2020 Oregon Ducks football team

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The 2020 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Mario Cristobal. The Ducks played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, and competed as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference canceled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] However, the decision was reversed on September 24, when the Pac-12 announced that they would play a seven-game schedule starting November 6.[3]

Despite finishing in second place in the North Division during the regular season, the Ducks would represent the division in the Pac-12 Championship Game due to first-place Washington having an insufficient number of players available due to COVID-19. There, they defeated the undefeated South Division champion USC to receive the Pac-12’s automatic bid to a New Year’s Six bowl game. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl, where they lost to Big 12 runner-up Iowa State.

Pac-12 media day[edit]

Pac-12 media poll[edit]

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Oregon was voted as the favorite to win both the North Division and the Pac-12 Championship Game.

Media poll (North Division)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Oregon 222 (35)
2 California 176 (3)
3 Washington 161
4 Stanford 105
5 Oregon State 76
6 Washington State 58
Media poll (Pac-12 Championship)
Rank Team Votes
1 Oregon 21
2 USC 15
3 Arizona State 1
4 Utah 1

Schedule[edit]

Oregon had three games scheduled against Ohio State, North Dakota State, and Hawaii, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference’s decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]

Oregon’s game against UCLA had initially been scheduled for Friday, November 20, but was moved forward a day to accommodate UCLA playing California on Sunday, November 15. The change occurred after both UCLA and California had their initially scheduled games for Saturday, November 14 (against Utah and Arizona State, respectively), canceled due to COVID-19 outbreaks within the other programs.[6]

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Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final
AP 9 — — — 14 12 12 13 14 12 11 11 9 21 25 RV
Coaches 9 — — — — 17 16 15 15 14 12 13 11 20 RV RV RV
CFP Not released 15 23 25 Not released

Game summaries[edit]

Stanford[edit]

Uniform combination
Helmet Jersey Pants

Stanford Cardinal vs. Oregon Ducks – Game summary

Period 1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 7 0 0 7 14
No. 12 Ducks 7 7 14 7 35

at Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon

  • Date: November 7, 2020
  • Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
  • Game attendance: 0
  • TV: ABC
Game information

At Washington State[edit]

Uniform combination
Helmet Jersey Pants

Oregon Ducks vs. Washington State Cougars – Game summary

Period 1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Ducks 7 7 7 22 43
Cougars 13 6 0 10 29

at Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington

  • Date: November 14, 2020
  • Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
  • Game attendance: 0
  • TV: ESPN
Game information

UCLA[edit]

Uniform combination
Helmet Jersey Pants

UCLA Bruins vs. Oregon Ducks – Game summary

Period 1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 7 14 7 7 35
No. 11 Ducks 14 10 14 0 38

at Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon

  • Date: November 21, 2020
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m. PST
  • Game attendance: 0
  • Referee: Mark Duddy
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Taylor McGregor
Game information

At Oregon State[edit]

Uniform combination
Helmet Jersey Pants

Oregon Ducks vs. Oregon State Beavers – Game summary

Period 1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Ducks 14 10 7 7 38
Beavers 7 6 6 22 41

at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon

  • Date: November 27, 2020
  • Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
  • Game attendance: 0
  • TV: ESPN
Game information

At California[edit]

Uniform combination
Helmet Jersey Pants

Oregon Ducks vs. California Golden Bears – Game summary

Period 1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Ducks 3 14 0 0 17
Golden Bears 7 7 7 0 21

at California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California

  • Date: December 5, 2020
  • Game time: 4:05 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 0
  • Referee: Francisco Vilar
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Taylor McGregor
Game information

At USC (Pac-12 Championship Game)[edit]

Uniform combination
Helmet Jersey Pants

Oregon Ducks vs. USC Trojans – Game summary

Period 1 2 3 4 Total
Ducks 14 7 7 3 31
No. 13 Trojans 7 7 3 7 24

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California

  • Date: December 18, 2020
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Clear, 61 °F (16 °C)
  • Game attendance: 1
  • Referee: Chris Coyte
  • TV announcers (FOX): Joe Davis, Mark Helfrich
Game information

vs Iowa State (2021 Fiesta Bowl)[edit]

Uniform combination
Helmet Jersey Pants

Iowa State vs Oregon – Game summary

Period 1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Ducks 7 10 0 0 17
No. 10 Cyclones 7 21 6 0 34

at State Farm Stadium • Glendale, Arizona

  • Date: January 2nd, 2021
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: n/a (game played indoors)
  • Game attendance: 0
  • TV: ESPN
Game information

Players drafted into the NFL[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pac-12 Conference. “Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons”. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ “Pac-12 Conference postpones all sport competitions through end of calendar year”. Pac-12 Conference. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  3. ^ “Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons”. Pac-12 Conference. September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  4. ^ Bromberg, Nick. “Pac-12 follows Big Ten’s lead and won’t play non-conference games in 2020”. Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. ^ Myerberg, Paul. “Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow”. USA TODAY. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  6. ^ “UCLA-Cal set for Sunday following Arizona State, Utah cancellations”. ESPN.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  7. ^ “Pac-12 statement regarding Washington at Oregon football game | Pac-12”. pac-12.com. After consultation with Washington, the Pac-12 Conference announced the game involving Washington at Oregon scheduled for Saturday, December 12 has been cancelled. This decision was made under the Pac-12’s football game cancellation policy due to Washington not having the minimum number of scholarship student-athletes available for the game due to a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19 cases and resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under contact tracing protocols. Under Conference policy, the game will be declared a no contest.
  8. ^ “Pac-12 statement on Washington at USC Pac-12 Football Championship Game | Pac-12”. pac-12.com. Under Pac-12 Football Championship Game policy, the team with the next best record in the North Division, Oregon, will represent the North Division against South Division Champion USC.
  9. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, James Crepea | The (December 14, 2020). “With Oregon replacing Washington in Pac-12 Championship game, what happens to Colorado?”. oregonlive. Colorado was supposed to play Oregon Saturday night in Los Angeles. What happens to the Buffaloes now that the Ducks replace Washington in the Pac-12 Championship game?
  10. ^ “2020 Oregon Football Schedule”. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 26, 2020.