1970 Oregon Ducks football team

1970 Oregon Ducks football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record6–4–1 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
CaptainTom Blanchard, Lionel Coleman, Bob Newland
Home stadiumAutzen Stadium
Seasons
← 1969
1971 →
1970 Pacific-8 Conference 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 Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. Five home games were played in Eugene at Autzen Stadium, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.[1]

Led by fourth-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.

In the second game of the season at Illinois, senior quarterback (and punter) Tom Blanchard injured a troublesome knee and was relieved by sophomore Dan Fouts,[4] who became the starter. Blanchard returned the next week against third-ranked Stanford, but only as the punter.[5]

The Ducks lost the season-ending Civil War game to Oregon State for a seventh consecutive year.[6]

The marching band was not funded this year; in its place was the student rock band Ouroboros, paid $210 per game.[7]

  1. ^ Cawood, Neil (September 11, 1970). "California slight favorite over Ducks in Portland tilt". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  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. ^ Cawood, Neil (September 20, 1970). "Underdog Illinois hands Oregon 20-16 loss". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  5. ^ Cawood, Neil (September 27, 1970). "Stanford explodes past Ducks, 33-10". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  6. ^ Conrad, John (November 22, 1970). "Aroused Beavers shock UO for 'our biggest victory ever'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
  7. ^ "Rock-n-roll band supplying music for UO home games". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 23, 1970. p. 9A.