Ducks Look to Bounce Back at Colorado in Pac-12 Conference
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FB COMMUNICATIONS Dave Williford, Exec. Asst. AD/Football [email protected] Andy McNamara, Assistant AD 2727 Leo Harris Parkway • Eugene, Oregon • 97401 • 541-346-5488 • @WinTheDay • www.GoDucks.com [email protected] GAME 5 • Oct. 3, 2015 OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2015 OREGON SCHEDULE Ducks look to bounce back at Colorado in Pac-12 S5 EASTERN WASHINGTON (P12) Eugene W 61-42 S12 at (6) Michigan St. (ABC) E. Lansing L 31-28 Conference action S19 GEORGIA STATE (P12) Eugene W 61-28 S26 (18) UTAH* (FOX) Eugene L 62-20 GAME #5 O3 at Colorado* (ESPN) Boulder 7:07 pm Date: Saturday, Oct. 3 O10 WASHINGTON STATE* (P12) Eugene 3:00 pm Location: Boulder, Colo. O17 at Washington* Seattle TBA Kickoff: 7:07 p.m. PT O29 at Arizona State* (ESPN) Tempe 7:30 pm Stadium: Folsom Field (Grass) N7 CALIFORNIA* Eugene TBA Capacity: 53,613 N14 at Stanford* Stanford TBA OREGON DUCKS COLORADO BUFFALOES N21 USC* Eugene TBA 2-2, 0-1 Pac-12 3-1, 0-0 Pac-12 GAMEDAY HASHTAG N27 OREGON STATE* (FOX/FS1) Eugene 12:30 pm * Pac-12 Conference Game IN THE POLLS IN THE POLLS #UOvsCOLO RV AP NA AP Fans and media are encouraged to use the 24 USA Today NA USA Today hashtag #UOvsCOLO when posting social OREGON DEPTH CHART media content related to the game between 2015 STATISTICS 2015 STATISTICS OFFENSE the Ducks and the Buffaloes. WR 2 ADDISON 15 Brown Rushing Rushing Freeman, 69/450/5 TD Powell, 41/245/3 TD LT 64 JOHNSTONE 77 Lousi Milestone Watch LG 62 PIERSON 57 Brenner Griffin, 19/172/1 TD Lindsay, 43/243/3 TD - Reception needed by Bralon Addison to C 72 HEGARTY 57 Brenner 1 Passing Passing reach the 100-catch plateau. RG 78 HUNT 76 Pisarcik Adams Jr., 43-71-2 Liufau, 66-113-1 1 - Rushing touchdowns Royce Freeman RT 73 CROSBY 79 Voeller 581 yds/4 TD 771 yds/4 TD TE 81 BAYLIS 83 Mundt needs to tie for seventh on the career WR 6 NELSON 11 Merritt Receiving Receiving rushing TD list at Oregon. WR 85 STANFORD 13 Allen Addison, 16/216/2 TD Spruce, 25/276/1 TD 2 - Touchdowns Royce Freeman needs to QB 3 ADAMS JR. (or) 17 LOCKIE Nelson, 10/153/0 TD Fields, 14/202/1 TD crack career top 10 at Oregon. RB 21 FREEMAN 29 Benoit Defense Defense 422 - Rushing yards needed by Royce DEFENSE Walker, 29 TT/2.5 TFL/1 Sack Crawley, 22 TT/1.5 TFL/1 INT Freeman to tie Marcus Mariota (2012-14) DE 44 BUCKNER 45 Daniel/99 Kaumatule Springs, 23 TT/4 PBU/1 FR Moeller, 21 TT/1.0 TFL/1 INT and Maurice Morris (2000-01) for 10th on NG 56 BALDUCCI 50 Maloata Buckner, 21 TT/4.0 TFL/1.5 SCK Olugbode, 20 TT/1 INT/1 PBU the career rushing list at Oregon. DE 55 TALIA (or) 92 MONDEAUX OLB 33 COLEMAN 86 Prevot ON THE AIR ILB 48 HARDRICK 28 Ragin III National Television: ESPN with Adam Amin (pxp), Kelly Stouffer (analyst) & Olivia Harlan ILB 35 WALKER 18 Swain/46 Mattingly (reporter). Spanish: ESPN3. Radio: Oregon IMG with Jerry Allen (pxp), Mike Jorgensen (analyst). OLB 96 FRENCH 32 Heard/52 Faulhaber CB 12 SEISAY (or) 14 AMADI Satellite Radio: Sirius 137, XM 197. S 3 ROBINSON 26 Oliver S 8 DANIELS (or) 17 WILLIAMS THE SERIES CB 1 SPRINGS (or) 25 IHENACHO •Oregon leads the all-time series 11-8 and has won five straight against the Buffaloes. SPECIAL TEAMS •The Ducks are 5-4 against Colorado in Boulder with three straight wins dating back to 1987. P 38 WHEELER 42 Maimone Colorado’s last win at home vs. the Ducks came in 1985 (21-17). PK 41 SCHNEIDER 49 Wogan •UO is 4-0 vs. CU as Pac-12 opponents, winning by scores of 44-10 (2014 in Eugene), 57-16 LS 58 CAREW 66 Melendez (2013 in Boulder), 70-14 (2012 in Eugene) and 45-2 (2011 in Boulder). HLD 12 ALIE 17 Lockie •Oregon and Colorado have met three times in bowl games -- Cotton Bowl (1996), Aloha Bowl PR 2 ADDISON 6 Nelson (1998) and Fiesta Bowl (2002). KR 2 ADDISON (and) 6 NELSON QUICK HITS 2015 Pac-12 Standings •SO RB Royce Freeman has scored at least one TD in 15 of his 19 career games. Conf. Overall •SR QB Vernon Adams Jr. has thrown a TD in 29 straight games, including eight games with North Division W L W L Stk five or more touchdowns. Adams brought a 26-game streak with him from Eastern Washington Stanford 2 0 3 1 W3 and has added TD passes in his