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Oregon Ducks football

The Oregon Ducks football program is the intercollegiate football team for the University of Oregon located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team is currently coached by MarkHelfrich and competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. Known as the Ducks, the team was commonly called the Web foots until the mid-1960 s, and the first football team was fielded in 1894. Oregon plays its home games at the 59,000 seat AutzenStadium in Eugene, and its main rivals are the Oregon State Beavers and the Washington Huskies. The Ducks and Beavers historically end each regular season with the Civil War rivalry game.

History

He football program began in 1893 and played its first game on March 24, 1894, defeating Albany College 44–2 under head coach Cal Young.Cal Young left after that first game and J.A. Church took over the coaching position in the fall for the rest of the season. Oregon finished the season with two additional losses and a tie, but went undefeated the following season, winning all four of its games under head coach Percy Benson. In 1899, the football team left the state for the first time, playing the California Golden Bears in Berkeley, California. Oregon's largest margin of victory came in 1910 when they defeated the University of Puget Sound 115–0.

Kelly era (2009–2012)

In his first season as the head coach of the Ducks, Chip Kelly stumbled out of the gate, losing to Boise State by 11 points in a game ending in controversy with Oregon running back LeGarretteBlount punching Boise State linebacker ByroTHout on national television, after Hot was seen heckling Blount. The Ducks showed only minor improvements with close wins against the Purdue Boilermakers and the Utah Utes. It wasn't until the start of the Pac-10 season that the Ducks began to display their potential, by dismantling the highly ranked California Golden Bears 42–3. The 2009 Ducks only lost one more game, to the Stanford Cardinal in the regular season, to win the Pac-10 title by two games. Oregon went to the 2010 Rose Bowl, where they lost 26–17 to the Ohio State Buckeyes.During the off season, the team was mired in controversy. Starting running back LaMichaelJames was involved in a domestic dispute in which he pleaded guilty to physical harassment of a former girlfriend, and was suspended for the first game of 2010 season. Starting quarterback JeremiahMasoli was suspended for the entire 2010 football season over thefts from a local fraternity house.On June 7, Masoli was cited for marijuana possession, driving with a suspended license and failing to stop when entering a roadway. In response, coach Chip Kelly officially removed him from the team.

Coaching history

Oregon has had 32 head coaches since its founding in 1894. The Ducks have played in more than 1,100 games in 113 seasons. In those seasons, seven different coaches have led Oregon to bowl games: Hugo Bezdek, Shy Huntington, Jim Aiken, Len Casanova,Rich Brooks, Mike Bellotti and Chip Kelly. Conference championships have been won by Huntington, Prink Callison, Jim Aiken, Casanova, Brooks, Bellotti and Kelly. Casanova is the all-time leader in games coached; Mike Bellotti holds the record for most victories, while Chip Kelly is the leader in win percentage for coaches with more than one season of service.

Of the 32 Oregon head coaches, two, Hugo Bezdek and Len Casanova, are in the College Football Hall of Fame as coaches. John McEwan and Clarence Spears are also in the Hall of Fame, but as players at Army and Dartmouth. Brooks and Kelly have each received National Coach of the Year honors from at least one organization. Oregon's current head coach is Mark Helfrich, who was promoted to head coach in 2013 following Chip Kelly's resignation to become coach of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles

2013 Oregon schedule

	Date	Opponent	Conf.	Projected ranking
	8/31/2013	Nicholl State	FCS
	9/7/2013	at Virginia	ACC	71
	9/14/2013	Tennessee	SEC	50
	9/21/2013	Open Date
	9/28/2013	California	PAC	73
	10/5/2013	at Colorado	PAC	109
	10/12/2013	at Washington	PAC	48
	10/19/2013	Washington State	PAC	110
	10/26/2013	UCLA	PAC	44
	11/2/2013	Open Date
	11/7/2013	at Stanford	PAC	3
	11/16/2013	Utah	PAC	45
	11/23/2013	at Arizona	PAC	30
	11/29/2013	Oregon State	PAC	23
	12/7/2013	Pac-12 Championship (TBD)
	Date	Opponent	Conf.	Projected ranking