1969 Oregon Ducks football team

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1969 Oregon Ducks football
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
Record5–5–1 (2–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator John Robinson
Defensive coordinatorNorm Chapman
CaptainJoe Philips, Dennis Gassner
Home stadium Autzen Stadium
Seasons
←  1968
1970  →
1969 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 USC $ 6 –0 –010 –0 –1
No. 13 UCLA 5 –1 –18 –1 –1
No. 19 Stanford 5 –1 –17 –2 –1
Oregon State 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Oregon 2 –3 –05 –5 –1
California 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
Washington 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
Washington State 0 –7 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Home games were played on campus in Eugene at Autzen Stadium. Opened two years earlier in 1967 with natural grass, the field was switched to AstroTurf and lights were added prior to this season. [1] [2] [3]

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Under third-year head coach Jerry Frei, the Ducks were 5–5–1 overall and 2–3 in the Pacific-8 Conference; they did not play USC or California and the two league wins were over the Washington schools. After four road games in the first five, [4] Oregon began a five-game home stand in late October with wins over Washington and Idaho and climbed to 4–3. [5] [6]

After a tie with Army, [7] the Ducks met UCLA for the first time since 1958, [8] the final season of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC); it was the Bruins' first visit to Eugene since 1953. [9] Seventh-ranked, UCLA's high-scoring offense had not fared well on artificial turf, [9] and needed a late interception by the Bruin defense to remain undefeated and escape with a 13–10 win. [10] [11] The following week, Oregon State won their sixth consecutive Civil War game, [12] the first on fake grass.

The season finale, a 57–16 win at overmatched Hawaii, put the Ducks back to .500 for eleven games. [13] (Hawaii was in the college division (later Division II) until 1974.)

Sophomore wingback Bobby Moore (Ahmad Rashad) was named to the all-conference team. [14] [15] Quarterback Dan Fouts played on the frosh team; [16] freshmen in the university division were ineligible for the varsity until the 1972  season. [17] [18]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Utah *
W 28–1717,000 [19] [20]
September 27at Stanford
L 0–2837,500 [21]
October 4at Washington State
W 25–2421,092 [22] [23]
October 11 San Jose State *
L 34–3621,500 [24]
October 18at Air Force *
L 13–6036,820 [4] [25]
October 25 Washington
W 22–734,200 [5]
November 1 Idaho *
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
W 58–1420,500 [6]
November 8 Army *
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
T 17–1736,200 [7]
November 15No. 7 UCLA Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
L 10–1328,500 [10] [11]
November 22 Oregon State
L 7–1042,500 [12]
November 29at Hawaii *
W 57–1621,717 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[26] [27] [28]


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References

  1. ↑ "Turf, lights approved". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 1, 1969. p. 2B.
  2. ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (July 27, 1969). "Tomorrow we roll out the green carpet". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Emerald Empire). p. 13.
  3. ↑ "Autzen turf work nears end". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). August 13, 1969. p. 5B.
  4. 1 2 Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 19, 1969). "Air Force bombs Oregon, 60-13". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  5. 1 2 Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 26, 1969). "Duck gridders win for Frei". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  6. 1 2 Uhrhammer, Jerry (November 2, 1969). "Blanchard-Moore combo clicks, 58-14". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  7. 1 2 Uhrhammer, Jerry (November 9, 1969). "Jensen's toe provides 17-17 stalemate". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  8. ↑ "Bruins bowl hopes on line against UO". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 13, 1969. p. 3D.
  9. 1 2 Uhrhammer, Jerry (November 14, 1969). "Ducks welcome ranked Bruins". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  10. 1 2 Uhrhammer, Jerry (November 16, 1969). "Ducks go for broke, upset bid fails, 13-10". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  11. 1 2 "TD passing, alert safety beat Oregon". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 16, 1969. p. 2, sports.
  12. 1 2 Cawood, Neil (October 26, 1969). "'Civil War' ends with freak finish". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  13. 1 2 "Ducks ride touchdown wave to 57-16 win over Hawaii". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 30, 1969. p. 1B.
  14. ↑ "Bobby Moore all Pacific-8". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 30, 1969. p. 1B.
  15. ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 16, 1969). "Pressure eases as Moore 'does his thing' for UO". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
  16. ↑ Cawood, Neil (October 25, 1969). "Rooks top frosh, 34-13". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  17. ↑ "Frosh now eligible for football, hoops". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 9, 1972. p. 1, sports.
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  22. ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 5, 1969). "Oregon slams door to preserve victory". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  23. ↑ Missildine, Harry (October 5, 1969). "Ducks survive Cougar comeback; claim one-point conference win". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  24. ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 12, 1969). "Spirited Spartans ambush Oregon". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  25. ↑ "Air Force slams Ducks". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 19, 1969. p. 7, sports.
  26. ↑ "1969 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  27. ↑ "1969 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  28. ↑ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 47. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
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