1967 Oregon Webfoots football team

1967 Oregon Webfoots football
Conference Athletic Association of Western Universities
1967 record 2–8 (1–5 AAWU)
Head coach Jerry Frei (1st season)
Home stadium Autzen Stadium  (natural grass)
1967 AAWU football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
No. 1 USC $ 6 – 1 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Oregon State 4 – 1 – 1     7 – 2 – 1
UCLA 4 – 1 – 1     7 – 2 – 1
Stanford 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Washington 3 – 4 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
California 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Oregon 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
Washington State 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1967 college football season. Home games were played on campus in Eugene at the new Autzen Stadium, opened this season with a natural grass field (and replaced with AstroTurf two years later).

Under first-year head coach Jerry Frei, the Ducks were 2–8 overall and 1–5 in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU, later renamed Pacific-8), in a tie for seventh place, and were outscored by their opponents, 193 to 104.[1] The Ducks met USC for the first time since 1958, the final Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) season. (UCLA was similarly off of UO's schedule until 1969).

Oregon's two victories came against the Palouse neighbors, Idaho and Washington State. After opening with five losses, shutouts in the last three,[2] the 31–6 win over the Vandals on October 21 was the first for Frei and the first for Oregon in Autzen Stadium.[3][4] The Ducks traveled to Pullman two weeks later and defeated the Cougars 17–13 for their sole conference win.[5] In between, they lost 28–6 to top-ranked USC in Los Angeles,[6] but held junior running back O. J. Simpson to just 63 yards on 23 carries.[7] He was similarly contained the following season in Eugene.[8][9]

In the season-ending Civil War game at Autzen, the visiting #8 Oregon State "Giant Killers" were held scoreless for three quarters, but reached the end zone twice in the fourth period to win 14–10, their fourth straight in the rivalry.[10][11]

Oregon's statistical leaders in 1967 were Eric Olson with 840 passing yards, Claxton Welch with 474 rushing yards, and Roger Smith with 402 receiving yards.[12]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 16 at California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA [13][14] L 13–21   20,000
September 23 No. 9 Colorado* Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR [15] L 13–17   27,500
September 30 at Utah* Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT [16][17] L  0–21   17,118
October 7 Ohio State* Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR [18] L  0–30   25,000
October 14 Washington Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR [2] (Rivalry) L  0–26   33,500
October 21 Idaho* Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR [3][4] W 31–6   16,000
October 28 at No. 1 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA [6][7] L  6–28   48,807
November 4 at Washington State Rogers Field • Pullman, WA [5] W 17–13   18,200
November 11 at Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA [19] L 14–17   29,000
November 18 No. 8 Oregon State Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR [10][11] (Civil War) L 10–14   40,100
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. 1 2 "1967 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 15, 1967). "Ducks suffer double loss". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. 1 2 Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 22, 1967). "Harrington-led Ducks trample Vandals, 31-6". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  4. 1 2 Payne, Bob (October 22, 1967). "Ducks drop Vandals with aerial attack". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  5. 1 2 Wilson, Mike (November 12, 1967). "Last-minute fumble cheats WSU of victory chance". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 12.
  6. 1 2 "Trojans roll over Ducks". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 29, 1967. p. 1, sports.
  7. 1 2 Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 29, 1967). "Ducks put squeeze on 'Orange June'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  8. ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (November 3, 1968). "Magnificent Oregon gives Trojans scare". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  9. ↑ "Late Southern Cal scoring drive salvages 20-13 win over Oregon". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 3, 1968. p. 3, sports.
  10. 1 2 "Beavers edge Ducks 14-10". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. November 20, 1967. p. 15.
  11. 1 2 "Oregon State overcomes Oregon". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 19, 1967. p. 6, sports.
  12. ↑ "1967 Oregon Ducks Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  13. ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 17, 1967). "Cal intercepts Ducks in Pacific-8 opener, 21-13". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  14. ↑ "Ducks pass; Cal wins". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 17, 1967. p. 2, sports.
  15. ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 24, 1967). "Determined Duck comeback falls short". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  16. ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 1, 1967). "'Other' Oregon team falls to Utah, 21-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  17. ↑ "Utah whips Ducks 21-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 1, 1967. p. 2, sports.
  18. ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 8, 1967). "Buckeyes ambush Ducks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  19. ↑ "Ducks fall to Stanford". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 12, 1967. p. 2, sports.
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