1983 Oregon Ducks football team

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1983 Oregon Ducks football
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record4–6–1 (3–3–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Bob Toledo [1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJoe Schaffeld (1st season)
CaptainSteve Baack, La'Daria Johnson
Home stadium Autzen Stadium
(capacity: 41,097)
Seasons
←  1982
1984  →
1983 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 UCLA $ 6 –1 –17 –4 –1
Washington 5 –2 –08 –4 –0
Washington State 5 –3 –07 –4 –0
USC 4 –3 –04 –6 –1
Arizona 4 –3 –17 –3 –1
Arizona State 3 –3 –16 –4 –1
Oregon 3 –3 –14 –6 –1
California 3 –4 –15 –5 –1
Oregon State 1 –6 –12 –8 –1
Stanford 1 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), the team was led by head coach Rich Brooks, in his seventh year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of 4–6–1 overall and 3–3–1 in the Pac-10).

Contents

The season-ending Civil War game with Oregon State was a scoreless tie; [2] it later became known as "The Toilet Bowl".

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 31:00 pm Pacific (CA) *
L 15–2126,273
September 1010:30 amat No. 7 Ohio State *
 KEZI L 6–3188,524
September 241:00 pm Houston *
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
W 15–1426,105 [3]
October 17:00 pmat San Jose State *
L 34–4420,109
October 81:00 pm California
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
W 24–1727,102
October 156:00 pmat No. 9 Arizona
W 19–1045,233
October 221:00 pmNo. 14 Washington
KEZIL 3–3244,303
October 291:00 pmat Washington State
L 7–2429,500
November 51:00 pm UCLA
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
L 13–2424,511
November 121:00 pmat Stanford
W 16–731,420
November 191:00 pm Oregon State
T 0–0 33,176
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Personnel

1983 Oregon Ducks football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Lew Barnes
WR Harry Billups
RB Todd Bland
TE Dave Christensen
TE Rich Gaiser
WR Kwante Hampton
TE Doug Herman
RB Alan Jackson
RB Ladaria Johnson
QB Mike Jorgensen  Cruz Roja.svg
RB Eugene King
RB Alex Mack
RB Kevin McCall
QB 12 Chris Miller
QB Mike Owens
OL Greg Schwab
OL Scott Shepard
OL Brad Smith
OL Ed Stringer
WR Osborn Thomas
OL Lino Vaccher
OL Ken Warner
RB Kevin Willhite
OL Gary Zimmerman
OL Ryan Zinke
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL Steve Baack
DB Don Brown
DL John Byrne
DB Wendell Cason
LB Dan Devaney
DL Dale Dorning
LB E.J. Duffy
LB Bob Hudetz
DB Ron Johnson
DB Doug Judge
DL Dave Maley
DB Danny McCalister
LB Jerry Mikels
DL Dan Ralph
DB Dan Wilken
DB Jeff Williams
LB Larry Wilson
DL Terry Youngblood
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P Kevin Hicks
K Todd Lee
K Paul Schwabe
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

California

1234Total
California0100717
• Oregon1223724
Scoring summary
Q113:26OREBarnes 48 yard pass from Christensen (kick failed)ORE 6–0
Q19:15OREJorgensen 1 yard run (pass failed)ORE 12–0
Q27:32CALBark 18 yard pass from Gilbert (Pratt kick)ORE 12–7
Q21:16ORESafety, punt snap out of end zoneORE 14–7
Q2:00CALPratt 47 yard field goalORE 14–10
Q32:03ORESchwabe 28 yard field goalORE 17–10
Q42:39OREMcCall 1 yard run (Schwabe kick)ORE 24–10
Q4:05CALRivera 36 yard fumble return (Pratt kick)ORE 24–17

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References

  1. ↑ Conrad, John (January 8, 1983). "Ex-UOP coach to run Duck offense". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  2. ↑ "Oregon 0, Oregon St. 0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 20, 1983. p. 3C.
  3. ↑ "UO nips Houston". Statesman Journal. September 25, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "1983 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ "1983 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  6. ↑ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 45. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  7. ↑ Conrad, John (October 9, 1983). "All the Ducks cheer this win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
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