1975 Oregon Ducks football team

1975 Oregon Ducks football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record3–8 (2–5 Pac-8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGene Dahlquist (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorFred von Appen (2nd season)
Captains
  • Don Johnson
  • Chuck Wills
Home stadiumAutzen Stadium
1975 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 UCLA ^ + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
No. 14 California + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Stanford 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Washington 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
No. 17 USC 3 – 4 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Oregon State 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Washington State 0 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Led by second-year head coach Don Read, the Ducks were 3–8 overall (2–5 in the Pac-8, sixth place).

Oregon defeated Utah of the WAC in late October to break a 14-game losing streak, the nation's longest at the time. They won the next week at Washington State, and the season-ending Civil War over Oregon State, the final game for Beavers' head coach Dee Andros, only his second loss in the rivalry in his eleven seasons.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1311:30 amat No. 1 Oklahoma*
L 7–6270,213[1]
September 207:30 pmSan Jose State*
L 0–525,000[2]
September 2711:30 amat Minnesota*
L 7–1034,300[3]
October 41:30 pmWashington
L 17–2728,500[4]
October 111:30 pmCalifornia
L 7–3418,500[5]
October 181:30 pmat No. 3 USC
L 3–1750,542[6]
October 251:30 pmUtah*
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
W 18–710,500[7][8][9]
November 11:30 pmat Washington State
W 26–1418,100[10]
November 81:30 pmUCLA
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
L 17–5015,500[11]
November 151:30 pmat Stanford
L 30–3338,500[12]
November 221:30 pmOregon State
W 14–735,000[13][14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

Oregon State

Oregon State at Oregon
Team 1 234Total
Oregon State 7 000 7
• Oregon 0 770 14
Scoring summary
11:21OSULacey 94-yard interception return (Nelson kick)OSU 7-0
212:24OREWillis 15-yard interception return (Woodfill kick)Tied 7-7
313:21OREBennett 3-yard run (Woodfill kick)ORE 14-7

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Roster

1975 Oregon Ducks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 13 Jack Henderson So
RB 35 George Bennett Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
FS 12 Chuck Wills (C) Sr
DE 88 Don Johnson (C) Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Statistics

Passing

Player Att Comp Yards TD INT
Jack Henderson 151 321 1,492 6 16

Rushing

Player Att Yards TD
George Bennett 175 805 7

Receiving

Player Rec Yards TD
George Bauer 52 616 4

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References

  1. ^ "OU continues unbeaten streak". Northwest Arkansas Times. September 14, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "San Jose '11' pins 5–0 defeat on Oregon's Ducks". Santa Cruz Sentinel. September 21, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Minnesota nips Oregon". Argus-Leader. September 28, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Huskies dump Ducks 27–17". The Spokesman-Review. October 5, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Withers, Bud (October 12, 1975). "Ducks make 'one big mess,' 34–7". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1D. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ^ "Bell the bright spot in Southern Cal win". Oakland Tribune. October 19, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Withers, Bud (October 26, 1975). "Ducks start another streak". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  8. ^ "Ducks beat Utah 18-7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 26, 1975. p. 3B.
  9. ^ "Oregon waits year for another win – against same team". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. Associated Press. October 27, 1975.
  10. ^ "Ducks boot Cougars, 26–14". The Olympian. November 2, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "UCLA keeps Rose Bowl in sight, runs through Oregon, 50–17". The Los Angeles Times. November 9, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Cardinals' scary win saves bowl chance". The San Francisco Examiner. November 16, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ a b Withers, Bud (November 23, 1975). "Ducks steal Dee day, 14-7". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  14. ^ a b Baum, Bob (November 24, 1975). "Oregon slips by OSU in mistake-filled game". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. Associated Press. p. 14.
  15. ^ "1975 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  16. ^ "1975 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  17. ^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 46. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  18. ^ "The starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. September 20, 1975. p. 1B.
  19. ^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. October 4, 1975. p. 1B.
  20. ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. October 11, 1975. p. 1B.
  21. ^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. October 25, 1975. p. 1B.
  22. ^ "Ducks vs. Cougars: rosters". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. November 1, 1975. p. 17.
  23. ^ "Oregon Ducks: Probable starters, coaches". Stanford Daily. California. (Stanford University). November 15, 1975. p. 4.
  24. ^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. November 22, 1975. p. 1B.
  25. ^ 2010 Oregon football multi-media guide
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