2009 Oregon Ducks football
Pac-10 Champions
Rose Bowl vs Ohio State,
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
BCS	#7
Coaches	#8
AP	#7
2009 record	10–2 (8–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Chip Kelly
Offensive coordinator	Mark Helfrich
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Nick Aliotti
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Autzen Stadium (c. 54,000, FieldTurf)
Seasons « 2008

2009 Pacific-10 football standings
v • d • e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L			W		L
#7 Oregon †	8	–	1			10	–	2
#22 Arizona	6	–	3			8	–	4
#16 Oregon State	6	–	3			8	–	4
#19 Stanford	6	–	3			8	–	4
USC	5	–	4			8	–	4
California	5	–	4			8	–	4
Washington	4	–	5			5	–	7
UCLA	3	–	6			6	–	6
Arizona State	2	–	7			4	–	8
Washington State	0	–	9			1	–	11
† – BCS representative as champion As of December 6, 2009 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Oregon Ducks football team represents the University of Oregon in the college football season of 2009. The team is coached by Chip Kelly in his first season as a head coach at the Division I FBS level. Kelly is only the third Ducks head coach since 1977. He takes over for Mike Bellotti who was the all time leader in coaching wins for Oregon (116) and brought them to bowl games in 12 of his 14 seasons. The Ducks play their home games at Autzen Stadium for the 43rd straight year.

With the win over Oregon State on December 3, the Ducks will play Ohio State on New Year's Day in "The Granddaddy of Them All" bowl game, their fifth trip to the Rose Bowl and first trip since 1995 when they were defeated by Penn State 38-20. Their only win was a 14-0 victory over Pennsylvania in 1917.

Contents 1 Previous Season 2 Pre-season 2.1 Pre-season depatures 2.2 Recruiting 3 Schedule 4 Game notes 4.1 Boise State 4.2 Purdue 4.3 Utah 4.4 California 4.5 Washington State 4.6 UCLA 4.7 Washington 4.8 USC 4.9 Stanford 4.10 Arizona State 4.11 Arizona 4.12 Oregon State 4.13 Ohio State (Rose Bowl) 5 Roster 6 Coaching Staff 7 Rankings 8 Statistics 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Previous Season

The 2008 Oregon Ducks football team entered the season ranked 21st in the AP Poll, after finishing the 2007 season ranked 23rd. The major question going into the season concerned the position of quarterback. Oregon's top two quarterbacks, Dennis Dixon and Brady Leaf, had graduated the year before, with Dixon being drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft.

Sophomore Justin Roper was named the starter after Nate Costa suffered a season ending injury before the season began. As a freshman, Roper had led the Ducks to a Sun Bowl win over South Florida in 2007. He was injured in the third game at Purdue, and was replaced by junior college transfer Jeremiah Masoli. Masoli had led his junior college team to a national championship the year before. Masoli was inconsistent in his first few games, as he put up good rushing numbers but shaky passing stats. But he came on strong the last three games of the regular season and led the Ducks to a 9–3 regular season record and a victory over the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the Holiday Bowl.

Senior Jeremiah Johnson led Oregon in rushing with 1,201 yards while LeGarrette Blount record 1,002 yards and set a school record with 17 rushing touchdowns. Oregon scored over 500 points for the second straight season, and finished the season being ranked 10th in the AP Poll.

[edit] Pre-season

July 29 – Senior Ed Dickson is named to the Mackey Award watchlist, given out to the nation's best tight end.^[1]

August 4 – Junior Jeremiah Masoli is named to the watch list for the Davey O'Brien Award.^[2]

August 8 – Senior LeGarrette Blount is named to the watch list for the Walter Camp Award.^[3]

[edit] Pre-season depatures

Quarterback and wide receiver Chris Harper, quarterback Justin Roper,^[4] and wide receiver Aaron Pflugrad all decided to transfer from the team before the 2009 season.^[5]

