The 1967 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the

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during the

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. All five home games were played on campus in Eugene at the new

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, opened this season with a natural grass field (and replaced with

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two years later). Under first-year head coach

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, the Ducks were 2–8 overall and in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU, later renamed Pacific-8), in a tie for seventh place, and were outscored 193 to 104. The Ducks met

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for the first time since

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, the final

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(PCC) season. (

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was similarly off of UO's schedule until

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). Oregon's two victories came against the

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neighbors,

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and

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. After opening with five losses, shutouts in the last three, the win over the

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on October 21 was the first for Frei and the first for Oregon in Autzen Stadium. The Ducks traveled to Pullman two weeks later and defeated the Cougars for their sole conference win. In between, they lost to top-ranked USC in Los Angeles, but held junior running back O. J. Simpson to just 63 yards on 23 carries. He was similarly contained the following season in Eugene. In the season-ending

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game at Autzen, the visiting #8

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"Giant Killers" were held scoreless for three quarters, but reached the end zone twice in the fourth period to win 14–10, their fourth straight in the rivalry. Oregon's statistical leaders in 1967 were Eric Olson with 840 passing yards, Claxton Welch with 474 rushing yards, and Roger Smith with 402 receiving yards.

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External links

WSU Libraries: Game video
– Oregon at Washington State – November 4, 1967 {{Oregon Ducks football navbox

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