1951 Oregon Ducks football team
| 1951 Oregon Ducks football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 2–8 (1–6 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Hayward Field, Multnomah Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Stanford $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 UCLA | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 California | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Washington State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1951 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1951 college football season. In their first season under head coach Len Casanova, the Ducks compiled a 2–8 record (1–6 against PCC opponents), finished in eighth place in the PCC, and were outscored by their opponents, 317 to 130. The team played its home games at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Oregon was ranked at No. 99 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | Stanford | L 20–27 | 23,894 | [2] | ||
| September 29 | Arizona* | W 39–21 | [3] | |||
| October 6 | at Pacific (CA)* | L 6–34 | 17,449 | [4] | ||
| October 13 | Washington |
| L 6–63 | 30,414 | [5] | |
| October 20 | at UCLA | L 0–41 | 14,495 | [6] | ||
| October 27 | at No. 18 Washington State | L 6–41 | 12,000 | [7] | ||
| November 3 | 1:30 pm | Idaho |
| W 14–13 | 8,100 | [8][9] |
| November 10 | at Boston University* | L 6–35 | [10] | |||
| November 17 | at No. 16 California | L 26–28 | 23,000 | [11] | ||
| November 24 | Oregon State |
| L 7–14 | 19,007 | [12] | |
References
- ^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Len's Ducks give big red scare all the way". The Humboldt Times. September 23, 1951. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Webfoots stage rally to wallop Arizona". The Sunday Oregonian. September 30, 1951. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Powerful Tigers rap Oregon, 34–6". The San Francisco Examiner. October 7, 1951. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Washington slaughters poor old Oregon 63–6!". Nevada State Journal. October 14, 1951. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hyland, D. (October 21, 1951). "Bruins gallop over hapless Oregon eleven, 41 to 0". The Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166266630.
- ^ "Cougars sink Oregon Ducks". The Billings Gazette. October 28, 1951. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strite, Dick (November 4, 1951). "Oregon posts second triumph 14–13". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 13.
- ^ "Oregon upsets Idaho 14–13". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 4, 1951. p. 8.
- ^ Holbrook, Bob (November 11, 1951). "B. U. Routs Oregon, 35–6, Behind Agganis, Kastan". Daily Boston Globe. p. C55.
- ^ "Bears eke out 28–26 win over Oregon". Oakland Tribune. November 18, 1951. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strite, Dick (November 25, 1951). "State has to rally to whip Ducks, 14–7: Baker sparks OSC victory". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 13. Retrieved January 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1951 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "1951 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 50. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
External links
- Hutchison Motion Pictures, "#18 Washington State vs Oregon: Coaches' Film," Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, 2023. (Color video.)