[edit] Recruiting

WR JC Tyrece Gaines (Butler County (KS)) El Dorado, KS

WR 37 Diante Jackson (Las Lomas HS) Walnut Creek, CA

DT 70 Wade Keliikipi (Waianae HS) Waianae, HI

DT 73 Justin Brown (Compton HS) Compton, CA

QB NR Daryle Hawkins (Central HS) Omaha, NE

WR NR Nick Cole (Clayton Valley HS) Concord, CA

WR 154 Braxton Lane (Sandy Creek HS) Tyrone, GA

CB 6 Cliff Harris (Edison HS) Fresno, CA

OG 68 Jamaal Burrell (Dominguez HS) Compton, CA

CB 71 Brian Jackson (Hoover HS) Hoover, AL

DE NR Keaton Arden (Piedmont HS) Piedmont, CA

WLB 14 Michael Clay (Bellarmine College Prep School) San Jose, CA

SLB JC Bryson Littlejohn (Sierra) Rocklin, CA

MLB 10 Boseko Lokombo (W J Mouat Secondary) Abbotsford, BC

DE JC Zac Clark (Butler County (KS)) El Dorado, KS

WR JC Lavasier Tuinei (Golden West) Huntington Beach, CA

DT JC Andrew Iupati (Golden West) Huntington Beach, CA

OT 32 Everett Benyard (Cathedral Catholic HS) San Diego, CA

DT 67 Karrington Armstrong (McQueen HS) Reno, NV

CB 49 Avery Patterson (Pittsburg Senior HS) Pittsburg, CA

DT JC Terrance Montgomery (Reedley) Reedley, CA

P 1 Jackson Rice (Campolindo HS) Moraga, CA

K 3 Mike Bowlin (Aliso Niguel HS) Aliso Viejo, CA

DE 38 Anthony Anderson (Helix HS) La Mesa, CA

OG 35 Trevor Fox (Chaparral HS) Temecula, CA

DE 45 Taylor Hart (Tualatin HS) Tualatin, OR^[6]

[edit] Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Non-conference Schedule
9/3/2009*	7:15 pm	at #14 Boise State	#16	Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	L 8–19	34,127
9/12/2009*	7:15 pm	Purdue		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	FSN	W 38–36	57,772
9/19/2009*	12:30 pm	#18 Utah		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ESPN	W 31–24	58,017
Pac-10 Conference Schedule
9/26/2009	12:30 pm	#6 California		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ESPN on ABC	W 42–3	58,975
10/3/2009	6:15 pm	Washington State	#16	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	OSN	W 52–6	57,378
10/10/2009	12:30 pm	at UCLA	#13	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN on ABC	W 24–10	77,819
10/24/2009	12:30 pm	at Washington	#12	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	ESPN on ABC	W 43–19	67,809
10/31/2009	5:00 pm	#4 USC	#10	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ESPN on ABC	W 47–20	59,592
11/7/2009	12:30 pm	at Stanford	#7	Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	FSN	L 42–51	43,924
11/14/2009†	7:20 pm	Arizona State	#14	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ESPN	W 44–21	58,475
11/21/2009	5:00 pm	at Arizona	#11	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ESPN on ABC	W 44–41 2OT	57,813
12/3/2009	6:00 pm	#13 Oregon State	#7	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR (Civil War)	ESPN	W 37–33	59,597
Bowl Schedule
1/1/2010*	2:30 pm	vs. Ohio State		Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ESPN on ABC
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

University of Oregon official schedule

[edit] Game notes

[edit] Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	0	0	8	0	8
Broncos	0	13	6	0	19

2nd Meeting. 0–1 All Time. Last Meeting Boise State 37, Oregon 32

Uniform combination: white helmet, white jerseys, white pants^[7]

Oregon's offense was completely shut down in the first half and was unable to gain a single first down. They allowed the Broncos to get into their red zone multiple times, but Oregon's defense held them twice. Both times resulted in Boise State attempting field goals after having a first and goal situation. Both field goals in the first quarter were missed by kicker Kyle Brotzman (29 and 47). In the second quarter, the Broncos scored on a TD pass from quarterback Kellen Moore to wide receiver Austin Pettis. Michael Choate ran in the two point conversion. Billy Winn added to Boise State's first half score by tackling running back LeGarrette Blount for a safety. At the end of the first half, Kyle Brotzman booted in a 45 yard field goal to make the score 13–0. A low-scoring second half did not stop the Ducks from scoring a touchdown along with a two point conversion. The rest of the game was back and forth until the clock expired, Boise State winning by 11.

