1964 Oregon Ducks football team

1964 Oregon Ducks football
ConferenceAthletic Association of Western Universities
Record7–2–1 (1–2–1 AAWU)
Head coach
CaptainBob Berry, Lowell Dean
Home stadiumHayward Field
Multnomah Stadium
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Oregon State ^ + 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 10 USC + 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Washington 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
UCLA 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Stanford 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oregon 1 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Washington State 1 – 2 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
California 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Rose Bowl representative determined by longest absence, due to no head-to-head result and 4–4 tie in member vote.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon as a member of the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) during 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Led by 14th-year head coach Len Casanova, the Ducks compiled an overall record of 7–2–1 with a mark of 1–2–1 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the AAWU. Oregon played three home games on campus at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon and two at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

After five seasons as an independent following the dissolution of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), Oregon joined the AAWU this season, as did Oregon State. The Ducks played only one of the four conference teams from the state of California, a 10–8 loss to Stanford at Portland, decided with a late field goal.[1][2]

With a perfect record and a No 7 ranking after six games (and a ten-game winning streak),[1] Oregon won just one of its final four. The Oregon State Beavers won the season-ending Civil War by a point at home with a late touchdown.[3] The game was shown on closed-circuit television in Eugene (McArthur Court) and Portland (Memorial Coliseum), with admission at two dollars.[4][5][6][7] The rivalry game loss ended Oregon's season, as the AAWU/Pac-8 (and Big Ten) did not allow a second bowl team until the 1975 season.

Oregon was led on the field by All-American quarterback Bob Berry, who finished 13th in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy, just behind Joe Namath (Alabama) and Gale Sayers (Kansas).[8][9] A fifth-year senior, he had already been selected in the 1964 NFL draft (and AFL Draft) in late 1963.

Oregon football made its first-ever trip by jet this season, taking a Boeing 720 to Indiana in mid-November.[10]

  1. ^ a b Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 30, 1964). "Oregon eleven out to spoil Stanford's upset ambitions". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  2. ^ "Stanford tips Oregon on field goal in final 13 seconds of play". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 1, 1964. p. 14.
  3. ^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (November 22, 1964). "Beavers win by a kick 7-6". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  4. ^ "Season just half finished for Webfoots". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 17, 1964. p. 2B.
  5. ^ "Football: Oregon vs. Oregon State - Closed Circuit Television". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (advertisement). November 19, 1964. p. 4D.
  6. ^ "4,000 may see game at Mac Court". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 20, 1964. p. 3B.
  7. ^ Millegan, Lloyd E. (November 22, 1964). "Football fans at McArthur Court warm". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon). p. 2B.
  8. ^ "Huarte wins Heisman gridiron trophy". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. November 25, 1964. p. 1, sec. 3.
  9. ^ "John Huarte". Heisman Trophy. 1964. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  10. ^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (November 4, 1964). "Switch in travel plans to send Ducks into 'jet age'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3C.