FB MEDIA SERVICES Dave Williford, Exec. Asst. AD/Director [email protected] Andy McNamara, Assistant Director 2727 Leo Harris Parkway • Eugene, Oregon • 97401 • 541-346-5488 (P) • 541-346-5449 (F) • www.GoDucks.com [email protected] GAME 1 • Sept. 3, 2011 OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2011 OREGON SCHEDULE Top Five Opener Pits No. 3 Ducks vs. No. 4 LSU S3 ^vs. LSU (ABC) Arlington, TX 5 p.m. S10 NEVADA (FX) Eugene 12:30 p.m. in Cowboys Classic S17 MISSOURI STATE Eugene TBA S24 *at Arizona (ESPN) Tucson 7:15 p.m. GAME #1 O6 *CALIFORNIA (ESPN) Eugene 6 p.m. Date: Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011 O15 *ARIZONA STATE Eugene TBA Location: Arlington, Texas O22 *at Colorado Boulder TBA Kickoff : 5:12 p.m. PT O29 *WASHINGTON ST. Eugene TBA Stadium: Cowboys Stadium (Turf) N5 *at Washington Seattle TBA Capacity: 80,000 N12 *at Stanford Stanford TBA OREGON DUCKS LSU TIGERS N19 *USC (ABC) Eugene 5 p.m. 0-0, 0-0 Pac-12 0-0, 0-0 Southeastern ONE TO WATCH N26 *OREGON STATE Eugene TBA IN THE POLLS IN THE POLLS Michael Clay, who served as the primary ^Cowboys Classic • *Pac-12 Conference Game • All times PT No. 3 AP No. 4 AP backup among linebackers a year ago, No. 3 USA Today No. 4 USA Today moves into the starting lineup at WILL OREGON COACHING STAFF and will need to fi ll the shoes of Oregon’s LEADERS (2010 stats) LEADERS (2010 stats) Chip Kelly, Third Year (22-4, 17-1 Pac-12) ................. HC third-leading tackler from last season, Nick Aliotti, 20th Year (booth) ......................................DC Rushing Rushing James, 294/1731/21 TD Ford, 45/244/3 TD Spencer Pay- Jerry Azzinaro, Third Year ................................................DL Barner, 91/551/6 TD Ware, 24/175/1 TD singer. A true Gary Campbell, 29th Year ...............................................RB junior with 26 Scott Frost, Third Year ......................................................WR Passing Passing career appear- Steve Greatwood, 25th Year ..........................................OL Thomas, 222-361-9 Lee, 54-89-1 ances, Clay is 2881 yds/30 TD 573 yds/2 TD Mark Helfrich, Third Year (booth) ................................OC poised for a John Neal, Ninth Year .......................................................DB Receiving Receiving breakout sea- Tom Osborne, 11th Year ..........................................STC/TE Tuinei, 36/396/2 TD R. Randle, 33/544/3 TD son and will Don Pellum, 22nd Year .....................................................LB Paulson, 24/418/4 TD Peterson, 16/198/0 TD be counted on Jim Radcliff e, 27th Year .......................Strength & Cond. Defense Defense to help slow Greg Austin, Second Year (booth) .............GA, Off ense Boyett, 78 TT, 5 INT, 9 PBU Baker, 87 TT, 11 TFL, 7 SKS down LSU’s Erik Chinander, Second Year (booth) .......GA, Defense Pleasant, 55 TT, 5 TFL, 2 FR Claiborne, 37 TT, 5 INT balanced of- fensive attack. OREGON QUICK FACTS Location ............................................................Eugene, Ore. ON THE AIR Founded ...........................................................................1876 Television: ABC with Brent Musburger (pxp), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) & Erin Andrews (report- Enrollment ...................................................................24,000 er). Radio: ESPN Radio with Bill Rosinski (pxp), David Norrie & Joe Schad (reporter); Oregon Nickname ...................................................................... Ducks Sports Network with Jerry Allen (pxp), Mike Jorgensen (analyst) & Jay Allen (reporter). Satel- Colors ........................................................Green and Yellow lite Radio: Sirius 214, XM 193. Stadium (Capacity) ..................................Autzen (54,000) Playing Surface .......................................................FieldTurf THE SERIES Conference...................................................................Pac-12 • LSU leads the all-time series, 2-1, with all three meetings coming in Baton Rouge: Tigers First Football Season ....................................................1894 56-17 (1977), Tigers 14-13 (1934), Ducks 12-0 (1932). President ...................................................Richard Lariviere • UO is 4-5 all-time against schools from the Southeastern Conference, but has won three of Faculty Representative ........................... James O’Fallon the past four meetings vs. the SEC. Oregon was 1-1 vs. SEC teams last season, defeating Athletics Website .............................www.GoDucks.com Tennessee (48-13) in Knoxville and losing vs. Auburn (22-19) on a last-second fi eld goal in the BCS National Championship Game. OREGON FOOTBALL FACTS 2010 Record .......................................................................12-1 QUICK HITS 2010 Pac-10 Record/Finish .....................................9-0/1st • The Ducks are 16-4 in season openers since 1991 and 1-1 under head coach Chip Kelly. 