Wikinews has related news: Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount's college football career ends with a punch

After the game, Blount, who earlier in the week was quoted as saying, "We owe that team an ass-whuppin,"^[8] punched Bronco DE Byron Hout in the chin after Hout had taunted him in front of Boise State head coach Chris Petersen. Blount then went after fans in the front row of the south end zone before being restrained and escorted off the field by security, police, and Oregon coaches. The next day, Oregon suspended Blount for the rest of the season, seemingly ending his career.^[9] However, in October, Kelly announced that Blount could return as early as November provided he meets certain academic and behavioral benchmarks.^[10]

[edit] Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boilermakers	7	10	7	12	36
Ducks	10	7	14	7	38

Uniform combination: green helmets, green jerseys, green pants^[7]

The Ducks evened their 2009 record at 1–1 with a thrilling 38–36 win over Purdue in their first visit to Eugene. Jeremiah Masoli rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown and LaMichael James rushed for 56 yards. Walter Thurmond III returned an interception for a touchdown in the first half and Javes Lewis returned a fumble for a touchdown in the third quarter. With a minute and one second left to play Purdue failed on a two-point conversion that would have tied the game. Oregon recovered the onsides kick attempt and ran out the clock. Jamere Holland had 72 yards on 4 receptions but dropped a sure touchdown pass in the fourth quarter.

[edit] Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	7	0	17	0	24
Ducks	14	7	7	3	31

Uniform combination: white helmet, green jerseys, silver pants^[7]

Utah brings the Nation's longest winning streak of 16 into Autzen Stadium this year. This is the first meeting between the schools since a 17–13 Utah win at Salt Lake City in 2003. The Utes last trek to Autzen Stadium was in early September 2001, when Joey Harrington and the Ducks handled Utah 24–10 on their way to an 11–1 record and #2 in the Nation finish.

[edit] California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	3	0	0	0	3
Ducks	3	22	14	3	42

Uniform combination: thowback uniforms, yellow helmet, green jerseys, yellow pants^[11]

Cal has run off three in a row against the Ducks, more than any other Pac-10 school against Oregon. The Golden Bears streak is their longest versus Oregon since the 1970s. Cal won a waterlogged game at Berkeley last year, 26–16.

After giving up a field goal in the first quarter, the Ducks scored 36 points in the second and third quarters to take a key win, 42–3, over the Golden Bears in a Pac-10 conference game.

[edit] Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	0	0	6	0	6
Ducks	21	21	3	7	52

Uniform combination: black helmet, yellow jersey, black pants

Oregon has won two in a row, and four of the last five against Washington State. The last two games have resulted in 63–14 and 53–7 victories by the Ducks. The Cougars have not won at Autzen since 2003 when they defeated Oregon 55–16.

[edit] UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	0	0	21	3	24
Bruins	0	3	7	0	10

Uniform combination: green helmet, white jersey, green pants

Oregon won last year's match-up with UCLA 31–21 in Eugene. The Ducks last trip to the Rose Bowl in 2007 was a humbling experience, as they were shut out for the first time since 1985 by a score of 16–0. That game however was played the week after they had lost star QB Dennis Dixon to injury for the season. At game time, current Bruins head coach Rick Neuheisel was 4–2 against the Ducks going back to the days he coached the Colorado Buffaloes and the Washington Huskies. Since the first game in 1928, UCLA was leading the series 39–23.

With a solid performance in the first half and taking a field goal lead into the locker room, the Bruins gave up three quick touchdowns within few minutes of the third quarter to give the Ducks their fifth win of the season. The Ducks scored on Kenjon Barner's 100-yard kickoff return, on Talmadge Jackson's 31-yard interception, and on Nate Costa's 20-yard pass to Jeff Maehl, which was resulted from a UCLA fumble.

The Bruins scored their only touchdown when Akeem Ayers intercepted a Costa pass in the back of the Rose Bowl north end zone by keeping his feet in bound. Kai Forbath kicked a 52-yard field goal to give UCLA the early lead. Oregon’s Rob Beard attempted a 51-yard field goal, which was blocked by Jerzy Siewierski. Mogan Flint kicked a 33-yard field goals for the Ducks in the fourth quarter.^[12]

[edit] Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	0	15	21	7	43
Huskies	3	3	0	13	19

Oregon has won a school record five in a row over their hated rivals to the north, all by 20 or more points. Washington's last win over the Ducks came at Husky Stadium in 2003.

