1977 Oregon Ducks football team

1977 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Washington $	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 15 Stanford	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 USC	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
UCLA †	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Oregon was a member of the Pac-8 Conference and home games were played at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. Led by first-year head coach Rich Brooks, Oregon was 2–9 overall and 1–6 in conference play.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10		at No. 19 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 16–27	45,000	^[1]
September 17		at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 29–24	15,031
September 24		Wisconsin*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	L 10–22	30,750
October 1	1:50 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 10–20	36,500
October 8	1:30 pm	Washington	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	L 0–54	29,500	^[2]^[3]
October 15	1:30 pm	at No. 6 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 15–33	51,120
October 22	5:30 pm	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 17–56	59,017	^[4]
October 29	1:00 pm	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 20–56	27,200
November 5	1:30 pm	UCLA	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	L 3–21	20,000
November 12	1:30 pm	California	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	L 16–48	15,000
November 19	1:30 pm	Oregon State	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Civil War)	W 28–16	34,068	^[5]^[6]^[7]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1977 Oregon Ducks football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`44`	Gary Beck	Fr
QB	`13`	Jack Henderson	Sr
WR	`89`	Ken Page	Jr
C	`51`	Fred Quillan	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`45`	Bruce Beekley	Jr
LB	`56`	Tim Beyer	Jr
LB	`39`	Willie Blasher	Jr
DB	`10`	Kenny Bryant	Jr
DT	`92`	Terry Dion	So
DE	`90`	Neil Elshire	So
DT	`63`	Vince Goldsmith	Fr
DB	`4`	Reggie Grant	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K, P	`3`	Roy Geiger	Sr

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon State	0	10	0	6	16
• Oregon	7	21	0	0	28

^ "Georgia defeats hustling Oregon". The Spokesman-Review. September 11, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Withers, Bud (October 8, 1977). "Who gets out of the hole?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
^ Withers, Bud (October 9, 1977). "Huskies roll and the Ducks roll over, 54-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
^ "LSU humbles Oregon, 56–17". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 23, 1977. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Withers, Bud (November 19, 1977). "Ducks, OSU fight for remaining crumb". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
^ ^a ^b Withers, Bud (November 20, 1977). "Ducks come out smoking, end it that way". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
^ ^a ^b "Ducks take early lead, hang on to down Beavers". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). Associated Press. November 21, 1977. p. 12.
^ "1977 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
^ "1977 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 46. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 8, 1977. p. 3B.
^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 5, 1977. p. 2B.
^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 19, 1977. p. 1E.

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