This is a list of seasons completed by the Oregon Ducks football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Since the team's creation in 1893, the Ducks have participated in more than 1,100 officially sanctioned games. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Year | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Young & J.A. Church(Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association)(1894) | |||||||||
| 1894 | Young & Church | 1–2–1 | 1–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| Percy Benson (Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association)(1895) | |||||||||
| 1895 | Percy Benson | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| J.F. Frick(Independent)(1896) | |||||||||
| 1896 | J.F. Frick | 2–1 | |||||||
| Joe Smith (Independent)(1897) | |||||||||
| 1897 | Joe Smith | 1–1 | |||||||
| Frank W. Simpson (Independent)(1898–1899) | |||||||||
| 1898 | Frank W. Simpson | 3–1 | |||||||
| 1899 | Frank W. Simpson | 3–2–1 | |||||||
| Lawrence Kaarsberg (Independent)(1900) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Lawrence Kaarsberg | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| Warren W. Smith (Independent)(1901) | |||||||||
| 1901 | Warren W. Smith | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| Marion Dolph (Independent)(1902) | |||||||||
| 1902 | Marion Dolph | 3–1–3 | |||||||
| Warren W. Smith(Independent)(1903) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Warren W. Smith | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| Richard Shore Smith (Independent)(1904) | |||||||||
| 1904 | Richard Shore Smith | 5–3 | |||||||
| Bruce Shorts (Independent)(1905) | |||||||||
| 1905 | Bruce Shorts | 4–2–2 | |||||||
| Hugo Bezdek (Independent)(1906) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Hugo Bezdek | 5–0–1 | |||||||
| Gordon B. Frost (Independent)(1907) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Gordon B. Frost | 5–1 | |||||||
| Robert Forbes (Northwest Conference)(1908–1909) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Robert Forbes | 5–2 | 1–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1909 | Robert Forbes | 3–3 | |||||||
| Bill Warner (Independent)(1910–1911) | |||||||||
| 1910 | Bill Warner | 4–1 | |||||||
| 1911 | Bill Warner | 3–2 | |||||||
| Louis Pinkham (Northwest Conference)(1912) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Louis Pinkham | 3–4 | 2–3 | T–4th | |||||
| Hugo Bezdek(Northwest Conference)(1913–1914) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Hugo Bezdek | 3–3–1 | 1–1–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1914 | Hugo Bezdek | 4–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Hugo Bezdek(Independent)(1915) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Hugo Bezdek | 7–2 | |||||||
| Hugo Bezdek(Pacific Coast Conference)(1916–1917) | |||||||||
| 1916 | Hugo Bezdek | 7–0–1 | 2–0–1 | 2nd [n 1] | W Rose | ||||
| 1917 | Hugo Bezdek | 4–3 | 1–2 | 4th | |||||
| Charles A. Huntington (Pacific Coast Conference)(1918–1923) | |||||||||
| 1918 | Charles A. Huntington | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1919 | Charles A. Huntington | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1st | L Rose | ||||
| 1920 | Charles A. Huntington | 3–2–1 | 1–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1921 | Charles A. Huntington | 5–1–3 | 0–1–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1922 | Charles A. Huntington | 6–1–1 | 3–0–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1923 | Charles A. Huntington | 3–4–1 | 0–4–1 | 8th | |||||
| Joe Maddock (Pacific Coast Conference)(1924) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Joe Maddock | 4–3–2 | 2–2–1 | 6th | |||||
| Richard Shore Smith(Pacific Coast Conference)(1925) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Richard Shore Smith | 1–5–1 | 0–5 | 9th | |||||
| John McEwan (Pacific Coast Conference)(1926–1929) | |||||||||
| 1926 | John McEwan | 2–4–1 | 1–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1927 | John McEwan | 2–4–1 | 0–4–1 | 8th | |||||
| 1928 | John McEwan | 9–2 | 4–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1929 | John McEwan | 7–3 | 4–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| Clarence Spears (Pacific Coast Conference)(1930–1931) | |||||||||
