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Oregon Ducks

Big TenEugene, ORAutzen Stadium

2026: 4–⁠2 (2–⁠1 Big Ten). Last: beat Nebraska 17–⁠14 at home. Next: at Illinois, Saturday, Oct 24.

  1. W 34–⁠27Boise State
  2. L 31–⁠39at Oklahoma State
  3. W 84–⁠0Portland State
  4. W 41–⁠27at No. 12 USC
  5. L 15–⁠17No. 21 UCLA
  6. W 17–⁠14Nebraska
  7. Oct 24at Illinois
  8. Oct 31Northwestern
  9. Nov 7at Ohio State
  10. Nov 14Michigan
  11. Nov 20at Michigan State
  12. Nov 28Washington
  • Hosted College GameDay 14 times
  • Outfitted by Nike

Oregon in the news

Oregon has played football since 1893 and is 657–⁠474–⁠34 in the 1,165 games on record here, which start in 1916. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 2, in 2014. They have won nine Pac-12 Conference titles (the last in 2020), plus six Pacific Coast Conference titles, one Big Ten Conference title, one Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association title, counting shared titles. Marcus Mariota won the Heisman Trophy here in 2014. Since 1936, the NFL Draft has taken 179 players from here in its first seven rounds, 27 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took two players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 7 players and 3 coaches from Oregon. Mike Bellotti (1995–⁠2008) won more games here than any other coach: 116. The most-played rival is Oregon State: 129 meetings, Oregon leads 70–⁠49–⁠10. This season, under Dan Lanning, they’re 4–⁠2.

Autzen Stadium in Eugene
Autzen StadiumPhoto: Ray Terrill, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 2019No. 12 Oregon beat No. 25 Washington 35–⁠31 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
733–⁠516–⁠46 official; 657–⁠474–⁠34 on file; how we count
Postseason
19–⁠22 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
16 of 378 ranked
Elo now
1701 11th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 17 · Composite No. 18 in FBS, Oct 17; down 1 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2012 rated 1849
Conference titles
17 last in 2024
Bowl record
18–⁠22 official, bowls only
Seasons
109 since 1916, 1,165 games

Identity

Fight song
Mighty Oregon
Mascot
The Duck
Student section
Pit Crew
Band
Oregon Marching Band since 1908, 240 members

2026 season 4–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsBoise StateW 34–⁠2776%
Sep 12atOklahoma StateL 31–⁠3987%
Sep 18vsPortland StateW 84–⁠097%
Sep 26at12USCW 41–⁠2745%
Oct 10vs21UCLAL 15–⁠1775%
Oct 17vsNebraskaW 17–⁠1469%
Oct 24atIllinoisPreview66%
Oct 31vsNorthwesternPreview71%
Nov 7atOhio StatePreview30%
Nov 14vsMichiganPreview69%
Nov 20atMichigan StatePreview78%
Nov 28vsWashingtonPreview72%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Oregon’s Elo through 2026: 1714 going into the opener, 1701 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 2 to unranked.167517001725Elo 1714 going in; beat Boise State 34–27; AP No. 2Elo 1723 going in; lost to Oklahoma State 39–31; AP No. 6Elo 1679 going in; beat Portland State 84–0; AP No. 21Elo 1681 going in; beat USC 41–27; AP No. 20Elo 1712 going in; lost to UCLA 17–15; AP No. 13Elo 1693 going in; beat Nebraska 17–14Now: Elo 1701 after the latest game1701
26212013··
Boise StateOklahoma StatePortland StateUSCUCLANebraskaNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠33
202712 games: 7 home, 5 away
202811 games: 7 home, 4 away
20292 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20331 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Oregon’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of August 7, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookThe money

On the 2026 team

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Oregon.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Nike · Official source
Mascot
The Duck · Official source
Student section
Pit Crew · Official source
Radio flagship
KFXX-AM · Single source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike, July 2017 through May 2028. 11 years. An 11-year agreement approved by the university's trustees.

