1983 Oregon Ducks football team

1983 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 17 UCLA $	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Washington	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Washington State	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
USC	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Arizona	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Arizona State	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Oregon	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
California	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	8	–	1
Stanford	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1983 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 seventh year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of 4–6–1 overall and 3–3–1 in the Pac-10).

The season-ending Civil War game with Oregon State was a scoreless tie;^[2] it later became known as "The Toilet Bowl".

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	1:00 pm	Pacific (CA)*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		L 15–21	26,273
September 10	10:30 am	at No. 7 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	KEZI	L 6–31	88,524
September 24	1:00 pm	Houston*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 15–14	26,105	^[3]
October 1	7:00 pm	at San Jose State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		L 34–44	20,109
October 8	1:00 pm	California	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 24–17	27,102
October 15	6:00 pm	at No. 9 Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 19–10	45,233
October 22	1:00 pm	No. 14 Washington	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	KEZI	L 3–32	44,303
October 29	1:00 pm	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		L 7–24	29,500
November 5	1:00 pm	UCLA	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		L 13–24	24,511
November 12	1:00 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 16–7	31,420
November 19	1:00 pm	Oregon State	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Civil War)		T 0–0	33,176
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

1983 Oregon Ducks football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name
WR		Lew Barnes
WR		Harry Billups
RB		Todd Bland
TE		Dave Christensen
TE		Rich Gaiser
WR		Kwante Hampton
TE		Doug Herman
RB		Alan Jackson
RB		Ladaria Johnson
QB		Mike Jorgensen
RB		Eugene King
RB		Alex Mack
RB		Kevin McCall
QB	`12`	Chris Miller
QB		Mike Owens
OL		Greg Schwab
OL		Scott Shepard
OL		Brad Smith
OL		Ed Stringer
WR		Osborn Thomas
OL		Lino Vaccher
OL		Ken Warner
RB		Kevin Willhite
OL		Gary Zimmerman
OL		Ryan Zinke

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL		Steve Baack
DB		Don Brown
DL		John Byrne
DB		Wendell Cason
LB		Dan Devaney
DL		Dale Dorning
LB		E.J. Duffy
LB		Bob Hudetz
DB		Ron Johnson
DB		Doug Judge
DL		Dave Maley
DB		Danny McCalister
LB		Jerry Mikels
DL		Dan Ralph
DB		Dan Wilken
DB		Jeff Williams
LB		Larry Wilson
DL		Terry Youngblood

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P		Kevin Hicks
K		Todd Lee
K		Paul Schwabe

	1	2	3	4	Total
California	0	10	0	7	17
• Oregon	12	2	3	7	24

Scoring summary

Q1	13:26	ORE	Barnes 48 yard pass from Christensen (kick failed)	ORE 6–0

Q1	9:15	ORE	Jorgensen 1 yard run (pass failed)	ORE 12–0

Q2	7:32	CAL	Bark 18 yard pass from Gilbert (Pratt kick)	ORE 12–7

Q2	1:16	ORE	Safety, punt snap out of end zone	ORE 14–7

Q2	:00	CAL	Pratt 47 yard field goal	ORE 14–10

Q3	2:03	ORE	Schwabe 28 yard field goal	ORE 17–10

Q4	2:39	ORE	McCall 1 yard run (Schwabe kick)	ORE 24–10

Q4	:05	CAL	Rivera 36 yard fumble return (Pratt kick)	ORE 24–17

^ Conrad, John (January 8, 1983). "Ex-UOP coach to run Duck offense". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
^ "Oregon 0, Oregon St. 0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 20, 1983. p. 3C.
^ "UO nips Houston". Statesman Journal. September 25, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1983 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
^ "1983 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 45. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
^ Conrad, John (October 9, 1983). "All the Ducks cheer this win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.

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