| 1930 | Clarence Spears | 7–2 | 3–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1931 | Clarence Spears | 6–2–2 | 3–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Prink Callison (Pacific Coast Conference)(1932–1937) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Prink Callison | 6–3–1 | 2–2–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1933 | Prink Callison | 9–1 | 4–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1934 | Prink Callison | 6–4 | 4–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1935 | Prink Callison | 6–3 | 3–2 | T–4th | |||||
| 1936 | Prink Callison | 2–6–1 | 1–5–1 | 9th | |||||
| 1937 | Prink Callison | 4–6 | 2–5 | 8th | |||||
| Tex Oliver (Pacific Coast Conference)(1938–1941) | |||||||||
| 1938 | Tex Oliver | 4–5 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1939 | Tex Oliver | 3–4–1 | 3–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1940 | Tex Oliver | 4–4–1 | 3–4–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1941 | Tex Oliver | 5–5 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
| John A. Warren (Pacific Coast Conference)(1942) | |||||||||
| 1942 | John A. Warren | 2–6 | 2–5 | 8th | |||||
| 1943 | No team | ||||||||
| 1944 | No team | ||||||||
| Tex Oliver(Pacific Coast Conference)(1945–1946) | |||||||||
| 1945 | Tex Oliver | 3–6 | 3–6 | 7th | |||||
| 1946 | Tex Oliver | 4–4–1 | 3–4–1 | 6th | |||||
| Jim Aiken (Pacific Coast Conference)(1947–1950) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Jim Aiken | 7–3 | 5–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1948 | Jim Aiken | 9–2 | 7–0 | 1st | L Cotton | 9 | |||
| 1949 | Jim Aiken | 4–6 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1950 | Jim Aiken | 1–9 | 0–7 | 9th | |||||
| Len Casanova (Pacific Coast Conference)(1951–1958) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Len Casanova | 2–8 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
| 1952 | Len Casanova | 2–7–1 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1953 | Len Casanova | 4–5–1 | 2–5–1 | 8th | |||||
| 1954 | Len Casanova | 6–4 | 5–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 1955 | Len Casanova | 6–4 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1956 | Len Casanova | 4–4–2 | 3–3–2 | T–4th | |||||
| 1957 | Len Casanova | 7–4 | 6–2 | T–1st | L Rose | 17 | |||
| 1958 | Len Casanova | 4–6 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
| Len Casanova(NCAA University Division independent)(1959–1963) | |||||||||
| 1959 | Len Casanova | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1960 | Len Casanova | 7–3–1 | L Liberty | ||||||
| 1961 | Len Casanova | 4–6 | |||||||
| 1962 | Len Casanova | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| 1963 | Len Casanova | 8–3 | W Sun | ||||||
| Len Casanova(Athletic Association of Western Universities)(1964–1966) | |||||||||
| 1964 | Len Casanova | 7–2–1 | 1–2–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1965 | Len Casanova | 4–5–1 | 0–5 | 8th | |||||
| 1966 | Len Casanova | 3–7 | 1–3 | T–6th | |||||
| Jerry Frei (AAWU / Pacific-8 Conference)(1967–1971) | |||||||||
| 1967 | Jerry Frei | 2–8 | 1–5 | T–7th | |||||
| 1968 | Jerry Frei | 4–6 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1969 | Jerry Frei | 5–5–1 | 2–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1970 | Jerry Frei | 6–4–1 | 4–3 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1971 | Jerry Frei | 5–6 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| Dick Enright (Pacific-8 Conference)(1972–1973) | |||||||||
| 1972 | Dick Enright | 4–7 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1973 | Dick Enright | 2–9 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
| Don Read (Pacific-8 Conference)(1974–1976) | |||||||||
| 1974 | Don Read | 2–9 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 1975 | Don Read | 3–8 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1976 | Don Read | 4–7 | 1–6 | T–7th | |||||
| Rich Brooks (Pacific-8 / Pac-10 Conference)(1977–1994) | |||||||||
| 1977 | Rich Brooks | 3–8 [n 2] | 1–6 [n 2] | 7th | |||||
| 1978 | Rich Brooks | 2–9 | 2–5 | 8th | |||||
| 1979 | Rich Brooks | 6–5 [n 3] | 4–3 [n 3] | T–3rd | |||||
