American college football season
1983 Oregon Ducks football Conference Pacific-10 Conference 1983 record 4–6–1 (3–3–1 Pac-10) Head coach Offensive coordinator Bob Toledo [1] (1st season)Defensive coordinator Joe Schaffeld (1st season) Home stadium Autzen Stadium (Capacity: 41,097)Seasons
The 1983 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season . Playing as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), the team was led by head coach Rich Brooks , in his seventh year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon . They finished the season with a record of 4–6–1 overall and 3–3–1 in the Pac-10).
The season-ending Civil War game with Oregon State was a scoreless tie;[2] it later became known as The Toilet Bowl .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 1:00 pm Pacific * L 15–2126,273
September 10 10:30 am at No. 7 Ohio State * KEZI L 6–3188,524
September 24 1:00 pm Houston * W 15–1426,105
October 1 7:00 pm at San Jose State * L 34–4420,109
October 8 1:00 pm California W 24–1727,102
October 15 6:00 pm at No. 9 Arizona W 19–1045,233
October 22 1:00 pm No. 14 Washington KEZI L 3–3244,303
October 29 1:00 pm at Washington State L 7–2429,500
November 5 1:00 pm UCLA L 13–2424,511
November 12 1:00 pm at Stanford W 16–731,420
November 19 1:00 pm Oregon State T 0–033,176
Source: [3]
Personnel [ ]
1983 Oregon Ducks football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
WR
Lew Barnes
WR
Harry Billups
RB
Todd Bland
TE
Dave Christensen
TE
Rich Gaiser
WR
Kwante Hampton
TE
Doug Herman
RB
Alan Jackson
RB
Ladaria Johnson
QB
Mike Jorgensen
RB
Eugene King
RB
Alex Mack
RB
Kevin McCall
QB
12
Chris Miller
QB
Mike Owens
OL
Greg Schwab
OL
Scott Shepard
OL
Brad Smith
OL
Ed Stringer
WR
Osborn Thomas
OL
Lino Vaccher
OL
Ken Warner
RB
Kevin Willhite
OL
Gary Zimmerman
OL
Ryan Zinke
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DL
Steve Baack
DB
Don Brown
DL
John Byrne
DB
Wendell Cason
LB
Dan Devaney
DL
Dale Dorning
LB
E.J. Duffy
LB
Bob Hudetz
DB
Ron Johnson
DB
Doug Judge
DL
Dave Maley
DB
Danny McCalister
LB
Jerry Mikels
DL
Dan Ralph
DB
Dan Wilken
DB
Jeff Williams
LB
Larry Wilson
DL
Terry Youngblood
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
P
Kevin Hicks
K
Todd Lee
K
Paul Schwabe
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries [ ]
California [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
California
0
10 0 7
17
• Oregon
12
2 3 7
24
Date: October 8Location: Autzen Stadium , Eugene, OR Game attendance: 27,012
Scoring summary Q1 13:26 ORE Barnes 48 yard pass from Christensen (kick failed) ORE 6–0
Q1 9:15 ORE Jorgensen 1 yard run (pass failed) ORE 12–0
Q2 7:32 CAL Bark 18 yard pass from Gilbert (Pratt kick) ORE 12–7
Q2 1:16 ORE Safety, punt snap out of end zone ORE 14–7
Q2 :00 CAL Pratt 47 yard field goal ORE 14–10
Q3 2:03 ORE Schwabe 28 yard field goal ORE 17–10
Q4 2:39 ORE McCall 1 yard run (Schwabe kick) ORE 24–10
Q4 :05 CAL Rivera 36 yard fumble return (Pratt kick) ORE 24–17
Source: [4]
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