  • University of Oregon Board of Trustees, Dec 8, 2017: Resolution approving an 11-year multi-sport apparel agreement with Nike, through May 31, 2028, effective July 1, 2017
  • SportBusiness: Nike renews Oregon apparel partnership for 11 years, ending May 31, 2028

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1916

Best seasons ever
Oregon end-of-season Elo from 1916 to 2026, best in 2012 at 1849.13001500170019001920194019601980200020202012 peak: Elo 1849
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Dan Lanning2022–⁠202652–⁠10
Bryan McClendon20210–⁠1
Mario Cristobal2017–⁠202135–⁠13
Willie Taggart20177–⁠5
Mark Helfrich2013–⁠201637–⁠16
Chip Kelly2009–⁠201246–⁠7
Mike Bellotti1995–⁠2008116–⁠55
Rich Brooks1977–⁠199491–⁠109–⁠4
Don Read1974–⁠19769–⁠24
Dick Enright1972–⁠19736–⁠16
Jerry Frei1967–⁠197122–⁠29–⁠2
Len Casanova1951–⁠196682–⁠73–⁠8
Jim Aiken1947–⁠195021–⁠20
Tex Oliver1938–⁠194623–⁠28–⁠3
John Warren19422–⁠6
Prink Callison1932–⁠193733–⁠23–⁠2
Clarence Spears1930–⁠193113–⁠4–⁠2
John McEwan1926–⁠192920–⁠13–⁠2
Richard Smith19251–⁠5–⁠1
Joseph Maddock19244–⁠2–⁠3
Shy Huntington1918–⁠192326–⁠12–⁠6
Hugo Bezdek1916–⁠191711–⁠3–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesORE record
Oregon State12970–⁠49–⁠10 ‡
Washington11850–⁠63–⁠5 ‡
Washington State9552–⁠37–⁠6
Stanford8436–⁠47–⁠1
California8242–⁠39–⁠1
UCLA7433–⁠41
USC6524–⁠38–⁠2 †
Idaho5044–⁠3–⁠3

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Oregon State, Washington, USC, Stanford.

The trophy it holds: Platypus Trophy (Oregon State, since 2023). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (115)

Every program Oregon has played, A to Z, with Oregon’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

17, counting shared titles
Big Ten Conference 1
2024
Pac-12 Conference 9
1994, 2000 (shared), 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2020
Pacific Coast Conference 6
1916, 1919, 1929 (shared), 1933 (shared), 1948 (shared), 1957 (shared)
Oregon Intercollegiate Football Association 1
1895
Pac-12 North 7
2011 (tied), 2012 (tied), 2013 (tied), 2014, 2019, 2020 (tied), 2021

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Oregon Intercollegiate Football Conference 1894–⁠1895
  2. Independent 1896–⁠1901
  3. Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1902
  4. Independent 1903–⁠1907
  5. Northwest (historical) 1908–⁠1915
  6. Pacific Coast Conference 1916–⁠1942 and 1945–⁠1958
  7. Independent 1959–⁠1963
  8. AAWU 1964–⁠1967
  9. Pac-8 1968–⁠1977
  10. Pac-10 1978–⁠2010
  11. Pac-12 2011–⁠2023
  12. Big Ten since 2024
  • 1959Went independent from the Pacific Coast Conference. Source
  • 1964Joined the AAWU from independence. Source
  • 2024Joined the Big Ten from the Pac-12, announced August 4, 2023. Source

Oregon’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2024Bryce Boettcher LBBurlsworth
2023Jackson Powers-Johnson CRimington
2023Bo Nix QBCampbell Trophy
2019Penei Sewell OTOutland
2019Justin Herbert QBCampbell Trophy
2018Ugo Amadi SLombardi
2014Marcus Mariota QBHeisman, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Davey O’Brien, Unitas Golden Arm, Manning
2010LaMichael James RBDoak Walker
2010Chip Kelly coachEddie Robinson, Walter Camp Coach
1994Rich Brooks coachEddie Robinson, Bear Bryant Award

Consensus All-Americans 11

2023Jackson Powers-Johnson C
2021Kayvon Thibodeaux DL
2021Verone McKinley III DB
2019Penei Sewell OL
2014Ifo Ekpre-Olomu DB
2014Marcus Mariota QB
2012Kenjon Barner RB
2010Cliff Harris APB
2010LaMichael James RB
2005Haloti Ngata DT
1962Mel Renfro RB/DB

Led the nation 10

2023Bo Nix passing touchdowns (45 TD)
2017Royce Freeman points per game (16.0)
2014Marcus Mariota passer rating (181.7), total offense (5,224 yds)
2010LaMichael James rushing yards (1,731 yds)
2005Jonathan Stewart kickoff return average (33.7)
1998Reuben Droughns yards per carry (7.4)
1963Bob Berry passer rating (164.0)
1954George Shaw total offense (1,536 yds)
1948Dick Wilkins yards per catch (19.3)
1945Jake Leicht punt return yards (395 yds), punt return average (14.1)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
2024Dillon Gabriel QB3rd
2023Bo Nix QB3rd
2010LaMichael James RB3rd
2007Dennis Dixon QB5th
2001Joey Harrington QB4th

