Oregon Ducks football

Oregon Ducks football
2015 Oregon Ducks football team
First season 1894 (1894)
Athletic director Rob Mullens
Head coach Mark Helfrich
3rd year, 33–8 (.805)
Other staff Matt Lubick (OC)
Brady Hoke (DC)
Stadium Autzen Stadium
Year built 1967
Seating capacity 54,000
Field surface FieldTurf
Location Eugene, Oregon
Conference Pac-12
Division Pac-12 North Division
All-time record 637–479–46 (.568)
Bowl record 14–17 (.452)
Playoff appearances 1 (2014)
Playoff record 1–1 (.500)
Claimed nat'l titles 0
National finalist 2 (2010, 2014)
Conference titles 12 (1916, 1919, 1933, 1948, 1957, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014)
Division titles 4 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Heisman winners 1
Consensus All-Americans 8
Colors Green and Gold[1]
         
Fight song Mighty Oregon
Mascot The Oregon Duck
Marching band Oregon Marching Band
Outfitter Nike
Rivals Oregon State Beavers
Washington Huskies
Stanford Cardinal
Cal Bears
Website GoDucks.com

The Oregon Ducks football program is the intercollegiate American 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). Known as the Ducks, the team was commonly called the Webfoots until the mid-1960s. The first football team was fielded 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 the Civil War rivalry game in late November.

History

Early history (1894–1912)

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.[2][3][4] 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.[4][5][6] In 1899, the football team left the state for the first time, playing the California Golden Bears in Berkeley, California.[2] Oregon's largest margin of victory came in 1910 when they defeated the University of Puget Sound 115–0.[7]

Bezdek era (1913–1917)

University of Oregon 1916 football team.

Oregon changed coaches frequently during this era, going through sixteen different head coaches in nineteen seasons,[3][8] until Hugo Bezdek, who had coached the Webfoots 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.[9]

In the 1916 season, Oregon went undefeated with seven wins and one tie under head coach Hugo Bezdek, shutting out all their opponents except California. They opened the season against Willamette University, defeating them 97–0. The game against Washington ended in a 0–0 tie. The tiebreaker for the Pacific Coast Conference title went to Washington, due to Oregon's use of an ineligible player[10][11][12] 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.[13] The Oregon football team defeated the heavily favored University of Pennsylvania Quakers 14–0, securing their first Rose Bowl victory.[7]

In 1918 Bezdek quit Oregon to become general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates.[9] He was succeeded by Shy Huntington, one of the heroes of the 1917 Rose Bowl.

Huntington era (1918–1923)

Playing at newly constructed Hayward Field, which would be their home stadium in Eugene until 1967, the Webfoots 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.[3][14] This would be the team's last bowl appearance until the 1948 Cotton Bowl.[3][14][15][16]

McEwan–Spears era (1926–1931)

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,[17] and Spears, hired under a five-year contract, left Oregon after two seasons to return to the Western Conference at Wisconsin.[18]

Callison era (1932–1937)

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 Webfoots 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.[19]

Oliver–Warren era (1938–1946)

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.[3]

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.[20] 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.[21]

Aiken era (1947–1950)

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.[22] 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.[23] In a bid to sooth hurt feelings, the conference broke tradition and allowed the Webfoots 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.[19] Aiken resigned amid allegations of recruiting and practice violations in early 1951.[24]

Len Casanova era (1951–1966)

“ 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, [25]
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.[3][26] 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 Portland, winning 20–12.[27]

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 Webfoots lost 10–7 to the heavily favored and number one ranked Ohio State University in the 1958 Rose Bowl.[26][28] 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.”[27]

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 second athletic director for the University of Oregon in January 1967, replacing Leo Harris.[2][26][28] Future NFL 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.[28] His career record of 82–73–8 marked the highest number of wins recorded by a head coach at the university at that time.[26] The Len Casanova Center, Oregon's athletic department headquarters near Autzen Stadium, is named in his honor.[28]

Frei era (1967–1971)

Assistant coach Jerry Frei became head coach after Len Casanova moved on to athletic director in 1967, the year Oregon moved its home football games to the newly constructed Autzen Stadium.[3][28][29] Although his teams were never selected for a bowl game, and he ended his Oregon career with a losing record, he coached several players who went on to NFL stardom, including Hall of Fame member Dan Fouts and All-Pro wide receiver Ahmad Rashad, known by his birth name Bobby Moore during his college career.[30] In 1970, he coached the Ducks to an improbable comeback at UCLA, scoring 20 points in the final four minutes of the game to beat UCLA 41–40.[31] However, Frei was unable to defeat arch-rival Oregon State, and after the 1971 loss some influential boosters reportedly were demanding that he make significant changes to his coaching staff.[32]

