1970 Oregon Webfoots football team

1970 Oregon Webfoots football
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
1970 record 6–4–1 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach Jerry Frei (4th season)
Home stadium Autzen Stadium
(Capacity: 41,698)
1970 Pacific-8 football standings
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1970 college football season. Home games were played in Eugene at Autzen Stadium, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.[1]

Led by fouth-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.

The Ducks lost the season-ending Civil War game to Oregon State for a seventh consecutive year.[4]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 12 California Civic Stadium • Portland, OR [2] W 31–24   26,566
September 19 at Illinois* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL [5] L 16–20   33,246
September 26 No. 3 Stanford Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR [6] L 10–33   38,400
October 3 Washington State Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR [7] W 28–13   21,800
October 10 at No. 15 UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA [8][9] W 41–40   44,722
October 17 Idaho* Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR [10][11] W 49–13   21,300
October 24 No. 10 USC Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR [12][13] W 10–7   34,000
October 31 at Washington No. 16 Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA [14] (Rivalry) L 23–25   58,580
November 7 No. 9 Air Force* Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR [15] W 46–35   24,700
November 14 at Army* No. 19 Michie Stadium • West Point, NY [16] T 22–22   39,455
November 21 at Oregon State Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR [4] (Civil War) L  9–24   40,299
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. ↑ Cawood, Neil (September 11, 1970). "California slight favorite over Ducks in Portland tilt". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  2. 1 2 Cawood, Neil (September 13, 1970). "Fouts paces Webfoots past Bears in opener". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. ↑ "Texas replaces Ohio State as number one grid team". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 27, 1970. p. 19.
  4. 1 2 Conrad, John (November 22, 1970). "Aroused Beavers shock UO for 'our biggest victory ever'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
  5. ↑ Cawood, Neil (September 20, 1970). "Underdog Illinois hands Oregon 20-16 loss". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  6. ↑ Cawood, Neil (September 27, 1970). "Stanford explodes past Ducks, 33-10". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  7. ↑ Cawood, Neil (October 4, 1970). "Ducks find balance, knock over Cougars". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  8. ↑ Cawood, Neil (October 11, 1970). "Webfoot comeback effort stuns Bruins 41-40". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  9. ↑ "Webfoot(s) win wild contest". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 11, 1970. p. 2, sports.
  10. ↑ Cawood, Neil (October 18, 1970). "Ducks bomb Vandals as UO records tumble". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  11. ↑ Payne, Bob (October 18, 1970). "Oregon's offense surely too much". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  12. ↑ Cawood, Neil (October 25, 1970). "Ducks stun USC, keep hopes alive". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  13. ↑ "Oregon upsets USC". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 25, 1970. p. 16.
  14. ↑ Cawood, Neil (November 1, 1970). "Last-second field goal dumps Ducks, 25-23". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  15. ↑ Cawood, Neil (November 8, 1970). "Ducks shoot down Air Force, 46-35". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  16. ↑ Cawood, Neil (November 15, 1970). "Webfoots salvage tie with underdog Army". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  17. ↑ DeLassus, David. "Oregon Yearly Results: 1970–1974". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
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