1973 Oregon Ducks football team
American college football season
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The 1973 Oregon Ducks 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)
- Dick Enright (2nd season)
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| Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
| Record | 2–9 (2–5 Pac-8) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Jesse Branch (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Sam Robertson (1st season) |
| Captain | Mike Jodoin |
| Home stadium | Autzen Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 USC $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 UCLA | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Six weeks after the season ended, Enright was fired by athletic director Norv Ritchey in early January,[1][2] with the university buying out the remainder of his four-year contract.[3][4] He was immediately succeeded by assistant coach Don Read,[1][5][6] who handled quarterbacks and receivers for the past two seasons.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 15 | 7:30 pm | No. 13 Arizona State* | L 20–26 | 40,100 | [7] | |
| September 22 | 1:57 pm | at Air Force* | L 17–24 | 34,541 | [8] | |
| September 29 | 7:30 pm | Utah* |
| L 17–35 | 31,500 | [9] |
| October 6 | 10:15 am | at No. 5 Michigan* | L 0–24 | 81,113 | [10] | |
| October 13 | 1:30 pm | California |
| W 41–10 | 28,700 | [11] |
| October 20 | 1:30 pm | at No. 6 USC | L 10–31 | 53,155 | [12] | |
| October 27 | 1:30 pm | Washington |
| W 58–0 | 40,000 | [13] |
| November 3 | 1:30 pm | at Washington State | L 14–21 | 19,800 | [14] | |
| November 10 | 1:50 pm | No. 9 UCLA |
| L 7–27 | 21,200 | [15] |
| November 17 | 1:30 pm | at Stanford | L 7–24 | 21,000 | [16] | |
| November 24 | 1:30 pm | Oregon State |
| L 14–17 | 39,700 | [17][18] |
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Roster
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All-conference
Three Oregon underclassmen were named to the All-Pac-8 team: tight end Russ Francis, defensive back Steve Donnelly, and defensive tackle Reggie Lewis. Francis and Donnelly were juniors and Lewis was a sophomore.[28][29]
NFL draft
Two Oregon seniors were selected in the 1974 NFL draft: tackle Tim Guy (122nd) and defensive back Jack Conners (400th).
