentage in school history as of 2011 20 Aiken resigned amid allegations of recruiting and practice violations in early 1951 25 Len Casanova era 1951 1966 Edit Everything that Oregon athletics is today it owes to Len Casanova He has been the pillar the strength and the inspiration for our program for over 50 years Bill Moos 26 nbsp Len Casanova Head Coach 1951 1966Once again Oregon found a working major college coach to take over its program hiring Len Casanova from the University of Pittsburgh after Aiken s resignation 6 27 Casanova gradually rebuilt the program and eventually led the Ducks to a winning record in 1954 The Ducks played in the earliest nationally televised college football game in 1953 against Nebraska in Lincoln winning 20 12 28 In the 1957 season Oregon tied Oregon State for the conference title but earned the Rose Bowl bid because of the conference no repeat rule The Webfeet lost 10 7 to the heavily favored and number one ranked Ohio State University in the 1958 Rose Bowl 27 29 Braven Dyer of the Los Angeles Times who had picked Ohio State to win by a 48 14 score said The score of 10 7 was a complete moral victory for the underdog Ducks from Eugene who had been doped to lose by three touchdowns They lost but at day s end there weren t many fans who were willing to concede that the better team had won Vincent X Flaherty writing in the San Francisco Examiner said Len Casanova undoubtedly performed the greatest coaching feat of the season for the Rose Bowl classic there couldn t have been a bowl team anywhere in America yesterday that dazzled with more spectacular finesse 28 Casanova led the Ducks to two more bowl appearances in the Liberty Bowl 1960 vs Penn State and the Sun Bowl 1963 vs Southern Methodist before becoming the UO s second full time athletic director in January 1967 replacing Leo Harris 5 27 29 Future Pro Football Hall of Fame members Mel Renfro and Dave Wilcox were players under his tutelage Many of his assistant coaches such as George Seifert John McKay and John Robinson went on to have their own successful head coaching careers 29 His career record of 82 73 8 marked the highest number of wins recorded by a head coach at the university at that time 27 The Len Casanova Center Oregon s athletic department headquarters near Autzen Stadium is named in his honor 29 Jerry Frei era 1967 1971 Edit Casanova s move to the administration began a two decade downturn in Oregon s fortunes Longtime offensive line coach Jerry Frei succeeded him as head coach in 1967 when Oregon moved into the new Autzen Stadium 6 29 30 His teams were never selected for a bowl game and never won more than six games in a season Until the 1975 season the Pac 8 and Big Ten had only one bowl team for the Rose Bowl Although his Oregon career ended with a losing record he coached several players who went on to NFL stardom including Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts and All Pro wide receiver Ahmad Rashad known as halfback Bobby Moore as a Duck 31 In 1970 he coached the Ducks to an improbable comeback at UCLA scoring twenty points in the final four minutes to win by a point 41 40 32 However Frei was unable to defeat arch rival Oregon State under Dee Andros in the Civil War game and after the 1971 loss some influential boosters reportedly demanded that Frei make significant changes to his coaching staff 33 On January 18 1972 Frei resigned as head coach citing disagreements with university boosters and athletic director Norv Ritchey 30 31 Following his resignation the student body president at the time as well as others numerous published letters to the editor of The Register Guard voiced their support of Frei 30 Dick Enright era 1972 1973 Edit After an exhaustive search that included interviews with several established head coaches Frei s offensive line coach Dick Enright was elevated to head coach for the 1972 season Enright was the least experienced candidate for the position having been a high school coach until 1970 34 and he struggled to maintain team discipline and consistent play Enright famously tried to make an option quarterback out of Dan Fouts who was not a runner 35 Although his 1972 team did beat Oregon State for the first time in nine seasons Enright s teams only won six games in two seasons After complaining to the media about what he considered sub standard conditions of football facilities 36 he was fired after the 1973 season Don Read era 1974 1976 Edit Enright was replaced by Don Read his quarterback coach 33 Read was unable to field a competitive team in his first job as a major college head coach Oregon s longest losing streak 14 games was set during Read s three year term which also saw the team s worst loss in history 66 0 at Washington in 1974 37 After the Ducks home opener in 1975 a 5 0 loss to San Jose State UO president William Boyd told a reporter he d rather be whipped in a public square than sit through a game like that 38 Read was fired with one year left on his contract after the 1976 season ended His teams had gone 3 18 in conference play were shut out seven times in three seasons and owned just one win over a team with a winning record 17 3 over Colorado State in 1976 6 39 40 In announcing Read s termination Oregon Athletic Director John Caine said it had been a financial decision Read hadn t shown enough progress to generate interest in season ticket sales boosters were not making donations and Read couldn t be sent out recruiting without a contract extension for which there was no support Breaking recent and unsuccessful tradition Caine also said the successor will not come from the current staff There is a need for a different approach than we ve had here for a number of years I m looking for a multi talented individual one with perhaps a different personality and a different background 41 It had become clear that drastic action was needed to correct a suffering program Caine had informed an alumni group that the Oregon football team had lost money the last three seasons Normally it is a university s football program that provides funding for other non revenue sports but at Oregon football was siphoning money from the successful basketball program and cutting into the budgets for wrestling baseball and track 42 Rich Brooks era 1977 1994 Edit Caine could not afford to pay top dollar for a college coach he told reporters he wouldn t top 35 000 annually for his new head coach but that he would sweeten the pot with a 100 000 recruiting budget the second highest in the