1989 Oregon Ducks football team

American college football season

1989 Oregon Ducks football
Independence Bowl champion
Independence Bowl, W 27–24 vs. Tulsa
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record8–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Rich Brooks (13th season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Belotti (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDenny Schuler (4th season)
CaptainBill Musgrave, Derek Loville, Mark Kearns, Chris Oldham
Home stadiumAutzen Stadium
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 USC $ 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
No. 23 Washington 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Oregon 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 25 Arizona 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Arizona State 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Oregon State 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 7 – 1
Washington State 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Stanford 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
UCLA 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
California 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by head coach Rich Brooks, who was in his 13th season as head coach of the Ducks. They played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon and participated as members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 5–3 in the Pac-10) and defeated Tulsa in the Independence Bowl.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 93:30 pmCaliforniaPrimeW 35–1935,854
September 1611:00 amat No. 24 Iowa*W 44–667,700
September 231:00 pmat StanfordNo. 22L 17–1835,000
September 303:30 pmNo. 17 Arizona
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
PrimeW 16–1039,631
October 73:30 pmNo. 21 Washington StateNo. 23
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
PrimeL 38–5144,963
October 141:00 pmat WashingtonL 14–2070,442
October 213:30 pmat Arizona StatePrimeW 27–767,350
October 281:00 pmLong Beach State*
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
W 52–1031,381[1]
November 411:00 amat No. 23 BYU*L 41-4563,865
November 113:30 pmat UCLA
ABCW 38–2046,433
November 181:00 pmOregon State
W 30–2146,087
December 165:00 pmvs. Tulsa*
CBSW 27–2444,621
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Personnel

1989 Oregon Ducks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB Dondre Bausley
RB Latin Berry
OL Scott Boatright
QB Bob Brothers
OL David Collinsworth
OL Curt Dykes
OL Collin Hall
OL Brian Hanable
WR Tony Hargain
OL Chris Husko
WR Anthony Jones
RB Brandon Jumper
OL Todd Kaanapu
RB Ngalu Kelemeni
RB Russell Lawson
RB Derek Loville
TE Joe Meerten
QB Bill Musgrave
QB Pete Nelson
WR Terry Obee
WR Joe Reitzug
RB Kerrell Robinson
OL Andy Sunia
TE Kolya Tefft
TE Jeff Thomason
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB Peter Brantley
DB Eric Castle
LB Andy Conner
DL David Cusano
DB Rory Dairy
LB Joe Farwell
DB Derek Horton
LB Bjarne Jensen
LB Mark Kearns
DB Steve Kemp
DL Matt LaBounty
DB Chris Oldham
DB Daryl Reed
DL Andre Williams
DL Marcus Woods
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Gregg McCallum
P Marc Penso
P Ben Rough
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Oregon State

Oregon State Beavers (4–5–1) at Oregon Ducks (6–4)
Period 1 2 34Total
Oregon St 0 0 81321
Oregon 10 6 01430

at Autzen Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

  • Date: November 18
  • Game attendance: 46,067
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Game information

First quarter

  • UO – Gregg McCallum 40-yard field goal. Oregon 3–0. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards.
  • UO – Derek Loville 4-yard run (Gregg McCallum kick), 3:20. Oregon 10–0. Drive: 12 plays, 95 yards.

Second quarter

  • UO – Gregg McCallum 41-yard field goal, 8:59. Oregon 13–0. Drive: 9 plays, 32 yards.
  • UO – Gregg McCallum 24-yard field goal, 2:55. Oregon 16–0. Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards.

Third quarter

  • OSU – Marcus Wilson 25-yard pass from Nick Schichtle (run good), 1:44. Oregon 16–8. Drive: 3 plays, 23 yards.

Fourth quarter

  • UO – Terry Obee 24-yard pass from Bill Musgrave (Gregg McCallum kick), 12:58. Oregon 23–8. Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards.
  • OSU – Pat Chaffey 1-yard run (pass failed), 10:01. Oregon 23–14. Drive: 6 plays, 57 yards.
  • OSU – Pat Chaffey 24-yard pass from Nick Schichtle (Tony Bussanich kick), 7:51. Oregon 23–21. Drive: 4 plays, 47 yards.
  • UO – Derek Loville 2-yard run (Gregg McCallum kick), 4:41. Oregon 30–21. Drive: 7 plays, 57 yards.
Top passers
  • OSU – Nick Schichtle – 15/29, 215 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
  • UO – Bill Musgrave – 19/38, 267 yards, TD, INT
Top rushers
Top receivers
  • OSU – Pat Chaffey – 4 receptions, 67 yards, TD
  • UO – Terry Obee – 6 receptions, 125 yards, TD

Largest crowd to attend football game in state history

References

  1. ^ "Big West". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 29, 1989. p. C19. Retrieved April 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ "1989 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "1989 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 44. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "It's finally a battle as Ducks win War". Google News Archive. Eugene Register-Guard. November 18, 1989. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
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