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 4 • SEPT. 24, 2016 OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2016 OREGON SCHEDULE Ducks open Pac-12 play in Autzen Stadium against S3 UC DAVIS (P12) Eugene W, 53-28 S10 VIRGINIA (ESPN) Eugene W, 44-26 Colorado S17 at Nebraska (ABC) Lincoln, Neb. L, 35-32 S24 COLORADO* (P12) Eugene 2:37 pm GAME #4 O1 at Washington St.* (TBA) Pullman, Wash. TBA Date: September 24, 2016 O8 WASHINGTON* (TBA) Eugene TBA Location: Eugene, Ore. O21 at California* (ESPN) Berkeley, Calif. 7:30 pm Kickoff: 2:37 pm O29 ARIZONA ST.* (TBA) Eugene TBA Stadium: Autzen Stadium (FieldTurf) N5 at USC* (TBA) Los Angeles, Calif. TBA Capacity: 54,000 N12 STANFORD* (TBA) Eugene TBA OREGON DUCKS COLORADO BUFFALOES N19 at Utah* (TBA) Salt Lake City, Utah TBA 2-1, 0-0 Pac-12 2-1, 0-0 Pac-12 GAMEDAY HASHTAG N26 at Oregon St.* (TBA) Corvallis TBA D2 Pac-12 Champ. (FOX) Santa Clara, Calif. 6 pm IN THE POLLS IN THE POLLS #CUvsUO * Pac-12 Conference Game RV AP - AP Fans and media are encouraged to use the RV Coaches - Coaches hashtag #CUvsUO when posting social OREGON DEPTH CHART STATISTICS STATISTICS media content related to the game between OFFENSE Rushing Rushing the Ducks and the Buffaloes. WR 88 STANFORD 4 Ofodile Freeman, 37/325/4 TD Lindsay, 39/176/4 TD WR 6 NELSON 82 Eugenio Brooks-James, 17/110/5 TD Evans, 27/110/2 TD Milestone Watch WR 7 CARRINGTON 15 J. Brown 1 - Field goals Aidan Schneider needs to LT 66 AIELLO 70 Morgan Passing Passing move into fourth in career FGs at Oregon. LG 68 LEMIEUX 57 Brenner Prukop, 56-84-0 Liufau, 54-76-0 2 - Field goals Aidan Schneider needs to C 55 HANSON 75 Okun 748 yards/6 TD 768 yards/6 TD move into third in career FGs at Oregon. RG 78 HUNT 76 Pisarcik Receiving Receiving 2 - Rushing touchdowns Royce Freeman RT 54 THROCKMORTON 79 Voeller Carrington, 14/212/1 TD Fields, 9/256/1 TD needs to move into a tie for second on TE 85 P. BROWN 81 Baylis Nelson, 13/117/0 TD Ross, 18/202/4 TD Oregon’s career list. QB 9 PRUKOP 10 Herbert 3 - TDs Royce Freeman needs to move into RB 21 FREEMAN 29 Benoit Defense Defense a tie for fourth in career total TDs at Oregon. DEFENSE Robinson, 18 TT/2 PBU Olugbode, 19 TT/1.5 TFL/1.0 Sack 98 - Rushing yards Royce Freeman needs DE 92 MONDEAUX 91 Daniel Dye, 17 TT/4.5 TFL/1.0 Sack Gamboa, 18 TT/1.0 TFL to move into second on Oregon’s career DT 47 MANU 74 George Moi, 14 TT/2.5 TFL Awuzie, 15 TT/2.0 TFL/1 INT rushing list. DT 50 MALOATA (or) 90 CARLBERG DE 11 HOLLINS 97 Jelks ON THE AIR WILL 28 RAGIN III 54 McDowell National Television: Pac-12 Networks with Ted Robinson (pxp), Yogi Roth (analyst) & Cindy Brunson MIKE 55 HOTCHKINS 46 Mattingly (reporter). Radio: Oregon IMG with Jerry Allen (pxp), Mike Jorgensen (analyst) & Joey McMurry (sidelines). SAM 35 DYE (or) 3 MOI Satellite Radio: Sirius 137, XM 197. CB 2 ROBINSON 14 Amadi S 26 OLIVER 8 Daniels THE SERIES S 43 SCHOOLER 17 Williams •Oregon leads the all-time series 12-8, including a 4-1 advantage in Eugene. The Ducks have also won all five CB 1 SPRINGS 23 Lovette Pac-12 meetings by an average score of 51.4-13.2. SPECIAL TEAMS •Oregon and Colorado have met three times in bowl games -- Cotton Bowl (1996), Aloha Bowl (1998) and P 38 WHEELER 42 Maimone Fiesta Bowl (2002). PK 41 SCHNEIDER 49 Wogan LS 58 CAREW 66 Melendez QUICK HITS HLD 12 ALIE (or) 6 NELSON •JR RB Royce Freeman moved up three spots during the Nebraska game to 19th all-time in Pac-12 career PR 6 NELSON 23 Lovette rushing, while remaining 15th all-time on the conference career rushing touchdowns list. The Ducks’ KR 6 NELSON (and) 2 BROOKS-JAMES running back needs 491 yards to crack the top 10 in rushing, while needing 21 rushing TDs to become the Pac-12’s all-time leader. 2016 Pac-12 Standings •Oregon has had a 1,000-yard rusher each of the last nine seasons, the longest active streak in the country. Conf. Overall During that stretch, the Ducks have had 10 backs rush for over 1,000 yards. North Division W L W L Stk •Freeman needs 49 all-purpose yards against Colorado to move into ninth on the career list at Oregon. Washington 0 0 3 0 W6 •JR K Aidan Schneider is the most accurate kicker in Oregon history making 92.1 percent (35-of-38) of his Stanford 0 0 2 0 W6 field goal attempts. California 0 0 2 1 W1 •FR LB Troy Dye earned Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors after his performance OREGON 0 0 2 1 L1 against UC Davis in the Ducks’ opener. