The 1973 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season . In his second and final year as head coach, Dick Enright led the Ducks to a 2–9 record (2–5 in Pac-8, tied for fifth)[1] [2]
Six weeks after the season ended, Enright was fired by athletic director Norv Ritchey in early January,[3] [4] with the university buying out the remainder of his four-year contract.[5] [6] He was immediately succeeded by assistant coach Don Read ,[3] [7] [8] two seasons.[3]
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance September 15 7:30 pm No. 13 Arizona State * L 20–2640,000 September 22 2:00 pm at Air Force * L 17–2434,541 September 29 7:30 pm Utah * L 17–3531,500 October 6 10:15 am at No. 5 Michigan * L 0–2481,113 October 13 1:30 pm California W 41–1028,700 October 20 1:30 pm at No. 6 USC L 10–3153,155 October 27 1:30 pm Washington Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Rivalry ) W 58–040,000 November 3 1:30 pm at Washington State L 14–2119,800 November 10 1:50 pm No. 9 UCLA L 7–2721,200 November 17 1:30 pm at Stanford L 7–2421,000 November 24 1:30 pm Oregon State L 14–1739,700
Roster [ ]
1973 Oregon Webfoots football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
QB
15
Singleton, Herb Herb Singleton 5.0 ! Jr
QB
17
Turner, Norv Norv Turner 5.0 ! Jr
RB
22
Reynolds, Don Don Reynolds 5.0 ! Jr
TE
81
Francis, Russ Russ Francis 5.0 ! Jr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
FS
12
Wills, Chuck Chuck Wills 3.0 ! So
DE
88
Johnson, Don Don Johnson 3.0 ! So
Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Jesse Branch (OC)Sam Robertson (DC)Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Source: [9] [10] [11] [12] References [ ]
↑ Withers, Bud (November 25, 1973). "OSU battles to 17-14 win" . Eugene Register-Guard ((Oregon)): p. 1D. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OTJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6358%2C6046792 . ↑ "Beavers 'stun' Oregon 17-14" . Spokesman-Review . Associated Press ((Spokane, Washington)): p. 1, sports. November 25, 1973. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TBxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=puwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1255%2C4223555 .↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cawood, Neil (January 4, 1974). "Enright sacked, shocked" . Eugene Register-Guard ((Oregon)): p. 1D. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FK5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6326%2C844465 . ↑ Newnham, Blaine (January 5, 1974). "Want to be head coach?" . Eugene Register-Guard ((Oregon)): p. 1B. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fa5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6086%2C921607 . ↑ Newnham, Blaine (April 9, 1974). "Enright joins WFL club's staff" . Eugene Register-Guard ((Oregon)): p. 1C. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aq5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6570%2C1830264 . ↑ UO Head Coach Dick Enright , University of Oregon: Special Collections & University Archives, Accessed April 25, 2009.↑ "UO fires Dick Enright; assistant to take over" . Eugene Register-Guard ((Oregon)): p. 1A. January 4, 1974. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FK5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6154%2C724072 .↑ "Oregon fires Enright, hires assistant" . The Bulletin . Associated Press ((Bend, Oregon)): p. 8. January 4, 1974. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=elJYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6611%2C5380032 .↑ "The lineups" . Eugene Register-Guard ((Oregon)): p. 2B. September 22, 1973. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dqZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4759%2C5163970 .↑ "Today's lineups" . Eugene Register-Guard ((Oregon)): p. 2B. November 10, 1973. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KjJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4938%2C2135357 .↑ "Oregon Ducks: roster" . Stanford Daily . (Stanford University) ((California)): p. 4. November 17, 1973. https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19731117-01.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------# .↑ "Civil War lineups" . Eugene Register-Guard ((Oregon)): p. 3B. November 24, 1973. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ODJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3348%2C5791127 .
McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. ISBN 0-9648244-7-7 . 