first three games he has played as a Duck. He did have a 27- California 1 0 4 0 W4 game streak with multiple TD passes snapped at Michigan State when he threw for one TD. Washington State 0 0 2 1 W2 OREGON 0 1 2 2 L1 •Adams Jr. reached a milestone in the loss to Utah on Saturday when he reached 11,000-career Oregon State 0 1 2 2 L1 passing yards. The senior nowhas 11,019 combined career passing yards at Eastern Washington Washington 0 1 2 2 L1 and Oregon while tossing 114 TDs and rushing for 12 more. •JR WR Bralon Addison caught his 12th career touchdown pass in Oregon’s loss to Utah last South Division Saturday. Addison needs six more TD catches to tie Lew Barnes (1983-85) and Ahmad Rashad UCLA 1 0 4 0 W5 (1969-71) for ninth all-time at Oregon. Utah 1 0 4 0 W6 •Oregon extended its NCAA record for most consecutive games with a touchdown pass during USC 1 1 3 1 W1 the Utah game. The Ducks have tossed at least one TD pass in 72 straight games. Colorado 0 0 3 1 W3 Arizona 0 1 3 1 L1 •Oregon hasn’t allowed an opponent to return a kickoff for a touchdown in 120 games. UO’s last Arizona State 0 1 2 2 L1 opponent to score on a kickoff return was Arizona State on Sept. 30, 2006. GAME 5 • OREGON VS. COLORADO • OCT. 3, 2015 OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES • 2 HEAD COACH MARK HELFRICH TRENDS UNDER MARK HELFRICH Mark Helfrich’s first two seasons at the helm of the Oregon Ducks’ football program have 2015 All Yrs been as successful as nearly any coach at any school in the history of college football. Helfrich Overall 2-2 26-6 has led Oregon to a 26-6 record, a Pac-12 championship, a Rose Bowl victory and a national Home 2-1 15-2 championship runner-up finish. Helfrich guided Oregon to a 13-2 record (8-1 Pac-12) in 2014 Away 0-1 7-3 which included a 51-13 blowout of Arizona in the Pac-12 Championship game and a 59-20 Neutral - 4-1 shellacking of defending national champion Florida State in the Rose Bowl, and culminated in Grass 0-1 6-2 the Ducks facing Ohio State in the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship Turf 2-1 20-4 game. Helfrich was rewarded for his success by being named a finalist for a pair of national vs. AP Top 5 0-1 1-2 coaching awards, the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award and Maxwell Football Club Coach vs. AP Top 10 0-1 3-3 of the Year Award. Helfrich’s 26-6 career record through two-plus seasons is the fourth-best start vs. AP Top 25 0-2 7-4 by a Pac-12 head coach in over 64 years and Oregon’s Rose Bowl win was just the fourth in Conf. Champ. Games - 1-0 the history of the school. In his first two seasons, he set school records for wins by a first-year Bowl Games - 2-0 coach (11) and single-season coaching wins (13). The 41-year old Oregon native was appointed National Championship Games - 0-1 the school’s 32nd head coach on Jan. 20, 2013, following four season’s as the Ducks’ offensive coordinator. He wasted little time proving his worth leading Oregon to an 11-2 record and a win Leading After 1st Qtr 2-0 20-0 over Texas in the Alamo Bowl in his first season. Tied After 1st Qtr 0-2 3-2 Trailing After 1st Qtr - 3-4 HELFRICH A FINALIST FOR TWO 2014 NATIONAL COACHING AWARDS Mark Helfrich was named a finalist for two major national coach of the year awards last season. Leading at Half 2-0 22-1 The Ducks’ second-year head coach was in contention for both the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Tied at Half - 3-0 Year Award and the Maxwell Football Club Coach of the Year Award. Helfrich was one of three Trailing at Half 0-2 2-4 finalists for the Maxwell Club honor -- joining Mississippi State’s Dan Mullen and Ohio State’s Urban Meyer -- and one of eight finalists for the Eddie Robinson award, along with Alabama’s Leading After 3rd Qtr 2-0 26-0 Nick Saban, Meyer, Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher, Baylor’s Art Briles, Boise State’s Bryan Harsin, Tied After 3rd Qtr - - TCU’s Gary Patterson and Memphis’ Justin Fuente. Trailing After 3rd Qtr 0-2 0-6 HELFRICH’S CAREER START AMONG BEST ALL-TIME IN PAC-12 Overtime Games - - Mark Helfrich has picked up wins in 26 of his first 32 games as a head coach, which is the fourth- best start by a Pac-12 coach in over 64 years.