American college football season
The 1973 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season . In his second and final year as head coach, Dick Enright led the Ducks to a 2–9 record (2–5 in Pac-8, tied for fifth)
Six weeks after the season ended, Enright was fired by athletic director Norv Ritchey in early January,[ 1] [ 2] with the university buying out the remainder of his four-year contract.[ 3] [ 4] He was immediately succeeded by assistant coach Don Read ,[ 1] [ 5] [ 6] [ 1]
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 15 7:30 pm No. 13 Arizona State * L 20–2640,000–40,1000 [ 7] September 22 2:00 pm at Air Force * L 17–2434,541 September 29 7:30 pm Utah * L 17–3531,500 [ 8] October 6 10:15 am at No. 5 Michigan * L 0–2481,113 [ 9] October 13 1:30 pm California W 41–1028,700 October 20 1:30 pm at No. 6 USC L 10–3153,155 October 27 1:30 pm Washington W 58–040,000 November 3 1:30 pm at Washington State L 14–2119,800 November 10 1:50 pm No. 9 UCLA L 7–2721,200 November 17 1:30 pm at Stanford L 7–2421,000 November 24 1:30 pm Oregon State L 14–1739,700 [ 10] [ 11] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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1973 Oregon Ducks football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 26 Maurice Anderson Sr OL 66 LeFrancis Arnold Sr G 76 Mike Bollinger Sr RB 39 Eugene Brown So TE 81 Russ Francis Jr OL 72 Tim Guy Sr RB 44 Greg Herd Sr OL 71 Ron Hunt So RB 33 Rick Kane WR 19 Johnny Kerr Sr WR 89 Greg Lindsey Sr RB 30 Henderson Martin WR 85 Pat McNally Jr QB 10 John Nehl WR 45 Bob Palm Jr OL 56 Mike Popovich Jr RB 22 Don Reynolds Jr QB 15 Herb Singleton Jr QB 17 Norv Turner Jr
Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 29 Mario Clark So DB 23 Jack Conners Sr DE 96 Keith Davis Sr DB 38 Steve Donnelly Jr LB 43 Bobby Green So LB 55 Mike Jodoin Sr DE 88 Don Johnson So DL 51 Reggie Lewis So DL 99 George Martin Jr LB 54 Bill Meyer Sr DL 94 Dave Morgan So DB 18 Tim Slapnicka Jr DL 97 Art Webb Sr S 12 Chuck Wills So
Special teams Pos. # Name Class K , P 45 Bob Palm Jr K 9 Keith Lively K 24 Hugh Woodward
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Source: [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] Three Oregon underclassmen were named to the All-Pac-8 team: tight end Russ Francis , defensive back Steve Donnelly, and defensive tackle Reggie Lewis. Francis and Donnelly were juniors and Lewis was a sophomore.[ 20] [ 21]
Two Oregon seniors were selected in the draft; tackle Tim Guy (122nd) and defensive back Jack Conners (400th).
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