1980 Oregon Ducks football team
The 1980 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1980 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 fourth year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of six wins, three losses and two ties (6–3–2 overall, 4–3–1 in the Pac-10).[2]
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Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
1980 record | 6–3–2 (4–3–1 Pac-10) |
Head coach | Rich Brooks (4th season) |
Offensive coordinator | Erik Widmark [1] (1st season) |
Home stadium | Autzen Stadium (Capacity: 41,097) |
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Washington $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 USC | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their rivalry game with Washington, the Ducks won in Seattle for the first time in twelve years; the win also broke a six-game losing streak to the Huskies.[3] Oregon defeated all three northwest teams in the Pac-10, their first sweep in 26 years.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 6 | 1:30 PM | Stanford | L 25–35 | 37,300 | ||
September 13 | 1:30 PM | Kansas* |
| T 7–7 | 27,750 | |
September 20 | 1:30 PM | Michigan State* |
| W 35–7 | 30,431 | |
September 27 | 1:30 PM | at No. 18 Washington | W 34–10 | 51,008 | ||
October 11 | 1:00 PM | at California | L 6–31 | 35,000 | ||
October 18 | 1:30 PM | No. 2 USC |
| T 7–7 | 42,733 | |
October 25 | 1:30 PM | UNLV* |
| W 32–9 | 31,651 | |
November 1 | 12:30 PM | Washington State |
| ABC | W 20–10 | 30,093 |
November 8 | 1:30 PM | at No. 8 UCLA | W 20–14 | 40,907 | ||
November 15 | 1:00 PM | at Oregon State |
| W 40–21 | 41,600 | |
November 22 | 6:30 PM | at Arizona State | L 37–42 | 61,623 | ||
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- Source:[4]
Roster
1980 Oregon Ducks football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Defense
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Special teams
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NFL Draft
Two Ducks were selected in the 1981 NFL Draft, which lasted twelve rounds (332 selections).
Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
Bryan Hinkle | Linebacker | 6 | 156 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Kevin McGill | Tackle | 12 | 325 | Cleveland Browns |
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References
- Withers, Bud (September 21, 1980). "Ducks settle the score and then some". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.
- Withers, Bud (November 23, 1980). "Ducks finally go down for count, 42–37". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- Withers, Bud (September 28, 1980). "Ducks take a bite from Huskies' bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.
- DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Rich Brooks, 1980". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. September 20, 1980. p. 2C.
- "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. September 27, 1980. p. 2C.
- "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. November 1, 1980. p. 2B.
- "1980 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved November 17, 2013.