conference 43 The coaching search took two weeks After being rebuffed by Bill Walsh who took the Stanford job and Jim Mora who withdrew his name from consideration because he considered the job a dead end Caine appointed UCLA assistant coach and Oregon State graduate Rich Brooks as Oregon s 29th head football coach over finalists Monte Kiffin and Ray Greene 44 Brooks got off to a shaky start with four two win seasons in his first six years at Oregon 45 46 47 In 1980 a pay for credit scandal disclosure of an illegal travel fund misuse of phone cards and criminal sexual abuse charges against Oregon football players led Brooks to tender his resignation to President Boyd Boyd refused to accept the resignation 48 better source needed Oregon was placed on probation by the Pac 10 1980 49 and NCAA 1982 50 After several mediocre seasons including 1983 and an infamous scoreless tie with Oregon State known as the Toilet Bowl 51 the Ducks posted an 8 4 season in 1989 going to the Independence Bowl Oregon s first postseason appearance in 26 seasons 52 Brooks would achieve two more bowl games before his final season in 1994 53 The pinnacle of Brooks Oregon career came in his final season when his team became the Pacific 10 Conference Champions with a 9 3 regular season record and a Rose Bowl appearance their conference championship was also their first ever outright conference championship as all the previous ones were shared 53 The defining moment of the season came in a game against the 9th ranked AP Washington Huskies and is widely remembered by Duck fans as The Pick 54 Prior to that game the Ducks had won only three games against the Huskies in 20 seasons including many heartbreakers in the heated rivalry 55 Late in the game with the Ducks nursing a 24 20 lead Washington was in position to score and take the lead when the Huskies quarterback Damon Huard threw an interception to Kenny Wheaton who returned the interception for a 97 yard touchdown sealing the win for the Ducks The Pick is replayed on the big screen at Autzen Stadium before each football game 54 Following the Washington game the Ducks finished the rest of the regular season without a loss but lost to Penn State in the 1995 Rose Bowl 38 20 53 After the 1994 season Rich Brooks announced that he would leave Oregon to become the new head coach of the St Louis Rams 56 Although Brooks had a poorer winning percentage with 91 victories he surpassed Len Casanova to become the winningest coach in school history 57 The field at Autzen Stadium was dedicated as Rich Brooks Field in honor of his tenure and accomplishments 58 Although he left the Ducks with a losing record due to his first seven teams winning a combined 22 games he is credited with reviving Oregon s football program His 91 wins were the most in school history at the time while his 109 losses are still the most in school history Mike Bellotti era 1995 2008 Edit This section may be too long to read and navigate comfortably Please consider splitting content into sub articles condensing it or adding subheadings Please discuss this issue on the article s talk page January 2018 Offensive coordinator Mike Bellotti was elevated into the head coaching position after Rich Brooks vacated the position in 1995 59 During his head coaching career Bellotti elevated the expectations of the Ducks football program Season records that in the past would have been deemed acceptable or even laudable became considered mediocre and disappointing 58 Bellotti was immediately successful leading the team to a 9 3 record his first year and an appearance in the Cotton Bowl Classic 60 In his 14 seasons Bellotti s teams were selected for 12 bowl games and only once 2004 5 6 did the Ducks post a losing record during his tenure 15 Bellotti coached the team to the Pac 10 Championship in the 2000 season shared with Washington and OSU 61 With a Rose Bowl bid on the line the Ducks lost the 2000 Civil War at Corvallis dropping the Ducks to the Holiday Bowl 62 The Ducks defeated Texas 35 30 in the Holiday for the first 10 win season in program history 63 nbsp Oregon vs Colorado in the 2002 Fiesta BowlIn the 2001 season senior quarterback Joey Harrington a Heisman Trophy finalist 64 65 led the Ducks to its first 11 win season in program history and an outright Pac 10 championship 66 67 The season was riddled with close games 6 of which ended with a spread of one score or less coining the nickname Captain Comeback for Harrington 68 69 The only loss of the season came at home to the Stanford Cardinal 69 The Ducks ended the 2001 regular season ranked No 2 in both the AP and Coaches polls but the BCS computer formula ranked Oregon No 4 behind No 2 Nebraska which had lost to Colorado in its final regular season game and No 3 Colorado this kept Oregon out of the national championship game 70 The discrepancy caused the BCS committee to alter the ranking system for subsequent years to a formula which if applied in 2001 would have placed Oregon in the national championship game 71 The 2001 Ducks instead played at the Fiesta Bowl against Colorado Oregon s run defense stifled Colorado s running game holding them to just 49 yards on 31 carries Harrington passed for 350 yards and led the Ducks to a 38 16 win 72 Oregon settled for a final 2nd place ranking in both the AP and Coaches polls 73 After the 2001 season offensive coordinator Jeff Tedford left for the head coaching job at California 74 replaced by Andy Ludwig The 2003 season was highlighted by a big win against the 5th ranked Michigan Wolverines ruining Michigan s aspirations of a big season during a trip to a west coast game for the third time in four years 75 Ludwig resigned as offensive coordinator after a dismal 2004 campaign the only losing season 5 6 for a Mike Bellotti coached Oregon team 76 Recently fired BYU head coach Gary Crowton took the offensive reins 77 the 2005 season saw a dramatic improvement from 2004 going 10 1 in the regular season with the only loss to top ranked USC 78 79 In the eighth game of the season against the Arizona Wildcats the senior starting quarterback for the Ducks Kellen Clemens suffered a spiral fracture in his ankle ending his season and his collegiate career 80 Despite losing Clemens the Ducks won the game as well as the rest of their regular season games but lost the Holiday Bowl to the Oklahoma Sooners 78 In 2006 the team started off well winning four games to open the season 78 including a controversial victory against then ranked No 11 Oklahoma 81 But the Oklahoma