On January 18, 1972, Frei resigned as head coach, citing disagreements with university boosters and athletic director Norv Ritchey.[29][30] Following his resignation, the student body president at the time, as well as numerous published letters to the editor of the Register Guard voiced their support of Frei.[29]

Enright–Read era (1972–76)

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,[33] 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.[34] 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,[35] he was fired after the 1973 season, replaced by Don Read, his quarterback coach.[32]

Although he possessed a great offensive mind,[36] 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).[3][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)

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] 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 "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.[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]

Mike Bellotti era (1995–2008)

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.[14]

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, led the Ducks to its first 11-win season in program history and an outright Pac-10 championship.[64][65] 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.[66][67] The only loss of the season came at home to the Stanford Cardinal.[67]

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 been thrashed by Colorado in its final regular season game – and No. 3 Colorado; this kept Oregon out of the national championship game.[68] 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.[69] 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.[70] Oregon settled for a final 2nd-place ranking in both the AP and Coaches polls.[71] After the 2001 season, offensive coordinator Jeff Tedford left for the head coaching job at California, 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.[72]

Ludwig resigned as offensive coordinator after a dismal 2004 campaign, the only losing season (5–6) for a Mike Bellotti-coached Oregon team.[73] Recently fired BYU head coach Gary Crowton took the offensive reins;[74] the 2005 season saw a dramatic improvement from 2004, going 10–1 in the regular season, with the only loss to top-ranked USC.[75][76] 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.[77] 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.[75]

In 2006 the team started off well, winning four games to open the season,[75] including a controversial victory against then-ranked #11 Oklahoma.[78] 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.[79]

Gary Crowton left Oregon for the offensive coordinator position at Louisiana State University after the 2006 season; Chip Kelly was hired to replace him in February 2007.[80] 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.[81] Geoff Schwartz started from 2005–07 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.[82]

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.[83] 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.[84] The Ducks went to the Holiday Bowl.[85] 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.[86][87]

In March 2009, Bellotti announced his resignation; Kelly would take over as the head coach, and Bellotti was named athletic director, replacing Pat Kilkenny.[88] Bellotti left the program as the winningest coach in Oregon history, with 116 wins and a 67.8 winning percentage.[14]

Chip Kelly era (2009–2012)

2009 season

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.[89] The Ducks showed only minor improvements with close wins against the Purdue Boilermakers and the Utah Utes.[90] 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.[91] 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.[75]

2010 season

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.[92] Starting quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was suspended for the entire 2010 football season over thefts from a local fraternity house.[93] 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.[94]

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.[95] This occurred after the #1-ranked teams, the Ohio State Buckeyes and the 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.[96] 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.[97]

Despite his opening game suspension, Oregon RB LaMichael James won the 2010 Doak Walker Award as the nation's outstanding college running back.[98] James was also Oregon's first unanimous All-American football player, appearing on all five all-America teams recognized by the NCAA.[99]

2011 season

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.[100] The Ducks became the first Pac-12 team other than USC to win three consecutive titles outright since the conference was formed in 1959.[101] 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.[102] On January 2, 2012 the Oregon Ducks won the Rose Bowl, defeating the Wisconsin Badgers 45–38 for the title.[103]

2012 season

The Ducks continued their streak of national relevance into the 2012 season, reaching the #1 ranking in the AP poll for only the second time in team history on November 12.[104] But a loss at home to Stanford ended Oregon's string of conference championships.[105] The team was selected to play in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl against Kansas State, making Oregon only the fourth team in history to play in four consecutive BCS bowl games.[106] Running back Kenjon Barner was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award and was named Oregon's fifth consensus All-American.[107]

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.[108]

Mark Helfrich era (2013–present)

A few days after Kelly's resignation, offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich was hired to become the Ducks' 32nd head coach.[109]

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.[110]

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 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 Civil War against the Oregon State Beavers. Oregon went on to beat Texas in the Valero Alamo Bowl 30-7.[111]

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.[112] Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota was voted the school's second unanimous All-American[113] and first Heisman Trophy winner, receiving the second highest point percentage in the award's history.[114] Mariota was also named the school's first winner of the Maxwell, Davey O'Brien, and Walter Camp awards.