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
7
Coaches
3
2025Haloti Ngata DT
2023LaMichael James RB
2014Mike Bellotti coach here, 1995–⁠2008
2007Ahmad Rashad RB/WR
1986Mel Renfro RB/DB
1977Len Casanova coach here, 1951–⁠1966
1972John Beckett OT
1969Johnny Kitzmiller RB
1966Norm Van Brocklin QB
1954Hugo Bezdek coach here, 1916–⁠1917

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
179 since 1936
First-round picks
27
AAFC and AFL picks
2 1949, 1964
2026Kenyon Sadiq TENo. 16, New York Jets
2026Dillon Thieneman SNo. 25, Chicago Bears
2025Derrick Harmon DTNo. 21, Pittsburgh Steelers
2025Josh Conerly Jr. OTNo. 29, Washington Commanders
2024Bo Nix QBNo. 12, Denver Broncos
2023Christian Gonzalez CBNo. 17, New England Patriots
2022Kayvon Thibodeaux DENo. 5, New York Giants
2021Penei Sewell OTNo. 7, Detroit Lions

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Oregon
Enrollment
24,404 20,622 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Eugene, Oregon
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1876
Graduates’ median earnings
$61,324 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @oregonfootballInstagram @oregonfootballFacebook oregonfootball
Athletics department
X @goducksInstagram @goducksYouTube channel/UC6hQ7rJDFcr0to1nC4XVegQ

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones goducks.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

