1975 Oregon Ducks football team

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).

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
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
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

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

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1311:30 amat No. 1 Oklahoma*L 62–770,213
September 207:30 pmSan Jose State*L 5–025,000
September 2711:30 amat Minnesota*L 10–734,300
October 41:30 pmWashington
L 27–1728,500
October 111:30 pmCalifornia
L 34–718,500
October 181:30 pmat No. 3 USCL 17–350,542
October 251:30 pmUtah*
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
W 18–710,500[1][2][3]
November 11:30 pmat Washington StateW 26–1418,100
November 81:30 pmUCLA
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
L 50–1715,500
November 151:30 pmat StanfordL 33–3038,500
November 221:30 pmOregon State
W 14–735,000[4][5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

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Oregon State

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Oregon State at Oregon
1 234Total
Oregon State 7 000 7
Oregon 0 770 14

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Roster

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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

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Statistics

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Passing

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

Rushing

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Player Att Yards TD
George Bennett 175 805 7

Receiving

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Player Rec Yards TD
George Bauer 52 616 4

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References

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  1. ^ Withers, Bud (October 26, 1975). "Ducks start another streak". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  2. ^ "Ducks beat Utah 18-7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 26, 1975. p. 3B.
  3. ^ "Oregon waits year for another win – against same team". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). Associated Press. October 27, 1975.
  4. ^ a b Withers, Bud (November 23, 1975). "Ducks steal Dee day, 14-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  5. ^ a b Baum, Bob (November 24, 1975). "Oregon slips by OSU in mistake-filled game". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). Associated Press. p. 14.
  6. ^ "1975 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  7. ^ "1975 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  8. ^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 46. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  9. ^ "The starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 20, 1975. p. 1B.
  10. ^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 4, 1975. p. 1B.
  11. ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 11, 1975. p. 1B.
  12. ^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 25, 1975. p. 1B.
  13. ^ "Ducks vs. Cougars: rosters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 1, 1975. p. 17.
  14. ^ "Oregon Ducks: Probable starters, coaches". Stanford Daily. (California). (Stanford University). November 15, 1975. p. 4.
  15. ^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 22, 1975. p. 1B.
  16. ^ 2010 Oregon football multi-media guide
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