After finishing #2 in the final College Football Playoff rankings in 2014,[115] 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.[116] With the win the Ducks advanced to the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship Game to face the #4 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, who defeated #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 #2 ranking in the final Associated Press football poll.[117]

Championships

National Championship Game appearances

Oregon has played in two national championship games, one during the BCS era and one in the current playoff era, but lost both of those games.

Oregon National Championship Appearances
Season Coach Final Record Opponent Championship Game Result
2010 Chip Kelly 12–1 Auburn L 19–22
2014 Mark Helfrich 13–2 Ohio State L 20–42

Conference Championships

Dating back to their days in the Pacific Coast Conference, Oregon has claimed at least a share of twelve conference titles.

Oregon Conference Championships
Season Conference Coach Conference Record Overall Record
1916† Pacific Coast Conference Hugo Bezdek 2–0–1 6–0–1
1919† Pacific Coast Conference Shy Huntington 2–1 5–1–3
1933† Pacific Coast Conference Prink Callison 4–1 9–1
1948† Pacific Coast Conference Jim Aiken 7–0 9–2
1957† Pacific Coast Conference Len Casanova 6–2 7–4
1994 Pacific-10 Rich Brooks 7–1 9–4
2000† Pacific-10 Mike Bellotti 7–1 10–2
2001 Pacific-10 Mike Bellotti 7–1 11–1
2009 Pacific-10 Chip Kelly 8–1 10–3
2010 Pacific-10 Chip Kelly 9–0 12–1
2011 Pac-12 Chip Kelly 8–1 12–2
2014 Pac-12 Mark Helfrich 8–1 13–2

Note: †Denotes shared championship.

Divisional championships

In 2011, the Pacific-10 Conference added Colorado and Utah, bringing the membership total to 12 teams, leading to the creation of the Pac-12 Conference. At that time, the conference split into two six-team divisions, north and south and created a Conference Championship Game. The champions of each division face off in the Conference Championship Game, with the team with the highest conference record hosting the game.

Oregon tied with Stanford for every Pac-12 North Division Championship from 2011 to 2013, representing the division in the Championship Game in 2011 due to a win over Stanford with Stanford representing the division in 2012 and 2013 due to wins over Oregon. In 2014 the Ducks won the North Division in their ninth game of the season, becoming the first team to win the Pac-12 North Division outright.

Oregon Divisional Championships
Season Division Coach Conf Record Overall Record Championship Game Result Opponent
2011† Pac-12 North Chip Kelly 8–1 12–2 W 49–31 UCLA
2012† Pac-12 North Chip Kelly 8–1 12–1 Stanford Represented North Division
2013† Pac-12 North Mark Helfrich 7–2 11–2 Stanford Represented North Division
2014 Pac-12 North Mark Helfrich 8–1 13–2 W 51-13 Arizona

Note:†Denotes shared championship

Individual accomplishments

Individual national award winners

Players

Marcus Mariota (2014)
Marcus Mariota (2014)
Marcus Mariota (2014)
Marcus Mariota (2014)
Marcus Mariota (2014)
Marcus Mariota (2014)
LaMichael James (2010)
Marcus Mariota (2014)
Marcus Mariota (2015)

Coaches

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

Individual conference awards

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)
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)

†Shared Award

Heisman Trophy

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.[118] It should be noted that 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.[119] 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."[120] 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). Cam Newton would go on to be first overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, with Andrew Luck being selected first overall in 2012.

Top 10 finishes in Heisman Trophy voting
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

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

Year Inducted Player POS Seasons at Oregon
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
Reference:[121]

†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

Six former Oregon football players have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the eighth most among all colleges.

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
Reference:[121]

Super Bowl winners

As of Super Bowl 50, 21 former Ducks have played on teams which have won a Super Bowl (or NFL/AFL Championship in the pre-Super Bowl years). Michael Walter has the most Super Bowl Rings with three, all earned with the San Francisco 49ers in the Joe Montana era.

