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;[1] it later became known as The Toilet Bowl.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 1:00 PM | Pacific* | | | L 15–21 | 26,273 |
September 10 | 10:30 AM | at No. 7 Ohio State* | | KEZI | L 6–31 | 88,524 |
September 24 | 1:00 PM | Houston* | | | W 15–14 | 26,105 |
October 1 | 7:00 PM | at San Jose State* | | | L 34–44 | 20,109 |
October 8 | 1:00 PM | California | | | W 24–17 | 27,102 |
October 15 | 6:00 PM | at No. 9 Arizona | | | W 19–10 | 45,233 |
October 22 | 1:00 PM | No. 14 Washington | | KEZI | L 3–32 | 44,303 |
October 29 | 1:00 PM | at Washington State | | | L 7–24 | 29,500 |
November 5 | 1:00 PM | UCLA | | | L 13–24 | 24,511 |
November 12 | 1:00 PM | at Stanford | | | W 16–7 | 31,420 |
November 19 | 1:00 PM | Oregon State | - Autzen Stadium
- Eugene, OR (Civil War - Toilet Bowl)
| | T 0–0 | 33,176 |
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- Source:[2]
Game summaries[]
California[]
by Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4
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Total
|
California
|
0 |
10 |
0 |
7
|
17
|
• Oregon
|
12 |
2 |
3 |
7
|
24
|
Scoring summary |
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|
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 |
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Q2 |
7:32 | CAL | Bark 18 yard pass from Gilbert (Pratt kick) | ORE 12–7 |
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Q2 |
1:16 | ORE | Safety, punt snap out of end zone | ORE 14–7 |
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Q2 |
:00 | CAL | Pratt 47 yard field goal | ORE 14–10 |
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Q3 |
2:03 | ORE | Schwabe 28 yard field goal | ORE 17–10 |
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Q4 |
2:39 | ORE | McCall 1 yard run (Schwabe kick) | ORE 24–10 |
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Q4 |
:05 | CAL | Rivera 36 yard fumble return (Pratt kick) | ORE 24–17 |
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Source:[3]
References[]