The 1983 Oregon Ducks football team represented the

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in the

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. Playing as a member of the

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(Pac-10), the team was led by head coach

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, in his seventh year, and played their home games at

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. They finished the season with a record of overall and in The season-ending

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game with

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was a scoreless it later became known as

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