On the newsreel

And 8 more

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Books

And 2 more

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠22–⁠12Dan Lanning170121.0
202513–⁠28–⁠174Dan Lanning182125.9
202413–⁠19–⁠033Dan Lanning181726.0
202312–⁠28–⁠1156Dan Lanning179026.2
202210–⁠37–⁠21115Dan Lanning167918.9
202110–⁠47–⁠21122Mario Cristobal, Bryan McClendon162110.2
20204–⁠33–⁠29Mario Cristobal164718.1
201912–⁠28–⁠1115Mario Cristobal174519.0
20189–⁠45–⁠424Mario Cristobal15787.3
20177–⁠64–⁠5Willie Taggart, Mario Cristobal15509.1
20164–⁠82–⁠724Mark Helfrich15046.1
20159–⁠47–⁠2719Mark Helfrich171015.9
201413–⁠28–⁠132Mark Helfrich183724.7
201311–⁠27–⁠239Mark Helfrich176928.7
201212–⁠18–⁠152Chip Kelly184927.2
201112–⁠28–⁠134Chip Kelly182727.2
201012–⁠19–⁠0113Chip Kelly179528.2
200910–⁠38–⁠11611Chip Kelly172522.4
200810–⁠37–⁠22110Mike Bellotti172619.6
20079–⁠45–⁠423Mike Bellotti165223.1
20067–⁠64–⁠521Mike Bellotti155911.2
200510–⁠27–⁠112Mike Bellotti166618.1
20045–⁠64–⁠423Mike Bellotti15133.7
20038–⁠55–⁠3Mike Bellotti15867.9
20027–⁠63–⁠515Mike Bellotti15365.3
Every season back to 1916 (84 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
200111–⁠17–⁠172Mike Bellotti175121.0
200010–⁠27–⁠17Mike Bellotti169916.1
19999–⁠36–⁠219Mike Bellotti165112.4
19988–⁠45–⁠3Mike Bellotti162216.8
19977–⁠53–⁠5Mike Bellotti159515.3
19966–⁠53–⁠5Mike Bellotti156510.5
19959–⁠36–⁠218Mike Bellotti16248.8
19949–⁠47–⁠111Rich Brooks162814.9
19935–⁠62–⁠6Rich Brooks15007.7
19926–⁠64–⁠4Rich Brooks15107.5
19913–⁠81–⁠7Rich Brooks14160.7
19908–⁠44–⁠3Rich Brooks160214.2
19898–⁠45–⁠3Rich Brooks162213.0
19886–⁠63–⁠5Rich Brooks14948.1
19876–⁠54–⁠4Rich Brooks15146.6
19865–⁠63–⁠5Rich Brooks14833.7
19855–⁠63–⁠4Rich Brooks14782.5
19846–⁠53–⁠5Rich Brooks1458-0.5
19834–⁠6–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1Rich Brooks1420-10.2
19822–⁠8–⁠12–⁠6Rich Brooks1368-0.9
19812–⁠91–⁠6Rich Brooks1386-10.2
19806–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠1Rich Brooks157814.9
19796–⁠54–⁠3Rich Brooks1484-3.8
19782–⁠92–⁠5Rich Brooks13801.4
19772–⁠91–⁠6Rich Brooks1327-18.5
19764–⁠71–⁠6Don Read1395-9.0
19753–⁠82–⁠5Don Read1359-5.4
19742–⁠90–⁠7Don Read1317-23.5
19732–⁠92–⁠5Dick Enright14143.9
19724–⁠72–⁠5Dick Enright14774.6
19715–⁠62–⁠4Jerry Frei15078.1
19706–⁠4–⁠14–⁠3Jerry Frei15078.2
19695–⁠5–⁠12–⁠3Jerry Frei1450
19684–⁠62–⁠4Jerry Frei1423
19672–⁠81–⁠5Jerry Frei1390
19663–⁠71–⁠3Len Casanova1465
19654–⁠5–⁠10–⁠5Len Casanova1505
19647–⁠2–⁠11–⁠2–⁠1Len Casanova1657
19638–⁠3Len Casanova1636
19626–⁠3–⁠1Len Casanova1597
19614–⁠6Len Casanova1510
19607–⁠3–⁠1Len Casanova1586
19598–⁠2Len Casanova1588
19584–⁠64–⁠4Len Casanova1528
19577–⁠46–⁠2Len Casanova1566
19564–⁠4–⁠23–⁠3–⁠2Len Casanova1560
19556–⁠44–⁠3Len Casanova1555
19546–⁠45–⁠318Len Casanova1547
19534–⁠5–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1Len Casanova1419
19522–⁠7–⁠12–⁠5Len Casanova1306
19512–⁠81–⁠6Len Casanova1314
19501–⁠90–⁠7Jim Aiken1344
19494–⁠62–⁠5Jim Aiken1522
19489–⁠27–⁠09Jim Aiken1614
19477–⁠35–⁠1Jim Aiken1530
19464–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1Tex Oliver1401
19453–⁠63–⁠6Tex Oliver1420
19422–⁠62–⁠5John Warren1423
19415–⁠54–⁠4Tex Oliver1505
19404–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1Tex Oliver1515
19393–⁠4–⁠13–⁠3–⁠111Tex Oliver1465
19384–⁠54–⁠4Tex Oliver1439
19374–⁠62–⁠5Prink Callison1433
19362–⁠6–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1Prink Callison1432
19356–⁠33–⁠2Prink Callison1549
19346–⁠44–⁠2Prink Callison1580
19339–⁠14–⁠1Prink Callison1674
19326–⁠3–⁠12–⁠2–⁠1Prink Callison1589
19316–⁠2–⁠23–⁠1–⁠1Clarence Spears1557
19307–⁠23–⁠1Clarence Spears1543
19297–⁠34–⁠1John McEwan1524
19289–⁠24–⁠2John McEwan1535
19272–⁠4–⁠10–⁠4–⁠1John McEwan1385
19262–⁠4–⁠11–⁠4John McEwan1411
19251–⁠5–⁠10–⁠5Richard Smith1399
19244–⁠2–⁠32–⁠2–⁠1Joseph Maddock1473
19233–⁠4–⁠10–⁠4–⁠1Shy Huntington1440
19226–⁠1–⁠13–⁠0–⁠1Shy Huntington1526
19215–⁠1–⁠30–⁠1–⁠2Shy Huntington1506
19203–⁠2–⁠11–⁠1–⁠1Shy Huntington1467
19195–⁠22–⁠1Shy Huntington1543
19184–⁠22–⁠1Shy Huntington1500
19174–⁠31–⁠2Hugo Bezdek1536
19167–⁠0–⁠12–⁠0–⁠1Hugo Bezdek1626

Officially 733–⁠516–⁠46 since 1893 (per Wikipedia, checked Jan 12, 2026); game by game here, 657–⁠474–⁠34 (1,165 of its 1,295 games are on file). Our file starts in 1916; the program began in 1893. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1943–⁠44: wartime seasons, when many programs didn’t play.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.