1970 Oregon Ducks football team
1970 Oregon Ducks football | |
---|---|
Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
Record | 6–4–1 (4–3 Pac-8) |
Head coach |
|
Captain | Tom Blanchard, Lionel Coleman, Bob Newland |
Home stadium | Autzen Stadium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Stanford $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 USC | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 1970 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. Five home games were played in Eugene at Autzen Stadium, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.[1]
Led by fourth-year head coach Jerry Frei, the Ducks were 6–4–1 overall and 4–3 in the Pacific-8 Conference, tied for second. The opener was played in Portland,[2] the Ducks' first game there in four years; the last was in 1966, prior to the opening of Autzen. After upsetting both UCLA and USC, Oregon was 5–2 and ranked #16 in the AP Poll,[3] but won just one of their last four games.
In the second game of the season at Illinois, senior quarterback (and punter) Tom Blanchard injured a troublesome knee and was relieved by sophomore Dan Fouts,[4] who became the starter. Blanchard returned the next week against third-ranked Stanford, but only as the punter.[5]
The Ducks lost the season-ending Civil War game to Oregon State for a seventh consecutive year.[6]
The marching band was not funded this year; in its place was the student rock band Ouroboros, paid $210 per game.[7]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 12 | 8:00 pm | California | W 31–24 | 26,566 | [2] | ||
September 19 | 11:30 am | at Illinois* | L 16–20 | 33,246 | [4] | ||
September 26 | 1:30 pm | No. 3 Stanford | L 10–33 | 38,400 | [5] | ||
October 3 | 1:30 pm | Washington State |
| W 28–13 | 21,800 | [8] | |
October 10 | 8:00 pm | at No. 15 UCLA | W 41–40 | 44,722 | [9][10] | ||
October 17 | 1:30 pm | Idaho* |
| W 49–13 | 21,300 | [11][12] | |
October 24 | 1:30 pm | No. 10 USC |
| W 10–7 | 34,000 | [13][14] | |
October 31 | 1:30 pm | at Washington | No. 16 | L 23–25 | 58,580 | [15] | |
November 7 | 1:30 pm | No. 9 Air Force* |
| W 46–35 | 24,700 | [16] | |
November 14 | 11:00 am | at Army* | No. 19 | T 22–22 | 39,455 | [17] | |
November 21 | 1:30 pm | at Oregon State | L 9–24 | 40,299 | [6] | ||
|
Roster
[edit]1970 Oregon Ducks football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offense
| Defense
| Special teams
|
|
All-conference
[edit]Four Oregon players were named to the All-Pacific-8 team: junior halfback Bobby Moore (later Ahmad Rashad), senior split end Bob Newland, junior linebacker Tom Graham, and senior cornerback Lionel Coleman. On the second team (honorable mention) were senior guard Jack Stambaugh and junior cornerback Bill Drake.[24][25] Moore also made the first team as a sophomore in 1969 and as a senior in 1971.[26][27]
References
[edit]- ^ Cawood, Neil (September 11, 1970). "California slight favorite over Ducks in Portland tilt". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
- ^ a b Cawood, Neil (September 13, 1970). "Fouts paces Webfoots past Bears in opener". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ "Texas replaces Ohio State as number one grid team". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 27, 1970. p. 19.
- ^ a b Cawood, Neil (September 20, 1970). "Underdog Illinois hands Oregon 20-16 loss". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ a b Cawood, Neil (September 27, 1970). "Stanford explodes past Ducks, 33-10". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ a b Conrad, John (November 22, 1970). "Aroused Beavers shock UO for 'our biggest victory ever'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
- ^ "Rock-n-roll band supplying music for UO home games". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 23, 1970. p. 9A.
- ^ Cawood, Neil (October 4, 1970). "Ducks find balance, knock over Cougars". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ Cawood, Neil (October 11, 1970). "Webfoot comeback effort stuns Bruins 41-40". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ "Webfoot(s) win wild contest". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 11, 1970. p. 2, sports.
- ^ Cawood, Neil (October 18, 1970). "Ducks bomb Vandals as UO records tumble". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ Payne, Bob (October 18, 1970). "Oregon's offense surely too much". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
- ^ Cawood, Neil (October 25, 1970). "Ducks stun USC, keep hopes alive". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ "Oregon upsets USC". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 25, 1970. p. 16.
- ^ Cawood, Neil (November 1, 1970). "Last-second field goal dumps Ducks, 25-23". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ Cawood, Neil (November 8, 1970). "Ducks shoot down Air Force, 46-35". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ Cawood, Neil (November 15, 1970). "Webfoots salvage tie with underdog Army". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ^ "1970 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ "1970 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 47. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ "Oregon-California". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 11, 1970. p. 3B.
- ^ "Probable starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 2, 1970. p. 3B.
- ^ "Probable lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 20, 1970. p. 3B.
- ^ "Pac-8 All-Stars". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 1, 1970. p. 3B.
- ^ "WSU Pac-8 coach lauded by coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). December 1, 1970. p. 14.
- ^ "Four Cougars on All-Stars". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 28, 1971. p. 1, sports.
- ^ "Four Ducks on Pac-8 Squad". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 28, 1971. p. 1B.
External links
[edit]- WSU Libraries: Game video (color) – Washington State at Oregon – October 3, 1970