victory proved to be the high point of the 2006 season the team eventually fell apart going 3 5 for the remainder of the regular season and were pounded by BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl losing 8 38 in a dismal performance 82 Gary Crowton left Oregon for the offensive coordinator position at Louisiana State University after the 2006 season 83 Chip Kelly was hired to replace him in February 2007 84 Kelly s impact was felt immediately with the 2007 Ducks going 8 1 behind QB Dennis Dixon and ranked as high as No 2 before being decimated by injuries at quarterback Finishing the regular season with three straight losses the Ducks were relegated to the Sun Bowl where they defeated South Florida 56 21 85 Geoff Schwartz started from 2005 to 2007 at right tackle as part of an offense that led the conference in rushing for the first time since 1955 in 2006 and then again in 2007 and was a second team 2007 All Pac 10 selection 86 The 2008 season saw the emergence of quarterback Jeremiah Masoli as the leader of Chip Kelly s spread offense Masoli a transfer from City College of San Francisco stepped in against Washington in the season opener when starter Justin Roper was injured and led the Ducks to a 44 10 victory 87 Despite injuries Masoli cemented himself as the starter by mid season In the 2008 Civil War the Ducks defeated the Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis 65 38 knocking the Beavers out of the Rose Bowl 88 The Ducks went to the Holiday Bowl 89 In a clash of two teams with high powered offenses Oregon beat the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the 2008 Holiday Bowl and finished the season ranked in the top 10 90 91 In March 2009 Bellotti announced his resignation Kelly would take over as the head coach and Bellotti was named athletic director replacing Pat Kilkenny 92 Bellotti left the program as the winningest coach in Oregon history with 116 wins and a 67 8 winning percentage 15 Chip Kelly era 2009 2012 Edit This section may be too long to read and navigate comfortably Please consider splitting content into sub articles condensing it or adding subheadings Please discuss this issue on the article s talk page January 2018 In his first season as the head coach of the Ducks Chip Kelly stumbled out of the gate losing to Boise State by 11 points in a game ending in controversy with Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount punching Boise State linebacker Byron Hout on national television after Hout was seen heckling Blount 93 The Ducks showed only minor improvements with close wins against the Purdue Boilermakers and the Utah Utes 94 It wasn t until the start of the Pac 10 season that the Ducks began to display their potential by dismantling the highly ranked California Golden Bears 42 3 95 The 2009 Ducks only lost one more game to the Stanford Cardinal in the regular season to win the Pac 10 title by two games Oregon went to the 2010 Rose Bowl where they lost 26 17 to the Ohio State Buckeyes 78 During the offseason the team was mired in controversy Starting running back LaMichael James was involved in a domestic dispute in which he pleaded guilty to physical harassment of a former girlfriend and was suspended for the first game of 2010 season 96 Starting quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was suspended for the entire 2010 football season over thefts from a local fraternity house 97 On June 7 Masoli was cited for marijuana possession driving with a suspended license and failing to stop when entering a roadway In response coach Chip Kelly removed him from the team 98 nbsp Oregon vs Auburn in the 2011 BCS National Championship GameDespite the loss of Masoli the Ducks dominated their opponents in the 2010 season On October 17 the team moved up to the No 1 ranking in both the AP and USA Today Coaches Poll for the first time in school history 99 This occurred after the No 1 ranked teams Ohio State Buckeyes and Alabama Crimson Tide lost in consecutive weeks The Ducks finished the regular season with a 12 0 record winning the conference at 9 0 they were the only team in Pac 10 history to defeat every other conference team in a nine conference game season 100 Ranked No 2 in the BCS rankings the Ducks played Auburn in the 2011 BCS National Championship Game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale Arizona losing on an Auburn field goal as time expired 22 19 101 Despite his opening game suspension Oregon RB LaMichael James won the 2010 Doak Walker Award as the nation s outstanding college running back 102 James was also Oregon s first unanimous All American football player appearing on all five all America teams recognized by the NCAA 103 Oregon won its third straight conference championship in 2011 winning the new Pac 12 North Division and defeating UCLA in the inaugural Pac 12 Conference Championship Game 104 The Ducks became the first Pac 12 team other than USC to win three consecutive titles outright since the conference was formed in 1959 105 LaMichael James became the first player in conference history with three 1 500 yard rushing seasons and ranks second on the Pac 12 s career rushing list James was a finalist for the 2011 Doak Walker Award and was named a finalist for the 2011 Paul Hornung Award Punter Jackson Rice was a finalist for the Ray Guy Award 106 On January 2 2012 the Oregon Ducks won the Rose Bowl defeating the Wisconsin Badgers 45 38 for the title 107 The Ducks continued their streak of national relevance into the 2012 season reaching the No 1 ranking in the AP poll for only the second time in team history on November 12 108 But a loss at home to Stanford ended Oregon s string of conference championships 109 The team was selected to play in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl against Kansas State which Oregon won 35 17 110 making Oregon only the fourth team in history to play in four consecutive BCS bowl games 111 Running back Kenjon Barner was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award and was named Oregon s fifth consensus All American 112 Immediately following the end of the 2012 season Kelly interviewed for head coaching vacancies with the Cleveland Browns Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles Kelly initially declined the offers but a few weeks later agreed to terms with the Eagles 113 Mark Helfrich era 2013 2016 Edit This section may be too long to read and navigate comfortably Please consider splitting content into sub articles condensing it or adding