| 1980 | Rich Brooks | 6–3–2 | 4–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1981 | Rich Brooks | 2–9 | 1–6 | 9th | |||||
| 1982 | Rich Brooks | 2–8–1 | 2–6 | 9th | |||||
| 1983 | Rich Brooks | 4–6–1 | 3–3–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1984 | Rich Brooks | 6–5 | 3–5 | T–7th | |||||
| 1985 | Rich Brooks | 5–6 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1986 | Rich Brooks | 5–6 | 3–5 | 7th | |||||
| 1987 | Rich Brooks | 6–5 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1988 | Rich Brooks | 6–6 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1989 | Rich Brooks | 8–4 | 5–3 | T–2nd | W Independence | ||||
| 1990 | Rich Brooks | 8–4 | 4–3 | 3rd | L Freedom | ||||
| 1991 | Rich Brooks | 3–8 | 1–7 | T–9th | |||||
| 1992 | Rich Brooks | 6–6 | 4–4 | T–6th | L Independence | ||||
| 1993 | Rich Brooks | 5–6 | 2–6 | T–8th | |||||
| 1994 | Rich Brooks | 9–4 | 7–1 | 1st | L Rose | 11 | 11 | ||
| Mike Bellotti (Pac-10 Conference)(1995–2008) | |||||||||
| 1995 | Mike Bellotti | 9–3 | 6–2 | T–2nd | L Cotton | 18 | 18 | ||
| 1996 | Mike Bellotti | 6–5 | 3–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 1997 | Mike Bellotti | 7–5 | 3–5 | T–7th | W Las Vegas | ||||
| 1998 | Mike Bellotti | 8–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | L Aloha | ||||
| 1999 | Mike Bellotti | 9–3 | 6–2 | T–2nd | W Sun | 18 | 19 | ||
| 2000 | Mike Bellotti | 10–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | W Holiday | 9 | 7 | ||
| 2001 | Mike Bellotti | 11–1 | 7–1 | 1st | W Fiesta † | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2002 | Mike Bellotti | 7–6 | 3–5 | 8th | L Seattle | ||||
| 2003 | Mike Bellotti | 8–5 | 5–3 | T–3rd | L Sun | ||||
| 2004 | Mike Bellotti | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 2005 | Mike Bellotti | 10–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L Holiday | 12 | 13 | ||
| 2006 | Mike Bellotti | 7–6 | 4–5 | T–5th | L Las Vegas | ||||
| 2007 | Mike Bellotti | 9–4 | 5–4 | T–4th | W Sun | 24 | 23 | ||
| 2008 | Mike Bellotti | 10–3 | 7–2 | 2nd | W Holiday | 9 | 10 | ||
| Chip Kelly (Pac-10 / Pac-12 Conference)(2009–2012) | |||||||||
| 2009 | Chip Kelly | 10–3 | 8–1 | 1st | L Rose † | 11 | 11 | ||
| 2010 | Chip Kelly | 12–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L BCS NCG † | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2011 | Chip Kelly | 12–2 | 8–1 | T–1st (North) | W Rose † | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2012 | Chip Kelly | 12–1 | 8–1 | T–1st (North) | W Fiesta † | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mark Helfrich (Pac-12 Conference)(2013–2016) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Mark Helfrich | 11–2 | 7–2 | T–1st (North) | W Alamo | 9 | 9 | ||
| 2014 | Mark Helfrich | 13–2 | 8–1 | 1st (North) | W Rose Bowl †(CFP Semifinal) L CFP NCG † | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | Mark Helfrich | 9–4 | 7–2 | 2nd (North) | L Alamo | 20 | 19 | ||
| 2016 | Mark Helfrich | 4–8 | 2–7 | 6th (North) | |||||
| Willie Taggart (Pac-12 Conference)(2017) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Willie Taggart [n 4] | 7–6 [n 4] | 4–5 | 4th (North) | L Las Vegas | ||||
| Mario Cristobal (Pac-12 Conference)(2017–2021) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Mario Cristobal | 9–4 | 5–4 | 4th (North) | W Redbox | ||||
| 2019 | Mario Cristobal | 12–2 | 8–1 | 1st (North) | W Rose † | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2020 | Mario Cristobal | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2nd (North) | L Fiesta † | ||||
| 2021 | Mario Cristobal [n 5] | 10–4 [n 5] | 7–2 | 1st (North) | L Alamo | 21 | 22 | ||
| Dan Lanning (Pac-12 Conference)(2022–2023) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Dan Lanning | 10–3 | 7–2 | T–2nd | W Holiday | 16 | 15 | ||
| 2023 | Dan Lanning | 12–2 | 8–1 | 2nd | W Fiesta † | 7 | 6 | ||
| Dan Lanning (Big Ten Conference)(2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Dan Lanning | 13–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L Rose †(CFP Quarterfinal) | 4 | 3 | ||
| 2025 | Dan Lanning | ||||||||
| Total: | 718–512–46 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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