2020 Oregon Ducks football team

The 2020 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Mario Cristobal. The Ducks played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, and competed as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

2020 Oregon Ducks football
Pac-12 champion
Fiesta Bowl, L 17–34 vs. Iowa State
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
2020 record4–3 (3–2 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Moorhead (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Avalos (2nd season)
Home stadiumAutzen Stadium
(Capacity: 54,000)
2020 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Division
Washington x  3 –1     3 –1  
Stanford  4 –2     4 –2  
Oregon y$  3 –2     4 –3  
California  1 –3     1 –3  
Washington State  1 –3     1 –3  
Oregon State  2 –5     2 –5  
South Division
No. 21 USC xy  5 –0     5 –1  
Colorado  3 –1     4 –2  
Utah  3 –2     3 –2  
Arizona State  2 –2     2 –2  
UCLA  3 –4     3 –4  
Arizona  0 –5     0 –5  
Championship: Oregon 31, USC 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Pac-12 suspended the season on August 11, but later decided to begin play on November 6. In addition to the title game on December 18, the conference seeded all remaining teams for a game during that weekend.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll.

On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference canceled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] However, the decision was reversed on September 24, when the Pac-12 announced that they would play a seven-game schedule starting November 6.[3]

Pac-12 media day

Pac-12 media poll

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Oregon was voted as the favorite to win both the North Division and the Pac-12 Championship Game.

Media poll (North Division)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Oregon 222 (35)
2 California 176 (3)
3 Washington 161
4 Stanford 105
5 Oregon State 76
6 Washington State 58
Media poll (Pac-12 Championship)
Rank Team Votes
1Oregon21
2USC15
3Arizona State1
4Utah1

Schedule

Oregon had three games scheduled against Ohio State, North Dakota State, and Hawaii, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]

Oregon's game against UCLA had initially been scheduled for Friday, November 20, but was moved forward a day to accommodate UCLA playing California on Sunday, November 15. The change occurred after both UCLA and California had their initially scheduled games for Saturday, November 14 (against Utah and Arizona State, respectively), canceled due to COVID-19 outbreaks within the other programs.[6]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
November 74:30 p.m.StanfordNo. 12
ABCW 35–140
November 144:00 p.m.at Washington StateNo. 11
FOXW 43–29—
November 2112:30 p.m.UCLANo. 11
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, OR
ESPN2W 38–35—
November 274:00 p.m.at Oregon StateNo. 9
ESPNL 38–41—
December 54:00 p.m.at CaliforniaNo. 21
ESPNL 17–21—
December 121:00 p.m.Washington[7]
FOXNo Contest
December 185:00 p.m.at No. 13 USC
FOXW 31–240
December 196:00 p.m.vs. Colorado[8][9]
FS1No Contest
January 21:00 pmvs. No. 10 Iowa State*No. 25
ESPNL 17–340
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

[10]

Rankings
Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final 
AP 9 NR NR NR 14 12 12 13 14 12 11 11 9 21 25 RV 
Coaches 9 NR NR NR NR 17 16 15 15 14 12 13 11 20 RV RV RV  
CFP Not released 15 23 25 Not released

Game summaries

Stanford
See also: 2020 Stanford Cardinal football team
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
Stanford Cardinal vs. Oregon Ducks – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Cardinal 7 0 0714
No. 12 Ducks 7 7 14735

at Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon

  • Date: November 7, 2020
  • Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
  • Game attendance: 0
  • TV: ABC
Game information

at Washington State
See also: 2020 Washington State Cougars football team
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
Oregon Ducks vs. Washington State Cougars – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 11 Ducks 7 7 72243
Cougars 13 6 01029

at Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington

  • Date: November 14, 2020
  • Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
  • Game attendance: 0
  • TV: ESPN
Game information

UCLA
See also: 2020 UCLA Bruins football team
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
UCLA Bruins vs. Oregon Ducks – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Bruins 7 14 7735
No. 11 Ducks 14 10 14038

at Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon

  • Date: November 21, 2020
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m. PST
  • Game attendance: 0
  • Referee: Mark Duddy
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Taylor McGregor
Game information

at Oregon State
See also: 2020 Oregon State Beavers football team and Oregon–Oregon State football rivalry
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
Oregon Ducks vs. Oregon State Beavers – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 15 Ducks 14 10 7738
Beavers 7 6 62241

at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon

  • Date: November 27, 2020
  • Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
  • Game attendance: 0
  • TV: ESPN
Game information

at California
See also: 2020 California Golden Bears football team
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
Oregon Ducks vs. California Golden Bears – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 23 Ducks 3 14 0017
Golden Bears 7 7 7021

at California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California

  • Date: December 5, 2020
  • Game time: 4:05 pm
  • Game attendance: 0
  • Referee: Francisco Vilar
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Taylor McGregor
Game information

at USC (Pac-12 Championship Game)
See also: 2020 USC Trojans football team and 2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
Oregon Ducks vs. USC Trojans – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Ducks 14 7 7331
No. 13 Trojans 7 7 3724

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California

  • Date: December 18, 2020
  • Game time: 5:00 pm
  • Game weather: Clear, 61 °F (16 °C)
  • Game attendance: 1
  • Referee: Chris Coyte
  • TV announcers (FOX): Joe Davis, Mark Helfrich
Game information

vs Iowa State (2021 Fiesta Bowl)
See also: 2020 Iowa State Cyclones football team and 2021 Fiesta Bowl
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
Iowa State vs Oregon – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 25 Ducks 7 10 0017
No. 10 Cyclones 7 21 6034

at State Farm Stadium • Glendale, Arizona

  • Date: January 2nd, 2021
  • Game time: 1:00 pm
  • Game weather: n/a (game played indoors)
  • Game attendance: 0
  • TV: ESPN
Game information

Notes

    References
    1. Pac-12 Conference. "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
    2. "Pac-12 Conference postpones all sport competitions through end of calendar year". Pac-12 Conference. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
    3. "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". Pac-12 Conference. September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
    4. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
    5. Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
    6. "UCLA-Cal set for Sunday following Arizona State, Utah cancellations". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
    7. "Pac-12 statement regarding Washington at Oregon football game | Pac-12". pac-12.com. After consultation with Washington, the Pac-12 Conference announced the game involving Washington at Oregon scheduled for Saturday, December 12 has been cancelled. This decision was made under the Pac-12’s football game cancellation policy due to Washington not having the minimum number of scholarship student-athletes available for the game due to a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19 cases and resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under contact tracing protocols. Under Conference policy, the game will be declared a no contest.
    8. "Pac-12 statement on Washington at USC Pac-12 Football Championship Game | Pac-12". pac-12.com. Under Pac-12 Football Championship Game policy, the team with the next best record in the North Division, Oregon, will represent the North Division against South Division Champion USC.
    9. Oregonian/OregonLive, James Crepea | The (December 14, 2020). "With Oregon replacing Washington in Pac-12 Championship game, what happens to Colorado?". oregonlive. Colorado was supposed to play Oregon Saturday night in Los Angeles. What happens to the Buffaloes now that the Ducks replace Washington in the Pac-12 Championship game?
    10. "2020 Oregon Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
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