subheadings Please discuss this issue on the article s talk page January 2018 A few days after Kelly s resignation offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich was hired to become the Ducks 32nd head coach 114 On June 26 2013 the football program was penalized with 3 years of probation and a reduction of scholarships by the NCAA but no bowl bans This decision was made after an investigation into the school s use of football recruiting services under former head coach Chip Kelly 115 In 2013 Helfrich s first season as head coach the Ducks were bound for the national championship after early season domination and QB Marcus Mariota was a front runner for the Heisman citation needed The Ducks then lost two games in the span of 3 weeks to Arizona and Stanford The regular season was capped off with a 36 35 win in the game against the Oregon State Beavers Oregon went on to beat Texas in the Valero Alamo Bowl 30 7 116 Helfrich led the 2014 Ducks to a 12 1 8 1 regular season record winning his first Pac 12 Conference Championship as a head coach The record season included wins over reigning Big Ten Conference and Rose Bowl champion Michigan State and rivals Washington and Oregon State The Ducks sole loss came in a Thursday night home game against Arizona Oregon rebounded with eight consecutive wins including a dominant win in a rematch against the Wildcats in the Pac 12 Football Championship Game 117 Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota was voted the school s second unanimous All American 118 and first Heisman Trophy winner receiving the second highest point percentage in the award s history 119 Mariota was also named the school s first winner of the Maxwell Davey O Brien and Walter Camp awards After finishing No 2 in the final College Football Playoff rankings in 2014 120 Oregon qualified to face undefeated defending national champions Florida State in the Rose Bowl designated a semi final game for the College Football Playoff The Ducks defeated the Seminoles 59 20 121 With the win the Ducks advanced to the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship Game to face the No 4 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes who defeated No 1 ranked Alabama in the Sugar Bowl the other College Football Playoff semi final game The Ducks lost in the CFP National Championship game 42 20 against the Buckeyes Oregon finished the 2014 season with an overall record of 13 2 and a No 2 ranking in the final Associated Press football poll 122 Oregon was ranked in the top 10 in both major pre season football polls for 2015 123 Following the departure of Marcus Mariota to the NFL Oregon found itself without a proven option at quarterback Vernon Adams a highly regarded player for three years at FCS Eastern Washington moved to Oregon for his final season of eligibility as a graduate transfer 124 Adams was injured in his first game as a Duck ironically against his old team Eastern Washington 125 and either sat out of or played ineffectively in the next five games of 2015 as Oregon opened 3 3 Once Adams returned to full health the team went on a run through conference play winning the last six games of the regular season to finish 9 3 earning a bid in the 2016 Alamo Bowl against Texas Christian In the Alamo Bowl Oregon raced to a 31 0 lead in the first half but Adams exited the game after an injury TCU made one of the greatest comebacks in bowl game history in the second half eventually tying the game and winning the game in the third overtime period 47 41 126 Oregon was ranked No 19 AP No 20 Coaches in the polls following the 2015 season The 2015 Oregon football season was marred by defensive ineptitude Opponents tallied 37 5 points per game the worst total in program history 127 despite the presence of All American defensive end DeForrest Buckner who was drafted with the No 7 overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers 128 Following the season Don Pellum took the fall for the poor performance on defense and returned to position coaching and Helfrich hired Brady Hoke an experienced college head coach as defensive coordinator on January 16 2016 129 Helfrich promoted receiver coach Matt Lubick to offensive coordinator prior to the Alamo Bowl replacing the departed Scott Frost 130 2016 was Mark Helfrich s last as head coach Oregon posted a 4 8 record capped with losing to rival Oregon State in the season finale OSU beat the Ducks 34 24 ending Oregon s eight game win streak versus their in state rival 131 Other defeats came versus the University of Washington a 70 21 loss 132 a 51 33 loss to Washington State University 133 and a 45 20 loss to the USC Trojans 134 The 4 wins was the lowest total in the program since 1991 135 Helfrich was terminated as head coach November 29 2016 136 Willie Taggart era 2017 Edit Following Helfrich s dismissal South Florida head coach Willie Taggart was named 33rd head coach of the Oregon Ducks on December 7 2016 137 On January 17 2017 Oregon suspended strength and conditioning coach Irele Oderinde for one month after 3 players were hospitalized during off season workouts 138 On January 23 2017 ESPN reported that co offensive coordinator and tight ends coach David Reaves would be fired less than one week after officially being hired following a DUI arrest 139 On December 5 2017 Taggart departed after a single season as head coach when he accepted the head coaching position at Florida State 140 The team finished the season 7 5 losing to Boise State in the Las Vegas Bowl Mario Cristobal era 2018 2021 Edit This section may be too long to read and navigate comfortably Please consider splitting content into sub articles condensing it or adding subheadings Please discuss this issue on the article s talk page April 2020 On December 8 2017 Mario Cristobal was named the permanent head coach of the Oregon Ducks 141 On February 20 2018 it was reported Cristobal made his first staffing decision with the hiring of offensive line coach Alex Mirabal who will be Oregon s 10th and final full time assistant coach 142 Prior to the 2018 season Oregon had scheduled Texas A amp M for a home and home series for both 2018 and 2019 seasons but the Aggies backed out of the commitment Oregon opened the season led by Junior quarterback Justin Herbert a darkhorse Heisman Trophy candidate and the Ducks won their first three games The Ducks defeated Bowling Green 58 24 Portland State 62 14 and San Jose State 35 22 On September 18 2018 Oregon was ranked 20th in the AP Top 25 and 