Super Bowl Player POS Seasons at Oregon NFL Team
1938 NFL Championship Alphonse Leemans RB 1932 New York Giants
1951 NFL Championship Norm Van Brocklin QB 1945 - 1949 Los Angeles Rams
1960 NFL Championship Norm Van Brocklin QB 1945 - 1949 Philadelphia Eagles
1962 AFL Championship Dave Grayson DB 1957 - 1960 Dallas Texans
Super Bowl VI Mel Renfro CB 1961 - 1963 Dallas Cowboys
Super Bowl XII Mel Renfro 2nd CB 1961 - 1963 Dallas Cowboys
Super Bowl XVI Fred Quillan C 1974 - 1977 San Francisco 49ers
Super Bowl XIX Fred Quillan 2nd C 1974 - 1977 San Francisco 49ers
Michael Walter LB 1979 - 1982
Super Bowl XXIII Michael Walter 2nd LB 1979 - 1982 San Francisco 49ers
Super Bowl XXIV Michael Walter 3rd LB 1979 - 1982 San Francisco 49ers
Super Bowl XXIX Derek Loville RB 1986 - 1989 San Francisco 49ers
Bill Musgrave QB 1987 - 1990
Super Bowl XXXII Gary Zimmerman OT 1980 - 1983 Denver Broncos
Super Bowl XXXV Patrick Johnson WR 1994 - 1997 Baltimore Ravens
Super Bowl XXXIX Jed Weaver TE 1995 - 1998 New England Patriots
Super Bowl XLII Reuben Droughns RB 2007 - 2008 New York Giants
Super Bowl XLIII Dennis Dixon QB 2005 - 2007 Pittsburgh Steelers
Super Bowl XLVI Spencer Paysinger LB 2007 - 2011 New York Giants
Super Bowl XLVII Ed Dickson TE 2005 - 2009 Baltimore Ravens
Dennis Dixon 2nd QB 2005 - 2007
Haloti Ngata DT 2002 - 2004
Super Bowl XLVIII Walter Thurmond III DB 2005 - 2009 Seattle Seahawks
Max Unger C
Super Bowl XLIX LeGarrette Blount RB 2008 - 2009 New England Patriots
Patrick Chung SS 2005 - 2008
Super Bowl 50 T. J. Ward SS 2005 - 2009 Denver Broncos
Reference:[121]

First team 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).

Oregon has had 28 players honored 33 times as first team All-Americans (7 Consensus)[122] in its history, including five players honored in different seasons.

Following the end of the 2014 regular season, four Oregon players were honored as first-team All-Americans.

Records and results

Year-by-year results

Undefeated seasons

List of Oregon Ducks football undefeated seasons
Year Coach Regular Season Record Final Record
1895 Percy Benson 4-0[123] 4-0
1906 Hugo Bezdek 5-0-1 5-0-1
1916 Hugo Bezdek 6-0-1[124] 7-0-1
Total Undefeated Seasons 3

All-time bowl record

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

Including the 2016 Alamo Bowl, Oregon has played in eleven consecutive bowl games, its longest streak.

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.

Season Date Bowl Winner Loser
2011 January 2, 2012 Rose Bowl Oregon 45 Wisconsin 38
2012 January 3, 2013 Fiesta Bowl Oregon 35 Kansas State 17
2013 December 30, 2013 Alamo Bowl Oregon 30 Texas 7
2014 January 1, 2015 Rose Bowl Oregon 59 Florida State 20
2015 January 2, 2016 Alamo Bowl Oregon 41 TCU 47

Playoffs

Oregon was selected as the second seed in the inaugural College Football Playoff and defeated the defending national champions, third seed Florida State. They would play the fourth seed Ohio State in the championship game. They fell to Ohio State in the national championship, finishing number two in the country.

Year Seed Opponent Round Result
2014 2 #3 Florida State Semi-Finals – Rose Bowl W 59-20
#4 Ohio State Finals – CFP National Championship Game L 42–20
Total Playoff Record 1–1

All-time record vs. current Pac-12 teams

Official record (conference and non-conference games) against the current football members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Opponent Won Lost Tied Percentage Streak First Meeting Most Recent Meeting
North Division
California 37 39 2 .487 Won 6 1899 2015
Oregon State[125] 63 46 10 .571 Won 8 1894 2015
Stanford 32 46 1 .411 Won 2 1900 2015
Washington 46 58 5 .445 Won 12 1900 2015
Washington State 49 37 7 .565 Lost 1 1901 2015
North Division Totals 227 226 25 .501
South Division
Arizona 25 16 0 .610 Won 1 1937 2014
Arizona State 18 16 0 .529 Won 9 1966 2015
Colorado 12 8 0 .600 Won 5 1949 2015
UCLA 28 39 0 .418 Won 6 1928 2014
USC[126] 20 37 2 .356 Won 2 1915 2015
Utah 20 9 0 .714 Lost 1 1933 2015
South Division Totals 123 125 2 .496
Conference Totals 349 351 27 .499

