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Oregon Ducks Bio
The football team has enjoyed strong success
over the past twenty years though the major turning point of the
football program was a game in 1994 at Autzen Stadium against the
perennial football power and border rival, the University of Washington
Huskies. In that game, Oregon held on to a slim lead, but the favored
Huskies looked to score late in the game resulting in yet another
disappointing loss (Oregon had lost 17 of 20 and five straight to the
Huskies prior to this game). Miraculously, freshman defensive back Kenny
Wheaton intercepted the football and ran the ball back 97 yards for a
touchdown to secure the upset victory. This play became affectionately
known as "The Pick" among Duck fans. With this momentum, the team
proceeded to win the rest of their conference games, won the Pac-10
title and played in the Rose Bowl Game and losing 38-20 to Penn State.
In 1995, Mike Bellotti became the head football coach and took the
football program to the next level. In 2001, under the leadership of
Joey Harrington at quarterback, the team finished 11-1 including a 38-16
win over the University of Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl. The team
finished #2 in the college rankings that year, behind only the
University of Miami, who finished the season undefeated; Oregon was the
nation's only one-loss team.
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