1951 Oregon Ducks football team

1951 Oregon Ducks football
1951 Oregon Ducks football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	2–8 (1–6 PCC)
Head coach	Len Casanova (1st season);
Captain	Michael Sikora, Richard Patrick
Home stadium	Hayward Field, Multnomah Stadium
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 UCLA	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
No. 12 California	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Washington State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Washington	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22		Stanford	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 20–27
September 29		Arizona*	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 39–21
October 6		at Pacific (CA)*	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	L 6–34
October 13		Washington	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR (rivalry)	L 6–63	30,414
October 20		at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–41	14,495
October 27		at No. 18 Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 6–41	12,000
November 3	1:30 pm	Idaho	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 14–13	8,100	^[2]^[3]
November 10		at Boston University*	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 6–35		^[4]
November 17		at No. 16 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 26–28
November 24		Oregon State	Hayward Field Eugene, OR (Civil War)	L 7–14	19,007	^[5]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Strite, Dick (November 4, 1951). "Oregon posts second triumph 14-13". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 13.
^ "Oregon upsets Idaho 14-13". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 4, 1951. p. 8.
^ Holbrook, Bob (November 11, 1951). "B. U. Routs Oregon, 35-6, Behind Agganis, Kastan". Daily Boston Globe. p. C55.
^ Dick Strite, "State Has to Rally to Whip Ducks, 14–7: Baker Sparks OSC Victory," Eugene Register-Guard, Nov. 25, 1951, p. 13.
^ "1951 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
^ "1951 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 50. Retrieved September 3, 2023.

Hutchison Motion Pictures, "#18 Washington State vs Oregon: Coaches' Film," Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, 2023. (Color video.)