All-time Conference record

Official record against all current and former conference opponents of the Oregon Ducks football program. In their 121–122 year history, the University of Oregon has been a member of the Pacific Coast Conference, Athletic Association of Western Universities, and the Pacific-8, Pacific-10 and currently the Pac-12 Conferences. The History section of the Pac-12 Conference article provides a membership history of the Pac-12 Conference. Oregon was an independent from 1959 to 1963. The following table lists the records against all current and former conference opponents, only for conference games; for example the record against Colorado when they were not a Pac-12 school is not included in this table.

No longer conference opponents
Opponent Won Lost Tied Percentage Streak First Conference Meeting Most Recent Conference Meeting
Arizona 19 14 0 .576 Lost 1 1978 2014
Arizona State 17 14 0 .548 Won 7 1979 2015
California 34 37 1 .479 Won 7 1916 2015
Colorado 5 0 0 1.000 Won 5 2011 2015
Idaho 26 3 3 .859 Won 8 1915 1958
Montana 5 0 0 1.000 Won 5 1928 1950
Oregon State[125] 50 40 5 .553 Won 8 1915 2015
Stanford 27 43 0 .386 Won 2 1900 2015
UCLA 28 39 0 .418 Won 6 1928 2014
USC[126] 20 37 2 .356 Won 2 1915 2015
Utah 2 1 0 .667 Lost 1 2013 2015
Washington 41 58 3 .417 Won 12 1915 2015
Washington State 44 34 6 .560 Lost 1 1915 2015
Total Conference Record 317 320 20 .498

Rivalries

Oregon State

The Civil War game with Oregon State was originally called the "Oregon Classic" or the "State Championship Game." It is the 7th oldest rivalry in division I FBS football; the Ducks currently maintain an 8-game win streak in the series which is tied for the longest streak in the history of the rivalry.

Washington

The Oregon–Washington football rivalry, also known as the "Border War,"[127] started in 1900 and has been heated since 1948; it has incited particularly poor behavior from fans of both teams.[128] Although Washington historically dominated the series, Oregon has turned the tables since 1994, winning 17 of 21. Through 2015, Oregon has won the last 12 match-ups by an average of 24 points, the longest streak in the rivalry by either team.

Stanford

Although a relatively recent development, Oregon has a growing rivalry with the Stanford Cardinal. Since the 2010 expansion and the development of North and South divisions in the Pac-12, only Stanford or Oregon have: 1) won the North Division, and 2) won the Pac-12 Championship Game, with Stanford having three conference championships, and Oregon with two. The annual meeting between the two teams often has profound potential impacts not only on the North Division, but the entire conference. Games between the two have been fierce and competitive, with either team frequently upsetting and upending the other's championship hopes (Stanford upsetting Oregon in '09, '12, and '13, and Oregon upsetting Stanford in '15). Through 2015, Stanford leads the series 43-32-1. However, Oregon has won 11 of the last 15 meetings.

Future opponents

Non-division opponents

2016 2017 2018
vs Arizona State at Arizona vs Arizona
at USC at Arizona State vs Arizona State
vs Colorado vs UCLA at UCLA
at Utah vs Utah at Utah

[129]

Non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of September 22, 2015

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
at Nebraska vs Nebraska vs Bowling Green vs Auburn* vs Ohio State at Ohio State v.s BYU v.s. Hawai'i at Hawai'i
vs Virginia vs Southern Utah   vs Nevada vs Hawai'i        
vs UC Davis at Wyoming   vs Montana NDSU        

[130] *Neutral site game

Coaching staff

The Ducks coaching staff is led by Oregon native Mark Helfrich, the son of former Oregon Ducks Letterman Mike Helfrich.[131] Helfrich is a former NAIA All-American quarterback who played at Southern Oregon University from 1992 to 1995.[131] Helfrich also saw a brief stint as a professional player, playing quarterback for Vikings Vienna in 1997.[131] Following his time with the Vikings Helfrich returned to his home state where he was hired as a graduate assistant at Oregon for the 1997 season.[131] In 1998 Helfrich was hired by Dirk Koetter to serve as the quarterbacks coach for Boise State.[131] In 2001 Helfrich followed Koetter to Arizona State to continue coaching quarterbacks.[131] After Koetter was hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars to serve as offensive coordinator following the 2005 season, Helfrich was hired by another former Koetter assistant, Dan Hawkins to serve as offensive coordinator of the Colorado Buffaloes.[131] Helfrich returned to Oregon in 2009, hired by his predecessor Chip Kelly who had promoted to head coach to serve as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.[131] Helfrich was promoted to his current position following Kelly's departure to coach the Philadelphia Eagles following the 2012 season.[131]


