1954 Oregon Webfoots football team

The 1954 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1954 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Len Casanova, the Webfoots compiled a 6–4 record (5–3 in PCC, third), and outscored their opponents 218 to 159.[1] The team played its home games on campus in Eugene at Hayward Field, and at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

1954 Oregon Webfoots football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1954 record6–4 (5–3 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHayward Field
Multnomah Stadium (Portland)
1954 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 UCLA $ 6 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
No. 17 USC ^ 6 –1 –0  8 –4 –0
Oregon 5 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
California 4 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Washington State 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Stanford 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Idaho 1 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Washington 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
Oregon State 1 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    UCLA won rivalry game over USC,
    but no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from AP Poll

On a morning deer hunt east of Eugene in mid-October, senior guard Jack Patera of Portland mistakenly shot and killed former Oregon teammate Ken Sweitzer, a graduate assistant.[2][3] It was ruled accidental and he was cleared of negligence.[4] This was the second death for the team in two months; in mid-August, junior guard Doyle Higdon of Cottage Grove was killed in a logging explosion while removing stumps.[3][5]

Oregon won all four games against northwest PCC opponents; their next sweep came 26 years later.

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 18at IdahoNo. 18
W 41–0
September 25StanfordNo. 16
L 13–18
October 2Utah*
L 6–7
October 9at California
W 33–27
October 16USC
  • Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
L 14–24
October 23San Jose State*
  • Hayward Field
  • Eugene, OR
W 26–7
October 30at Washington
W 26–7
November 6at No. 1 UCLA
L 0–41
November 13Washington State
  • Hayward Field
  • Eugene, OR
W 26–14
November 20at Oregon State
W 33–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1954 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. "Shot kills ex-Oregon grid star". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 14, 1954. p. 1A.
  3. "Tragedy stuns Oregon squad". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 15, 1954. p. 14.
  4. "Patera cleared of negligence". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 15, 1954. p. 1A.
  5. "UO athlete, co-worker killed in blast". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). August 14, 1954. p. 1.
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