| 1948 Oregon Ducks football | |
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PCC co-champion | |
Cotton Bowl, L 13–21 vs. SMU | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 9 |
| Record | 9–2 (7–0 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Hayward Field |
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| No. 4 California ^ + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Oregon + | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1948 college football season. The Ducks competed as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The team was led by head coach Jim Aiken, in his second year, and played their home games at Hayward Field in Eugene and at Multnomah Field in Portland. Oregon finished the regular season ranked ninth, with nine wins and one loss, and won all seven conference games in the PCC.[1] They did not play Montana or #4 California; the Golden Bears won all ten games during the regular season.[1]
Denied a Rose Bowl berth by a conference vote,[2][3][4] the PCC allowed a second bowl bid this season;[5] Oregon played SMU in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year's Day.[6][7][8]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | Santa Barbara* | W 55–7 | 10,000 | [9][10] | ||
| September 25 | at Stanford | W 20–12 | 32,000 | [11] | ||
| October 2 | at No. 7 Michigan* | L 0–14 | 65,800 | [12] | ||
| October 9 | at Idaho | W 15–8 | 12,000 | [13][14] | ||
| October 16 | USC | W 8–7 | 33,000 | [15] | ||
| October 23 | Washington State |
| W 33–7 | 19,500 | [16] | |
| October 30 | Saint Mary's* | No. 14 |
| W 14–13 | 10,000 | [17] |
| November 6 | at Washington | No. 16 | Husky Stadium (rivalry) | W 13–7 | 33,000 | [18][19] |
| November 12 | at UCLA | No. 15 | W 26–7 | 42,700 | [20][21] | |
| November 20 | at Oregon State | No. 13 | W 10–0 | 22,000 | [1] | |
| January 1, 1949 | vs. No. 10 SMU | No. 9 | L 13–21 | 69,000 | [6][7][8] | |
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Rankings
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
Personnel
Notable players included quarterback Norm Van Brocklin, center Brad Ecklund, and halfback John McKay.[6][25][26]
References
- ^ a b c Strite, Dick (November 21, 1948). "Rose Bowl choice still undecided". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
- ^ "California Bears get Rose Bowl bid". Eugene Register-Guard. United Press. November 22, 1948. p. 1.
- ^ "California, Northwestern to meet in Rose Bowl". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 22, 1948. p. 14.
- ^ "Northwestern, California get nominations to Rose Bowl". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 23, 1948. p. 4, part 2.
- ^ "Oregon to play in Cotton Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. November 27, 1948. p. 1.
- ^ a b c "SMU beats Ducks, 21-13". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. January 1, 1949. p. 1.
- ^ a b Strite, Dick (January 2, 1949). "Oregon, Cal both drop bowl games". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
- ^ a b Smits, Ted (January 2, 1949). "Oregon handed 21 to 13 defeat by Southern Methodist in Cotton Bowl". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 3, sports.
- ^ "Webfoots open 1948 grid campaign Saturday afternoon". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 17, 1948. p. 14.
- ^ Strite, Dick (September 19, 1948). "Is this Rose Bowl stuff at U.O., 55-7?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
- ^ Strite, Dick (September 26, 1948). "Webfoots look 'not very good,' but win, 20-12". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
- ^ Strite, Dick (October 3, 1948). "Oregon suffers 14-0 loss, but team shows real class". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
- ^ "Oregon edges Idaho 15-8 in close homecoming tussle". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). October 10, 1948. p. 9.
- ^ Lichtman, Art (October 10, 1948). "A bad Oregon day, despite 15-8 win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
- ^ Strite, Dick (October 17, 1948). "Score is close, but Troy falls to U.O." Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
- ^ Strite, Dick (October 24, 1948). "Webfoots show real stuff in topping Cougars, 33-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
- ^ Strite, Dick (October 31, 1948). "Close Call As Webfoots Win, 14-13". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). pp. 1, 16.
- ^ Strite, Dick (November 7, 1948). "Oregon still on top by slim 13-7 win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
- ^ "Webfoots humble Huskies, 13 to 7". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 7, 1948. p. 1, sports.
- ^ Strite, Dick (November 13, 1948). "Bruins knuckle under to bowl bound Oregon". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
- ^ "Oregon crushes UCLAns, 26 to 7". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 13, 1948. p. 8.
- ^ "1948 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "1948 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 50. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "Probable starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 17, 1948. p. 14.
- ^ "Starting lineups for Cotton Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 31, 1948. p. 8.
Additional sources
- McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, Oregon: McCann Communications Corp. ISBN 0-9648244-7-7.
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