The Ducks are known for having by far and away the longest tenured coaching staff in Division I-A College Football, with six out of eleven coaches having served more than ten years on staff. Running backs coach Gary Campbell is the longest serving coach on the Oregon staff, hired by Rich Brooks for the 1983 season, his tenure has spanned four head coaches and six athletic directors. Campbell has coached 19 players to 1,000 yard seasons, including three players with multiple 1,000 yard seasons, as well as achieving two seasons in which there were multiple 1,000 yard rushers.

The Ducks' staff is also remarkable for its number of alumni, Pac-12 alumni, and Pacific Northwest locals. Five coaches have at least one degree from either the University of Oregon or a university within the state of Oregon. There are an additional three coaches who have attended or graduated from Pac-12 rival schools.

Another unique feature of the current Oregon football staff, as well as the staff in a historical sense, is the amount of coaches who have coached for Oregon as well either of its archrivals Oregon State and Washington.[132] Currently on staff are Matt Lubick and John Neal, who have both served as assistants at Oregon State.[132] Additionally, current Washington head coach Chris Petersen and Oregon State Running backs coach Chris Brasfield are both former Oregon assistants.[132] In recent history there are even more examples, including former Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti, who served as an assistant at Oregon State between stints at Oregon, former Washington assistants Justin Wilcox (now at USC) and Peter Sirmon both of whom played at Oregon in the late 1990s.[132] Even longtime Oregon head coach Rich Brooks can claim allegiance to either side, having graduated from and coached for Oregon State before beginning his storied tenure at Oregon.[132] This trend shows no signs of stopping, following former Oregon State head coach Mike Riley's exit to Nebraska following the 2014 season, former Oregon assistant Jeff Tedford, who also served as head coach at California from 2002 to 2012, expressed interest in the job opening, having described it as a "destination job."[133]

Name Position Seasons at Current Position Seasons at Oregon Alma Matter
Mark Helfrich Head coach 3 7 Southern Oregon (1996)
Matt Lubick Offensive Coordinator,
Wide Receivers 		0 3 Colorado State (1995)
Brady Hoke Defensive Coordinator 0 0 Ball State (1982)
Tom Osborne Special Teams Coordinator,
Tight Ends 		15 15 Washington State (1983)
Gary Campbell Running Backs 33 33 UCLA (1973)
Steve Greatwood Offensive Line 11 31 Oregon (1980)
Jim Radcliffe Strength and Conditioning 31 31 Pacific (Ore.) (1980)
Oregon (1992)
Don Pellum Linebackers 0 27 Oregon (1985, 1986)
John Neal Secondary 13 13 BYU (1980)
Ron Aiken Defensive Line 3 3 North Carolina A&T (1977)
The Citadel (1982)
David Yost Quarterbacks 0 0 Kent State University (1992)
Reference: GoDucks.com[134]

Venues and facilities

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.[135] The 59,000 seat stadium is known as a very intimidating and loud environment. Standing room around the rim of the stadium allows the capacity to swell to more than 60,000. 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.[136]

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.[137] A combination of indirect lighting and two parallel skylight panels contribute to an energy efficient system which allows the flexibility to alter lighting conditions.[138]

A new Football Operations Center adjacent to Autzen Stadium, the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex, was completed in 2013.[139] 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

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.[140][141] 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.[142]

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.[143]

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.[144] 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.[145] 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,[146] while younger fans and players—in particular, potential Oregon athletes—react more favorably to the flashy nature of the livery.[147]

The football team used nine different football combinations in the 2005 season, but introduced even more combinations in the 2006 season.[148] 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.[149] 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.[142] The Ducks wore the previously announced white helmets for the first time on October 20, 2007 in Seattle, when they played the Washington Huskies.[150] 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.[151][152]

The original "block UO" helmet emblem made a comeback, when it was worn along with a throwback jersey, against Cal in 2009.[153] 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.[154]

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.[155] 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.[156][157]

On October 19, 2013, Oregon wore special Breast Cancer Awareness uniforms in a game against Washington State. 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.[158] 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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