1951 Oregon Ducks football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1951
| team = Oregon Ducks
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Pacific Coast Conference
| short_conf = PCC
| record = 2–8
| conf_record = 1–6
| head_coach = Len Casanova
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Michael Sikora
| captain2 = Richard Patrick
| stadium = Hayward Field, Multnomah Stadium
}}
{{1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite news|title=Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=The Nashville Banner|date=December 14, 1951|page=49|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-banner-vols-top-final-1951-lit/124782001/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1951
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| w/l = l
| opponent = Stanford
| site_stadium = Multnomah Stadium
| site_cityst = Portland, OR
| score = 20–27
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Arizona
| site_stadium = Hayward Field
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| score = 39–21
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sunday-oregonian-webfoots-stage-rall/169652064/|work=The Sunday Oregonian|title=Webfoots stage rally to wallop Arizona|date=September 30, 1951|accessdate=April 5, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Pacific (CA)
| site_stadium = Pacific Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Stockton, CA
| score = 6–34
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = l
| opponent = Washington
| site_stadium = Multnomah Stadium
| site_cityst = Portland, OR
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 6–63
| attend = 30,414
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = UCLA
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 0–41
| attend = 14,495
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Washington State
| opprank = 18
| site_stadium = Rogers Field
| site_cityst = Pullman, WA
| score = 6–41
| attend = 12,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| time = 1:30 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = Idaho
| site_stadium = Hayward Field
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| score = 14–13
| attend = 8,100
| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MDBQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6250%2C2473336 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Strite |first=Dick |title=Oregon posts second triumph 14-13 |date=November 4, 1951 |page=13 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=56xeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-S4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1592%2C296326 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Oregon upsets Idaho 14-13 |date=November 4, 1951 |page=8}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Boston University
| site_stadium = Fenway Park
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| score = 6–35
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = California
| opprank = 16
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 26–28
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 24
| w/l = l
| opponent = Oregon State
| site_stadium = Hayward Field
| site_cityst = Eugene, OR
| gamename = Civil War
| score = 7–14
| attend = 19,007
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=1951 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oregon/1951-schedule.html |website=College Football @ Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=September 3, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=1951 Football Schedule |url=https://goducks.com/sports/football/schedule/1951 |publisher=University of Oregon Athletics |access-date=September 3, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2023 Oregon Football Record Book |url=https://goducks.com/documents/2023/8/24/2023_Oregon_Football_Record_Book.pdf |publisher=University of Oregon Athletics |page=50 |access-date=September 3, 2023 }}
References
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External links
- Hutchison Motion Pictures, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOtT4zzsJ_I "#18 Washington State vs Oregon: Coaches' Film,"] Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, 2023. (Color video.)
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