1946 Oregon Ducks football team
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Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
Record | 4–4–1 (3–4–1 PCC) |
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Captain | Duke Iversen |
Home stadium | Hayward Field |
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No. 4 UCLA $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon
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3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Oregon Ducks football team was an American football team that represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1946 college football season. In their sixth and final season under head coach Tex Oliver, the Ducks compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–4–1 in PCC, sixth), and were outscored 118 to 81. Home games were played on campus at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
Oregon was ranked at No. 99 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[1] Undefeated through October, Oregon did not score in November and lost four straight conference games.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 28 | Pacific (CA)* | W 7–6 | 10,000 | [2] | ||
October 5 | at California | W 14–13 | 25,000 | [3] | ||
October 12 | Montana |
| W 34–0 | [4] | ||
October 19 | Washington State |
| T 0–0 | 18,000 | [5] | |
October 26 | at Idaho | No. 19 | W 26–13 | 6,500 | [6] | |
November 2 | at USC | L 0–43 | 45,885 | [7] | ||
November 9 | No. 4 UCLA |
| L 0–14 | 30,000 | [8] | |
November 16 | at Washington | L 0–16 | 34,000 | [9] | ||
November 23 | at Oregon State | L 0–13 | 20,000 | [10] | ||
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Rankings
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
AP | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
After the season
The
1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Webfoots were selected.[14]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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7 | 54 | Duke Iversen | Back | New York Giants |
20 | 181 | Brad Ecklund | Center | Green Bay Packers |
22 | 203 | Charlie Elliott | Tackle | Los Angeles Rams |
References
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- ^ "Bruins mush through slush to beat Ducks". Los Angeles Times. November 10, 1946. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Proquest.
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- ^ "1946 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "1946 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 51. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.