19th in the Coaches Poll Oregon s was defeated by then 7th ranked Stanford at Autzen on September 22 2018 Three weeks later they defeated then number 7 Washington 30 27 in overtime They finished the regular season at 8 4 and defeated the Michigan State Spartans 7 6 in the Redbox Bowl finishing the 2018 season at 9 4 The 2019 season began with Oregon and Auburn University facing off in the Advocare Classic a rematch of the 2011 BCS National Championship Game Oregon led for much of the game but was unable to hold off a late Auburn rally losing 27 21 The Ducks bounced back from the disappointing start winning nine consecutive games and rising to number 6 in national polls before losing on the road to Arizona State 31 28 Oregon closed its regular season with a victory over rival Oregon State and won the Pac 12 North division for the first time in five seasons In the Pac 12 Championship Game they defeated the favored Utah Utes 37 15 The win earned them a trip to the 2020 Rose Bowl Game where they defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 28 27 Oregon finished the season ranked fifth in the AP and Coaches Polls for their best finish since the 2014 season In the 2020 season the Ducks and college football at large were impacted by the COVID 19 pandemic Oregon ultimately played a shortened conference only season going 3 2 but earning a spot in the Pac 12 Championship Game due to tie breakers and forfeits The Ducks again upset the favored South division champions this time the USC Trojans and won the conference championship 31 24 The Ducks were selected to play in the Fiesta Bowl but fell to Iowa State 34 17 In 2021 the first full season since the pandemic started the Ducks started the season 4 0 and rising to number 3 in national polls with a win over then number 3 Ohio State before losing to Stanford 31 24 Oregon won the Pac 12 North Division but lost in the Pac 12 Championship Game against Utah Their 10 3 record earned them a game against Oklahoma in the 2021 Valero Alamo Bowl where they lost 32 47 Oregon finished the 2021 season 10 4 On December 6 2021 Cristobal announced to the team that he would leave the program in order to become the head coach at the University of Miami eventually finishing his tenure 143 Offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead also left to be the head coach at Akron 144 Dan Lanning era 2022 present Edit On December 11 2021 Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning was named the 35th head coach at the University of Oregon replacing Mario Cristobal after his departure to become the head coach at the University of Miami 145 146 Despite no prior head coaching experience Lanning arrived in Eugene with a reputation as a great defensive coach who had mentored many great players during his time at Georgia 147 The Ducks would finish their first season under Lanning as head coach with a 10 3 record winning the 2022 Holiday Bowl against North Carolina 28 27 Conference affiliations EditOregon has been a member of the following conferences Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association 1894 1895 Independent 1896 1901 1903 1907 1909 1911 1959 1963 Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1902 1908 1912 1915 Pacific Coast Conference 1916 1958 Pac 12 Conference 1964 2023 Big Ten Conference beginning August 2 2024 4 Championships EditConference championships Edit Dating back to their second season of existence Oregon has claimed at least a share of 14 conference titles 148 149 Season Conference Coach Conference Record Overall Record1895 Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association Percy Benson 4 0 4 01919 Pacific Coast Conference Shy Huntington 2 1 5 1 31933 Prink Callison 4 1 9 11948 Jim Aiken 7 0 9 21957 Len Casanova 6 2 7 41994 Pacific 10 Conference Rich Brooks 7 1 9 42000 Mike Bellotti 7 1 10 22001 7 1 11 12009 Chip Kelly 8 1 10 32010 9 0 12 12011 Pac 12 Conference 8 1 12 22014 Mark Helfrich 8 1 13 22019 Mario Cristobal 8 1 12 22020 3 2 4 3 Co championship Division championships Edit In 2011 the Pacific 10 Conference expansion brought the membership total to 12 teams leading to the creation of the Pac 12 Conference and a Conference Championship Game The champions of each division faced off in the Conference Championship Game until 2021 due to the conference announcing they would eliminate divisions starting with the 2022 season albeit the Conference Championship Game will be kept In 2020 the Ducks qualified for the 2020 Pac 12 Championship Game despite finishing in second place in the North Division this was due to the original participants the Washington Huskies not being able to participate due to not having enough scholarship players to participate Season Division Coach Conf Record Overall Record Opponent CG Result2011 Pac 12 North Chip Kelly 8 1 12 2 UCLA W 49 312012 8 1 12 1 N A lost tiebreaker to Stanford2013 Mark Helfrich 7 2 11 2 N A lost tiebreaker to Stanford2014 8 1 13 2 Arizona W 51 132019 Mario Cristobal 8 1 12 2 Utah W 37 152020 3 2 4 3 USC W 31 242021 7 2 10 3 Utah L 10 38 Co championship Washington was replaced in the 2020 conference championship game by runner up Oregon due to insufficient student athletes during the COVID 19 pandemicIndividual accomplishments EditIndividual National Award Winners Edit CoachesPaul Bear Bryant AwardRich Brooks 1994 Home Depot Coach of the YearRich Brooks 1994 Eddie Robinson Coach of the YearRich Brooks 1994 Chip Kelly 2010 Sporting News Coach of the YearRich Brooks 1994 Chip Kelly 2010 AFCA Coach of the YearChip Kelly 2010 Walter Camp Coach of the YearChip Kelly 2010 AP Coach of the YearChip Kelly 2010 Players Doak Walker AwardLaMichael James 2010 Jim Brown AwardLaMichael James 2010 Heisman TrophyMarcus Mariota 2014 Manning AwardMarcus Mariota 2014 Maxwell AwardMarcus Mariota 2014 Walter Camp AwardMarcus Mariota 2014 Davey O Brien AwardMarcus Mariota 2014 AP College Football Player of the Year AwardMarcus Mariota 2014 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardMarcus Mariota 2014 Chic Harley AwardMarcus Mariota 2014 Polynesian College Football Player Of The Year AwardMarcus Mariota 2014 Penei Sewell 2019 Co WinnerESPY Award Best Male College AthleteMarcus Mariota 2015 Lombardi AwardUgo Amadi 2018 William V Campbell TrophyJustin Herbert 2019 Outland TrophyPenei Sewell 2019 Orange Bowl Courage AwardCam McCormick 2022 Individual Conference Award Winners Edit Pac 12 Offensive Player of the YearAkili Smith 1998 Joey Harrington 2001 Dennis Dixon 2007 Marcus