2010 Final National Ranking .........No. 3 USA Today/AP • The Cowboys Classic marks the fi rst time Oregon has ever played at a neutral site to start the All-Time Record .......................................578-470-46 (.549) season. All-Time Pac-10 Record ........................272-302-20 (.475) • While not technically a neutral site game, UO opened the season away from home against an Lettermen Returning/Lost .........................................39/26 opponent not playing at its regular home stadium when they faced the University of Houston Starters Returning/Lost .............................................. 13/11 All-America Honorees Returning/Lost .......................2/0 at Reliant Stadium in 2005. Oregon prevailed, 38-24, in a battle of current NFL quarterbacks, All-Pac-10 Honorees Returning/Lost ..........................3/4 UO’s Kellen Clemens (Redskins) and UH’s Kevin Kolb (Cardinals). All-Time Bowl Record......................................................9-15 • Oregon’s No. 3 preseason ranking by the AP and USA Today (coaches’ poll) is the highest in Bowl Appearances Since 1990 ........................................17 program history. BCS Bowl Record ................................................................ 1-2 • Oregon CB/PR Cliff Harris, a 2010 consensus All-America, will not play vs. LSU due to suspen- sion. For up-to-date information on Oregon Football, visit the offi cial athletics website • RB LaMichael James needs just 19 rushing yards to equal Derek Loville’s (1986-89) school record of 3,296. GAME 1 • OREGON VS. LSU • SEPT. 3, 2011 OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES • 2 Keeping Up With The Ducks HEAD COACH CHIP KELLY ranked the following week as a result of their Oregon’s 30th head coach, who in 2009 became victory. OREGON FOOTBALL the fi rst in Pac-10 history to win an outright WITH CHIP KELLY conference title in his fi rst season at the helm, STUCK IN NEUTRAL Mondays, 8 p.m. on Comcast SportsNet followed that feat with a second conference The Ducks have dropped their past two games crown while securing the program’s fi rst trip at neutral venues, falling in the BCS title game THE COOLER to the BCS Championship Game following in Glendale, Ariz., last January and in the Rose OREGON TAILGATE TUESDAY the 2010 season. The Manchester, N.H., native Bowl in January 2010. UO’s last win on neutral Chip Kelly/Jerry Allen guided his team to more wins (22) in his fi rst ground came Dec. 30, 2008, over Oklahoma two years in the Pac-8/10/12 than any coach State in the Holiday Bowl. Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. Broadcast live from The in conference history. Recognized as Pac-10 Cooler on the Oregon Sports Radio Network coach of the year for the second time in as THE GREATEST SHOW ON TURF many seasons, Kelly was named the recipient Oregon will presumably welcome the chance of fi ve national coach of the year awards last to play on the fake grass at Cowboys Stadium year: AFCA, AP, Eddie Robinson, Sporting since the Ducks have run off 16 straight News and Walter Camp. He’s overseen the victories when playing on artifi cial turf. That TELEVISED REPLAYS team’s fi rst 12-win season and led the Ducks streak stretches to 20, when said turf is colored Televised replays, when not prohibited by the to a school-record 12-game winning streak. In green. UO’s last loss on turf was Sept. 3, 2009, Pac-10 and FSN, will air Saturdays at 11 p.m. his fi rst head coaching job at any level, Kelly on Boise State’s blue fi eld. The last defeat on and Sundays at 6:30 p.m. has a mark of 22-4, 17-1 in Pac-10 play. His green turf was Nov. 1, 2008, at Cal. .846 overall winning percentage is the highest in school history and his .944 percentage in NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS 2011 OREGON SPORTS conference play is the best in Pac-12 history. Oregon is 26-4 over its last 30 regular season, RADIO NETWORK out-of-conference contests, earning notable Astoria KKEE-AM 1230 RETURN MEN victories against the likes of Oklahoma, Bend KBND-AM 1110 The 2011 Oregon Ducks return 39 Wisconsin and Michigan (x2). The Ducks are Brookings KURY-AM 910 letterwinners, including 13 starters - seven on 3-0 against SEC teams during that stretch with Burns KBNH-AM 1230 off ense and six on defense. UO also welcomes wins over Mississippi State in 2002 (home) and Coos Bay/North Bend KWRO-AM 630 back every specialist with the exception of ‘03 (away), and at Tennessee last season. Since Corvallis/Albany KGAL-AM 1580 holder Nate Costa. Sept. 25, 2004, the Ducks are 17-2 in non- Eugene KUGN-AM 590 conference play during the regular season DUCKS AND TIGERS IN COWBOYS CLASSIC with both losses coming against Boise State - Florence KCST-AM 106.9 The No. 3 Ducks kick