Uniform combination: black helmet, white jersey with silver numbers, black pants

After Erik Folk's 33-yard field goal in the first quarter for Washington, Oregon blocked a punt and recovered the ball in the endzone in the second quarter to give the Ducks their first lead. Javes Lewis intercepted Jake Locker's pass in the end zone to give the ball back to Oregon, which resulted in Jeremiah Masoli's 1-yard touchdown. With a second left, Folk kicked a 48-yard field goal to end the half, which was aided by a personal foul on Oregon.

With good field position at their own 47-yard line, the Ducks scored their third touchdown on Masoli's 3-yard run in the top of the third quarter.

[edit] USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	3	14	3	0	20
Ducks	10	14	17	6	47

USC had not won a game in the state of Oregon for the past three years, a streak that the Ducks kept alive.^[13] USC beat Oregon in the Los Angeles Coliseum last year, 44–10.

Uniform combination: green helmet, green jersey, black pants

The tenth ranked Ducks handed the Trojans their worst loss since 1997 and Pete Carroll the worst loss in his tenure at USC.^[14] Ducks quarterback Jeremiah Masoli passed for 222 yards, and a score, and ran for 164 more, including a touchdown, while LaMichael James ran for 183 yards.

[edit] Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	7	7	14	14	42
Cardinal	17	14	14	6	51

The Ducks will go for their 8th straight win against Stanford this season. It is their longest current win streak against any Pac-10 school. The seven straight wins also ties the longest stretch of dominance in school history over the Cardinal (1957–63). Oregon came from behind and won last year in Eugene on a last minute touchdown, 35–28. Stanford's last win against Oregon came in Eugene in 2001. That was the Ducks only loss that season, on their way to a 11–1 finish and #2 final ranking.

Uniform combination: green helmet, white jersey, white pants

Oregon's undefeated conference season came to an end at Stanford, 51–42. Both teams have five victories in the Pac-10 championship race.

[edit] Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	0	7	14	0	21
Ducks	14	17	7	6	44

Oregon has won four straight over the Sun Devils by an average of 23.8 ppg, including last year's 54–20 win in Tempe.

Uniform combination: black helmet, black jersey, black pants

[edit] Arizona

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Ducks	7	7	0	17	7	6	44
Wildcats	0	10	7	14	7	3	41

Uniform combination: green helmet, white jersey with silver numbers, black pants

This has been an evenly matched series the past few years with each school winning both at home and on the road against each other the past four years. Before 2006 however, the Ducks dominated the Wildcats by winning 11 of 12. Last year Oregon jumped out to a 45–14 lead at halftime but had to hold on for a wild 55–45 victory in Eugene. Two years ago in Tucson the Ducks dreams of a BCS Championship Game bid died in the desert as Dennis Dixon left the field for good as a Duck with a torn ACL. Arizona finished the job by pasting the Ducks 34–24. With only a couple of games left, this year's game means everything as both teams control their own destiny to go to the Rose Bowl if they win out.

[edit] Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	10	13	10	0	33
Ducks	14	7	13	3	37

Uniform combination: yellow helmet, throwback green jersey, white pants

The Ducks crushed the Beavers' Rose Bowl aspirations for the second year in a row and managed to secure their own with a 37–33 home victory over the Beavers at Autzen Stadium.

[edit] Ohio State (Rose Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buckeyes					0
Ducks					0

Oregon returns to the Rose Bowl for the fifth time and first since the 1994 season. That year the Ducks lost to #2 ranked and undefeated Penn State, 38–20. Oregon has never beaten Ohio State in their seven previous meetings. Their most recent meeting occured in Columbus in 1987, with the Ducks losing 24–14. Oregon and Ohio State have played in the Rose Bowl once before. The 1958 Rose Bowl game turned out to be a defensive struggle as the Ducks eventually lost to the heavily favored Buckeyes 10–7. Ohio State would go on to share the National Title that year, the Ducks would have to wait 37 more years to return to Pasadena. Ducks QB Jack Crabtree was named MVP of the game that year, the last and only second time ever that a person from the losing team had been bestowed that honor. This time the Ducks will try to win the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1917, a 14–0 victory over the University of Pennsylvania.

