American college football season
The 1980 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1980 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 fourth year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon . They finished the season with a record of six wins, three losses and two ties (6–3–2 overall, 4–3–1 in the Pac-10).
In their rivalry game with Washington , the Ducks won in Seattle for the first time in 12 years ; the win also broke a six-game losing streak to the Huskies. Oregon defeated all three northwest teams in the Pac-10, their first sweep in 26 years .
After the season in December, Brooks' contract was extended through the 1984 season with a salary increase, from under $ 37,000 to over $46,000.[ 2] [ 3]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source September 6 1:30 pm Stanford L 25–3537,300 September 13 1:30 pm Kansas * T 7–727,750 September 20 1:30 pm Michigan State * W 35–730,431 September 27 1:30 pm at No. 18 Washington W 34–1051,008 [ 4] October 11 1:00 pm at California L 6–3135,000 October 18 1:30 pm No. 2 USC T 7–742,733 October 25 1:30 pm UNLV * W 32–931,651 November 1 12:30 pm Washington State ABC W 20–1030,093 November 8 1:30 pm at No. 8 UCLA W 20–1440,907 November 15 1:00 pm at Oregon State W 40–2141,600 November 22 6:30 pm at Arizona State L 37–4261,623 [ 5] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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1980 Oregon Ducks football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 32 Charlie Bisharat So WR 81 Jon Brosterhous Jr RB 48 Reggie Brown Jr RB Don Davis C 52 Mike Delegato So TE 88 Greg Hogensen Jr WR 24 Curt Jackson Jr WR 21 Mark James RB 9 Ladaria Johnson RB 33 Terrance Jones So OT 69 Jeff Kubitz So WR 23 Rourke Lowe So QB 13 Kevin Lusk So G 68 Jamey Matthews OT 76 Kevin McGill Sr WR Greg Moser QB 11 Reggie Ogburn Sr WR 2 Dwight Robertson Jr G 73 Scott Shepard So TE 85 Tim Tyler So RB Vince Williams G 55 Stu Yatsko Jr RB Eugene Young C 56 Gary Zimmerman So
Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 44 Gary Beck Jr DL 83 Gordon Bledsoe Jr DB 28 Steve Brown So DB 10 Dennis Clay So DB 40 Joe Figures Jr DB 6 Ross Gibbs Jr DL 63 Vince Goldsmith Sr LB 47 Ed Hagerty Jr LB 16 Bryan Hinkle Sr DL 45 Bill Lowder So DB 43 Mike Nolan Sr DL 35 Rich Schwartz Sr DL 94 Scott Setterlund Sr LB 51 Andy Vobora Jr DE 54 Michael Walter So
Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 36 Mike Babb K 4 Pat English K 3 Doug Jollymour
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Erik Widmark (OC) Bob McCray (OL) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
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Two Ducks were selected in the 1981 NFL draft , which lasted 12 rounds (332 selections).
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