Mariota 2014 Pac 12 Defensive Player of the YearHaloti Ngata 2005 DeForest Buckner 2015 Pac 12 Freshman Player of the YearJairus Byrd 2006 LaMichael James 2009 De Anthony Thomas 2011 Marcus Mariota 2012 Royce Freeman 2014 Kayvon Thibodeaux 2019 Pac 12 Coach of the YearRich Brooks 1979 1994 Chip Kelly 2009 2010 Pop Warner TrophyGeorge Shaw 1954 Morris TrophyVince Goldsmith 1980 Gary Zimmerman 1983 Adam Snyder 2004 Haloti Ngata 2005 Nick Reed 2008 DeForest Buckner 2015 Tyrell Crosby 2017 Penei Sewell 2019 Kayvon Thibodeaux 2020 Shared Award Heisman Trophy Edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Marcus Mariota became the first player in the history of the University of Oregon to be awarded the Heisman Trophy receiving 90 92 of possible points the second highest total in the history of the trophy 150 Mariota earned the award without a media campaign having declined an offer from the University of Oregon during the summer prior to the 2014 season 151 This is in contrast to the media campaigns orchestrated by the University of Oregon in the past for potential Heisman contenders for example during the 2001 season a 250 000 billboard in Time s Square promoting Joey Harrington as Joey Heisman 152 Mariota s Heisman winning season was marked by breaking every career and single season record at Oregon for total offense total scoring and passing and winning the program s 12th Pac 12 Championship Six other players from the University of Oregon have received Heisman votes with LaMichael James being the only Duck to receive votes in multiple years 2010 2011 The highest non first place finish in the Heisman balloting also came from LaMichael James who in 2010 came in third behind Cam Newton 1st and fellow Pac 12 player Andrew Luck 2nd Year Name Position Points Place1948 Norm Van Brocklin QB 83 6th1954 George Shaw QB 182 7th2001 Joey Harrington QB 364 4th2007 Dennis Dixon QB 178 5th2010 LaMichael James RB 916 3rd2011 LaMichael James RB 48 10th2012 Kenjon Barner RB 42 9th2014 Marcus Mariota QB 2 534 1stCollege Football Hall of Fame inductees Edit The Ducks have had five players and three coaches inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame 153 Inducted Player POS Seasons1954 Hugo Bezdek Coach 1906 1913 19171966 Norm Van Brocklin QB 1945 19491969 Johnny Kitzmiller HB 1928 1930John Beckett OL 1913 19161977 Len Casanova Coach 1951 19661986 Mel Renfro HB 1961 19631988 John McKay HB 1947 19492007 Ahmad Rashad RB 1969 19712014 Mike Bellotti Coach 1995 2008 McKay played halfback at Oregon from 1947 to 1949 and coached as an assistant from 1950 to 1958 He was inducted into the CFHoF in recognition of his success as the head coach of the USC Trojans whom he coached from 1960 to 1975 winning four national championships and nine conference championships in 16 seasons Pro Football Hall of Fame Edit Six former Oregon football players have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame 154 Year Inducted Player POS Seasons at Oregon NFL Team s Years with NFL Team s 1971 Norm Van Brocklin QB 1945 1949 Los Angeles Rams 1949 1957Philadelphia Eagles 1958 19601978 Alphonse Leemans RB 1932 New York Giants 1936 19431993 Dan Fouts QB 1970 1972 San Diego Chargers 1973 19871996 Mel Renfro S 1961 1963 Dallas Cowboys 1964 19772000 Dave Wilcox LB 1962 1963 San Francisco 49ers 1964 19742008 Gary Zimmerman OL 1980 1983 Minnesota Vikings 1986 1992Denver Broncos 1993 1997First team All Americans Edit Main article List of Oregon Ducks football All Americans Every year several publications release lists of their ideal team The athletes on these lists are referred to as All Americans The NCAA recognizes five All American lists They are the Associated Press AP American Football Coaches Association AFCA Football Writers Association of America FWAA Sporting News SN and the Walter Camp Football Foundation WCFF As of 2020 Oregon has had 29 players honored 34 times as first team All Americans 8 Consensus 155 in its history including five players honored in different seasons During the 2019 season left offensive tackle Penei Sewell became Oregon s 8th Consensus All American Records and results EditUndefeated seasons Edit Year Coach Regular Season Record Final Record1895 Percy Benson 4 0 4 01906 Hugo Bezdek 5 0 1 5 0 11916 Hugo Bezdek 6 0 1 7 0 1All time bowl record Edit Main article List of Oregon Ducks bowl games This is a partial list of the five most recent bowl games that Oregon has competed in For the full Oregon bowl game history see List of Oregon Ducks bowl gamesFrom the 2004 Holiday Bowl through the January 2016 Alamo Bowl Oregon had played in 11 consecutive bowl games its longest streak The Ducks failed to make a bowl game at the end of the 2016 season snapping the streak From the 1989 Independence Bowl through the January 2016 Alamo Bowl Oregon had played in bowl games for 23 of 27 seasons missing only the 1991 1993 1996 and 2004 seasons Oregon played in five BCS bowl games including four consecutive BCS bowl games from 2009 to 2012 tied for first in consecutive BCS appearances in the BCS era Oregon s last 10 bowl gamesSeason Date Bowl Opponent Result2013 December 30 2013 Alamo Bowl Texas W 30 72014 January 1 2015 Rose Bowl Florida State W 59 202014 January 12 2015 CFP National Championship Ohio State L 20 422015 January 2 2016 Alamo Bowl TCU L 41 473OT2017 December 17 2017 Las Vegas Bowl Boise State L 28 382018 December 31 2018 Redbox Bowl Michigan State W 7 62019 January 1 2020 Rose Bowl Wisconsin W 28 272020 January 2 2021 Fiesta Bowl Iowa State L 17 342021 December 29 2021 Alamo Bowl Oklahoma L 32 472022 December 28 2022 Holiday Bowl North Carolina W 28 27Playoffs Edit Oregon was selected as the second seed in the inaugural College Football Playoff following the 2014 season and defeated the defending national champions third seed Florida State in the 2015 Rose Bowl In the CFP national championship game they fell to fourth seeded Ohio State finishing number two in the country Year Seed Opponent Round Result2014 2 No 3 Florida State Semi Finals Rose Bowl W 59 20No 4 Ohio State Finals CFP National Championship Game L 20 42Rivalries EditOregon State Edit Main article Oregon Oregon State football rivalry The rivalry game with Oregon State was originally called the Oregon Classic or the State Championship Game From 1929 to 2020 it was known as the Civil War It is the 7th oldest rivalry in Division I FBS football citation needed The Ducks had an 8 game win streak in the series to tie for the longest streak in the history of the