1990 Oregon Ducks football team

1990 Oregon Ducks football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record8–4 (4–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Belotti (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDenny Schuler (5th season)
Captains
Home stadiumAutzen Stadium
1990 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Washington $ 7 1 0 10 2 0
No. 20 USC 5 2 1 8 4 1
Oregon 4 3 0 8 4 0
California 4 3 1 7 4 1
Arizona 5 4 0 7 5 0
UCLA 4 4 0 5 6 0
Stanford 4 4 0 5 6 0
Arizona State 2 5 0 4 7 0
Washington State 2 6 0 3 8 0
Oregon State 1 6 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Ducks outscored their opponents 341 to 221 points. Led by fourteenth-year head coach Rich Brooks, the Ducks were 8–3 in the regular season (4–3 in Pac-10, third) and competed in the Freedom Bowl.

For the only time since 1935, Northwest foe Washington State was not on the Ducks' schedule (excluding the war years without teams (1943, 1944)).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 81:00 pmSan Diego State*W 42–2135,118[1]
September 151:00 pmIdaho*
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
W 55–2329,637[2]
September 227:00 pmat No. 18 ArizonaOSNL 17–2253,283[3]
September 2912:30 pmNo. 4 BYU*
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
ABCW 32–1645,022[4]
October 61:00 pmUtah State*No. 22
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
W 52–732,554[5]
October 1312:30 pmat No. 17 WashingtonNo. 19ABCL 17–3873,498[6]
October 207:00 pmArizona State
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
PrimeW 27–735,685[7]
October 271:00 pmStanfordNo. 25
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
W 31–037,559[8]
November 31:00 pmUCLANo. 22
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
W 28–2445,901[9]
November 101:00 pmat CaliforniaNo. 20L 3–2845,000[10]
November 171:30 pmat Oregon StateW 6–335,962[11]
December 295:00 pmvs. Colorado State*NBCL 31–3251,103[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

UCLA

Team 1 234Total
UCLA 7 1007 24
• Oregon 0 7318 28
  • Date: November 3
  • Location: Autzen Stadium

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California

Oregon State

Team 1 234Total
Oregon 3 030 6
Oregon State 3 000 3

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Freedom Bowl

Roster

1990 Oregon Ducks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 81 Ronnie Harris Fr
QB 14 Bill Musgrave Sr
TE 83 Jeff Thomason Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 90 Matt LaBounty Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Draft picks

The following players were selected in the 1991 NFL draft.

Rnd. Pick No. NFL team Player Pos. College Conf. Notes
4 106 Dallas Cowboys Bill Musgrave  QB    

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References

  1. ^ Scott Miller (September 9, 1990). "'New' Aztec defense doesn't faze Oregon". The Los Angeles Times (San Diego County ed.). p. C-1. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Oregon runs to easy, but costly, win over Idaho, 55–23". Statesman Journal. September 16, 1990. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ducks lose a heartbreaker". The Columbian. September 23, 1990. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ducks dump Detmer, BYU". The Roanoke Times. September 30, 1990. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ducks crush Utah St". Anchorage Daily News. October 7, 1990. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Turnovers doom Ducks, 38–17". Anchorage Daily News. October 14, 1990. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Ducks warm up, whip Sun Devils". The Sunday Oregonian. October 21, 1990. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Stanford has no defense for the Ducks". The Register-Guard. October 28, 1990. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Ducks storm back to claim dramatic victory over UCLA". The Bulletin. November 4, 1990. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Cal bowls over Oregon 28–3". The Modesto Bee. November 11, 1990. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Ducks win field goal battle". Statesman Journal. November 18, 1990. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "CSU running back pulls fast one". Blade-Citizen. December 30, 1990. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1990 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  14. ^ "1990 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  15. ^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 44. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  16. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1990 Nov 04. Retrieved 2018-Nov-26
  17. ^ "Crippled Ducks Still Able to Win the War". The Register-Guard. Eugene. November 18, 1990.
  18. ^ "1991 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 20, 2007.