[edit] Roster

2009 Oregon Ducks[15]
Cornerbacks 6 Walter Thurmond III 8 Brian Butterfield 13 Tyrone Radford 14 Javes Lewis 17 Willie Glasper 18 Anthony Gildon 36 Will Wallace 37 Talmadge Jackson III N/A Cliff Harris Defensive backs 12 Brian Jackson 28 Scott Grady 34 Pono Kam Defensive Ends 33 Tyrell Irvin 39 Will Tukuafu 41 Matt Simms 45 Terrell Turner 66 Taylor Hart 86 Chris DiVincenzo 89 Mike DiVincenzo 94 Keaton Arden 99 Zac Clark Defensive Tackles 50 Simi Toeaina 59 Terrance Montgomery 88 Brandon Bair 90 Blake Ferras 92 Wade Keliikipi 93 Anthony Anderson 96 Andrew Iupati		Linebackers 11 Eddie Pleasant 25 Bo Lokombo 35 Spencer Paysinger 38 Tyler Briffett 40 Blake Thompson 43 Bryson Littlejohn 44 Brandon Hanna 46 Michael Clay 47 Kiko Alonso 53 Dewitt Stuckey 54 Riley Showalter 55 Casey Matthews 56 Josh Kaddu 57 Keloni Kamalani 58 Kenny Rowe 64 Jennings Stewart Long Snappers 51 Steven Patterson 59 Jeff Palmer Offensive Linemen 52 NaDerris Ward 54 Jordan Holmes 57 Trevor Fox 61 Nick Cody 63 Mana Greig 64 Max Forer 68 C.E. Kaiser 69 Bo Thran 70 Ramsen Golpashin 71 Everett Benyard 73 Brenton Spickerman 74 Darrion Weems 75 Jamaal Burrell 77 Carson York 78 Karrington Armstrong 79 Mark Asper		Offensive tackles 65 Lance Barker 76 Charlie Carmichael Punters 30 Tim Taylor 49 Jackson Rice Place Kickers 25 Morgan Flint 48 Mike Bowlin 93 Rob Beard Quarterbacks 1 Darron Thomas 7 Nate Costa 8 Jeremiah Masoli 14 Dustin Haines 16 Daryle Hawkins Running Backs 5 Remene Alston Jr. 9 LeGarrette Blount 21 LaMichael James 22 Andre Crenshaw 24 Kenjon Barner 31 Jide Shinaba 37 Craig Loper		Safeties 1 Marvin Johnson 2 T.J. Ward 7 Chad Peppars 20 John Boyett 27 Titus Jackson Tight Ends 26 Malachi Lewis 42 David Paulson 82 Dion Jordan 83 Ed Dickson 96 Brian Teague 97 Clint Sager Wide Receivers 4 Tyrece Gaines 10 D.J. Davis 15 Blake Cantu 19 Jamere Holland 23 Jeff Maehl 30 Nick Cole 80 Lavasier Tuinei 81 Rory Cavaille 85 Diante Johnson 86 Garrett Embrey 90 Will Murphy 94 Mike Mackie 98 Justin Hoffman

[edit] Coaching Staff

• Chip Kelly – Head Coach
• Steve Greatwood – Offensive Line
• Nick Aliotti – Defensive Coordinator
• Mark Helfrich – Offensive Coordinator
• Gary Campbell – Running Backs
• Jerry Azzinaro – Defensive Line
• John Neal – Secondary
• Tom Osborne – Tight Ends & Special Teams
• Don Pellum – Linebackers & Recruiting Coordinator
• Scott Frost – Wide Receivers
• Jim Radcliffe – Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
• Alex Miller – Graduate Assistant Coach
• Peter Sirmon – Graduate Assistant Coach
• Jeff Hawkins – Senior Associate Athletics Director, Football Operations
• Kyle Wiest – Asst. Director of Football Operations
• Jim Fisher – Asst. Director of Football Operations/Recruiting

[edit] Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
AP	16	NR	NR	NR	16	13	13	12	10	7	14	11	10	7
Coaches	14	NR	NR	NR	25	17	16	14	12	8	16	11	10	8
Harris	Not released				23	15	14	12	11	8	14	11	10	8
BCS	Not released							11	10	8	13	11	8	7

[edit] Statistics

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website of Oregon football

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