1973 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1973 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. In his second and final year as head coach, Dick Enright led the Ducks to a 2–9 record (2–5 in Pac-8, tied for fifth)[1][2]
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Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
1973 record | 2–9 (2–5 Pac-8) |
Head coach | Dick Enright (2nd season) |
Offensive coordinator | Jesse Branch (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Sam Robertson (1st season) |
Home stadium | Autzen Stadium (Capacity: 40,000) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 USC $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 UCLA | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Six weeks after the season ended, Enright was fired by athletic director Norv Ritchey in early January,[3][4] with the university buying out the remainder of his four-year contract.[5][6] He was immediately succeeded by assistant coach Don Read,[3][7][8] who handled quarterbacks and receivers and for the past two seasons.[3]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 15 | 7:30 pm | No. 13 Arizona State* | L 20–26 | 40,000 | |
September 22 | 2:00 pm | at Air Force* | L 17–24 | 34,541 | |
September 29 | 7:30 pm | Utah* |
| L 17–35 | 31,500 |
October 6 | 10:15 am | at No. 5 Michigan* | L 0–24 | 81,113 | |
October 13 | 1:30 pm | California |
| W 41–10 | 28,700 |
October 20 | 1:30 pm | at No. 6 USC |
| L 10–31 | 53,155 |
October 27 | 1:30 pm | Washington |
| W 58–0 | 40,000 |
November 3 | 1:30 pm | at Washington State | L 14–21 | 19,800 | |
November 10 | 1:50 pm | No. 9 UCLA |
| L 7–27 | 21,200 |
November 17 | 1:30 pm | at Stanford | L 7–24 | 21,000 | |
November 24 | 1:30 pm | Oregon State |
| L 14–17 | 39,700 |
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Roster
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Defense
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Special teams
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References
- Withers, Bud (November 25, 1973). "OSU battles to 17-14 win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
- "Beavers 'stun' Oregon 17-14". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 25, 1973. p. 1, sports.
- Cawood, Neil (January 4, 1974). "Enright sacked, shocked". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
- Newnham, Blaine (January 5, 1974). "Want to be head coach?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- Newnham, Blaine (April 9, 1974). "Enright joins WFL club's staff". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
- UO Head Coach Dick Enright, University of Oregon: Special Collections & University Archives, Accessed April 25, 2009.
- "UO fires Dick Enright; assistant to take over". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). January 4, 1974. p. 1A.
- "Oregon fires Enright, hires assistant". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). Associated Press. January 4, 1974. p. 8.
- "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 22, 1973. p. 2B.
- "Today's lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 10, 1973. p. 2B.
- "Oregon Ducks: roster". Stanford Daily. (California). (Stanford University). November 17, 1973. p. 4.
- "Civil War lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 24, 1973. p. 3B.
- McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. ISBN 0-9648244-7-7.
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