1948 Oregon Ducks football team

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1948 Oregon Ducks football
PCC co-champion
Cotton Bowl, L 13–21 vs. SMU
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record9–2 (7–0 PCC)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Hayward Field
Seasons
←  1947
1949  →
1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 California ^ + 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
No. 9 Oregon + 7 –0 –09 –2 –0
USC 4 –2 –06 –3 –1
Washington State 4 –3 –14 –5 –1
Stanford 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Oregon State 2 –3 –25 –4 –3
Washington 2 –5 –12 –7 –1
UCLA 2 –6 –03 –7 –0
Idaho 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Montana 0 –3 –03 –7 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1948 college football season. The Ducks competed as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The team was led by head coach Jim Aiken, in his second year, and played their home games at Hayward Field in Eugene and at Multnomah Field in Portland. Oregon finished the regular season ranked ninth, with nine wins and one loss, and won all seven conference games in the PCC. [1] They did not play Montana or #4 California; the Golden Bears won all ten games during the regular season. [1]

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Denied a Rose Bowl berth by a conference vote, [2] [3] [4] the PCC allowed a second bowl bid this season; [5] Oregon played SMU in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year's Day. [6] [7] [8]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Santa Barbara *
W 55–710,000 [9] [10]
September 25at Stanford
W 20–1232,000 [11]
October 2at No. 7 Michigan *
L 0–1465,800 [12]
October 9at Idaho
W 15–812,000 [13] [14]
October 16 USC
W 8–733,000 [15]
October 23 Washington State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Hayward Field
  • Eugene, OR
W 33–719,500 [16]
October 30 Saint Mary's *No. 14
W 14–1310,000 [17]
November 6at Washington No. 16 Husky Stadium (rivalry)W 13–733,000 [18] [19]
November 12at UCLA No. 15
W 26–742,700 [20] [21]
November 20at Oregon State No. 13
W 10–022,000 [1]
January 1, 1949vs. No. 10 SMU No. 9
L 13–2169,000 [6] [7] [8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[22] [23] [24]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP ———14161513109

Personnel

Notable players included quarterback Norm Van Brocklin, center Brad Ecklund, and halfback John McKay. [6] [25] [26]

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  2. ↑ "California Bears get Rose Bowl bid". Eugene Register-Guard. United Press. November 22, 1948. p. 1.
  3. ↑ "California, Northwestern to meet in Rose Bowl". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 22, 1948. p. 14.
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  6. 1 2 3 "SMU beats Ducks, 21-13". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. January 1, 1949. p. 1.
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