rivalry until losing in 2016 citation needed The winner was awarded the Platypus Trophy from 1959 to 1961 156 Washington Edit Main article Oregon Washington football rivalry The series started in 1900 and has incited particularly poor behavior from fans of both teams 157 Although Washington historically dominated the series Oregon has turned the tables since 1994 winning 18 of 24 From 2004 to 2015 Oregon won 12 match ups in a row by an average of 24 points the longest streak in the rivalry by either team However that streak was broken in 2016 Northwest Championship Edit Main article Northwest Championship Oregon wins the so called Northwest Championship by sweeping Washington Washington State and Oregon State The four Pacific Northwest rivals began playing in a round robin format in the 1903 season Saint Mary s Edit Main article Governors Trophy Game Oregon and Saint Mary s College competed in an annual Thanksgiving Day classic between 1929 1935 played at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco s Golden Gate Park 158 The victors were awarded The Governors Perpetual Trophy jointly by the governors of the states of California and Oregon 159 The Gaels hold a 7 3 lead in the series and final possession of the trophy The rivalry is unlikely to be contested again as Saint Mary s discontinued football in 1951 due to the national emergency resulting from the Korean War 160 Future opponents EditRotating conference opponents Edit Prior to the program s move to the Big Ten Conference Oregon played each of the other 5 schools in the North Division of the Pac 12 annually and 4 of the 6 schools from the South Division Each season Oregon missed two schools from the South Division either UCLA or USC and one of the four Arizona or Mountain schools This cycle repeated after eight seasons 161 On October 5 2023 Oregon s Big Ten opponents from 2024 through 2028 were revealed with their rivalry game against Washington being a protected annual game 162 163 Future Oregon Ducks Football Schedule 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028vs Illinois vs Indiana vs Michigan vs Iowa vs Illinoisvs Maryland vs Minnesota vs Nebraska vs Ohio State vs Michigan Statevs Michigan State vs USC vs Northwestern vs Penn State vs Rutgersvs Ohio State vs Wisconsin vs UCLA vs Purdue vs USCvs Washington at Iowa vs Washington at Maryland vs Washingtonat Michigan at Northwestern at Illinois at Michigan State at Indianaat Purdue at Penn State at Michigan State at Nebraska at Minnesotaat UCLA at Rutgers at Ohio State at UCLA at Penn Stateat Wisconsin at Washington at USC at Washington at WisconsinFuture non conference opponents Edit Announced schedules as of October 6 2023 164 Future Oregon Ducks Football Schedule Season Date Opponent Site2024 August 24 at Hawai i G5 MW Clarence T C Ching Athletics Complex Honolulu HawaiiAugust 31 vs Idaho FCS Big Sky Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonSeptember 9 vs Texas Tech P5 Big 12 Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonSeptember 14 vs Boise State G5 MW Autzen Stadium Eugene Oregon2025 August 30 vs Montana State FCS Big Sky Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonSeptember 6 vs Oklahoma State P5 Big 12 Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonSeptember 13 at Boise State G5 MW Albertsons Stadium Boise IdahoTBD TBD TBD TBD2026 September 5 vs Boise State G5 MW Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonSeptember 12 at Oklahoma State P5 Big 12 Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater OklahomaSeptember 19 vs Portland State FCS Big Sky Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonTBD TBD TBD TBD2027 September 4 vs Eastern Washington FCS Big Sky Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonSeptember 11 at Baylor P5 Big 12 McLane Stadium Waco TexasSeptember 18 vs Utah State G5 MW Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonTBD TBD TBD TBD2028 September 2 vs North Dakota State FCS MVC Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonSeptember 9 vs Baylor P5 Big 12 Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonSeptember 16 at Utah State G5 MW Maverik Stadium Logan UtahTBD TBD TBD TBD2029 September 1 vs Portland State FCS Big Sky Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonSeptember 8 TBD TBD TBDSeptember 15 vs Utah State G5 MW Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonTBD TBD TBD TBD2030 September 7 TBD Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonTBD TBD TBD TBDTBD TBD TBD TBDTBD TBD TBD TBD2031 September 13 vs Hawai i G5 MW Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonTBD TBD TBD TBDTBD TBD TBD TBDTBD TBD TBD TBD2032 September 11 TBD Autzen Stadium Eugene OregonTBD TBD TBD TBDTBD TBD TBD TBDTBD TBD TBD TBD2033 September 10 TBD TBD TBDTBD TBD TBD TBDTBD TBD TBD TBDTBD TBD TBD TBDVenues and facilities EditMain article Oregon Ducks football venues nbsp Autzen StadiumOregon has used six sites as home fields for its football team Athletics Field 1894 Stewart s Field 1894 Kincaid Field 1895 1918 Multnomah Stadium 1907 1970 Hayward Field 1919 1966 Autzen Stadium 1967 present Autzen Stadium the home of Oregon s football team since 1967 was named in honor of Thomas J Autzen a Portland businessman and ironically a graduate of rival Oregon State University After his death the Autzen Foundation managed by son and Oregon alum Thomas E Autzen gave the university 250 000 towards construction of the facility completed in 1967 165 Although listed capacity has been 54 000 since a 2002 expansion standing room around the rim of the stadium allows the capacity to swell to more than 60 000 and crowds of 59 000 or more have been the norm in most years It is notorious for being one of the loudest and most intimidating venues in college football On October 27 2007 in a game against USC the crowd of 59 277 was able to reach a noise level of 127 2 decibels the 4th loudest ever recorded at a college football game 166 Moshofsky Sports Center named in honor of former University of Oregon football letterman 1940 42 and long time university supporter Ed Moshofsky was dedicated in August 1998 the first indoor practice and training facility in the Pacific 10 Conference Located south of the Casanova Athletic Center the Moshofsky Center accommodates the majority of the university s intercollegiate athletic programs The 14 6 million facility includes an enclosed full length artificial surface football field and 120 meter four lane synthetic surface running track and an