1981 Oregon Ducks football team
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The 1981 Oregon Ducks football team represented the
University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...
in the
1981 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Clemson Tigers, unbeaten and untied, claiming the national championship after a victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. This was also the first year of the California Bowl, played in Fres ...
. Playing as a member of the
Pacific-10 Conference The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
(Pac-10), the team was led by head coach
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, in his fifth year, and played their home games at
Autzen Stadium Autzen Stadium is an outdoor American football, football stadium in the Pacific Northwest, northwest United States, in Eugene, Oregon. Located north of the University of Oregon campus, it is the home field of the Oregon Ducks football, Oregon Du ...
in
Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast. As of the 2020 United States Census, Eu ...
. They finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses overall, in


Schedule


Roster

*Gary Beck (offense), RS Sr *TB Harry Billups *Jon Brosterhous (offense), RS Sr *TB Reggie Brown *P Ken Burns *Michael Cray #75 (defense) *Donald Davis, RS Sr *Mike Delegato, RS Sr *S Joe Figures (defense) *CB Ross Gibbs *ILB #47 Ed Hagerty, Sr *TE Greg Hogensen, RS Sr *Mike Johnson, Fr. *LS Steve Johnson *PK Doug Jollymour *QB Kevin Lusk *Bob McCray (asst coach) *Greg Moser, Jr *Rick Price (offense), RS Sr *TE Tim Tyler *LB Andy Vobora, Sr *DE Mike Walter *FB Vince Williams, RS Sr *Stu Yatsko (offense), RS Sr


Season summary


Oregon State


NFL Draft

Three Ducks were selected in the
1982 NFL Draft The 1982 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 27–28, 1982, at the New York She ...
, which lasted 12 rounds (334 selections).


References

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Oregon Ducks football seasons
Oregon Ducks football The Oregon Ducks football program is a college football team for the University of Oregon, located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the FBS and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Although ...