1980 Oregon Ducks football team

The 1980 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), the team was led by head coach Rich Brooks, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of six wins, three losses and two ties (6–3–2 overall, 4–3–1 in the Pac-10).

1980 Oregon Ducks football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record6–3–2 (4–3–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Rich Brooks (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorErik Widmark (1st season)
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumAutzen Stadium
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Washington $ 6 1 09 3 0
No. 13 UCLA 5 2 09 2 0
No. 11 USC 4 2 18 2 1
Arizona State 5 3 07 4 0
Oregon 4 3 16 3 2
Stanford 3 4 06 5 0
Arizona 3 4 05 6 0
Washington State 3 4 04 7 0
California 3 5 03 8 0
Oregon State 0 8 00 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

In their rivalry game with Washington, the Ducks won in Seattle for the first time in 12 years; the win also broke a six-game losing streak to the Huskies. Oregon defeated all three northwest teams in the Pac-10, their first sweep in 26 years.

After the season in December, Brooks' contract was extended through the 1984 season with a salary increase, from under $37,000 to over $46,000.

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