automated system in place to lower a batting cage for use by the softball team as well as protective netting that transforms the facility for use by the men s and women s golf teams 167 A combination of indirect lighting and two parallel skylight panels contribute to an energy efficient system which allows the flexibility to alter lighting conditions 168 A new Football Operations Center adjacent to Autzen Stadium the Hatfield Dowlin Complex was completed in 2013 169 Featured in the expansion which wraps around the north and west sides of the Casanova Center is a new 25 000 square foot weight room an enhanced grass football practice field as well as the addition of two new synthetic turf practice fields and a full service dining facility available to all University athletes students and staff The six story facility incorporates a centralized football headquarters upstairs incorporating nine dedicated football position meeting rooms two team video theaters offense and defense strategy rooms as well as a larger conference suite for the coaching staff Additional amenities include a players lounge a recruiting center to host prospective student athletes dedicated areas to accommodate professional scouts a media interview room as well as an advanced video editing and distribution center A new outdoor courtyard and plaza to the west of the Casanova Center is designed in the center of the complex uniting the expansion with the existing Cas Center and Moshofsky Center The design and construction cost of the 68 million facility was donated by Nike founder and chairman Phil Knight Uniforms EditThe University of Oregon football team has been known in recent years for its unique uniform style consisting of multiple color combinations of helmets uniforms both shirts and pants socks and shoes resulting in a new uniform setup every week not counting in season changes to uniform designs The changes have been often well liked and praised by football recruits 170 171 New uniform schemes are coordinated by Oregon alumnus Tinker Hatfield an executive at Nike Nike has had the outfitting rights for the Ducks since 1995 172 nbsp The uniforms designed in 2013 to honor the United States Armed Forces For several decades in the 20th century Oregon s uniforms were traditional generally featuring a yellow helmet with the original interlocking UO emblem and yellow pants joined with a green home jersey with gold letters or white road jersey with green letters and UCLA style shoulder loops During the Jerry Frei era 1967 1971 the helmets were solid green with subtle logo variations In 1972 new head coach Dick Enright returned the yellow helmet with Green Bay Packer style green and white striping and no logos a helmet style that continued until 1977 when new head coach Rich Brooks added the green block style interlocking UO emblem In 1985 the team added the Oregon Donald Duck logo to the jersey sleeves Mike Bellotti made subtle changes in the livery removing the striping from the helmet jersey and pants and adding a green variation of the pants 173 The Oregon uniform underwent a radical change for the 1999 season where new Nike designed gear featuring a redesigned O emblem with solid green helmets and jerseys with lightning yellow letters were revealed 174 This began a period of unusually non uniform standards for a typical college football team Since 1999 Oregon has completely revised its uniform appearance roughly every three seasons 175 The frequent uniform changes and their typically flashy uniform have provoked some controversy Fans of a more traditional approach to college football tend to ridicule each new uniform as it is released 176 while younger fans and players in particular potential Oregon athletes react more favorably to the flashy nature of the livery 177 The football team used nine different football combinations in the 2005 season but introduced even more combinations in the 2006 season 178 The new uniforms in 2006 provided 384 possible different combinations of jerseys pants helmets socks and shoes A metallic yellow colored helmet with silver flames which debuted in the 2006 Las Vegas Bowl increased the possible combinations to 512 179 These uniforms were more technologically advanced than other uniforms 28 lighter when dry 34 lighter when wet and greater durability with reinforcing diamond plating patterns at the joints 172 The Ducks wore the previously announced white helmets for the first time on October 20 2007 in Seattle when they played the Washington Huskies 180 In 2008 during the Arizona Oregon game they wore new all black uniforms nicknamed lights out but instead of the typical metal diamond plated shoulder pads the new uniforms had a wing pattern 181 182 The original block UO helmet emblem made a comeback when it was worn along with a throwback jersey against Cal in 2009 183 However the neo throwback green jersey with gold letters with the modern logo instead of the UO on the yellow helmet did appear in the 2009 Civil War 184 For the Arizona game in 2008 Oregon unveiled a new uniform design based on the lights out design from the previous season featuring the wings pattern on the shoulder pads as well as a more simplified uniform design while retaining the number font style of Bellotti Bold and the colors of green black white yellow grey gold and steel 185 This was the primary uniform design from 2009 through the 2011 regular season Another uniform revision was introduced at the 2012 Rose Bowl and carried forward into the 2012 season with the wings moving from the shoulder pads to the helmets as chrome decals and a broader feather detail with iridescent fabric highlights Five different helmets are incorporated into the uniform kit 186 187 On October 19 2013 Oregon wore special Breast Cancer Awareness uniforms in a game against Washington State 188 In addition to new bold pink helmets the Ducks wore pink Nike Vapor Talon Elite cleats pink Nike Vapor Carbon Elite socks and pink Vapor Jet gloves in combination with their black Nike Pro Combat uniform system 189 The special edition uniforms were designed to raise awareness and funds for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund as the helmets were auctioned off Notes EditReferences Edit https goducks com staff directory rob mullens 3 Web Colors University of Oregon Brand and Style Guide Retrieved December 10 2019 Ducks departure from Pac 12 has some Oregon lawmakers ready to act opb Retrieved 2023 08 13 a b Big 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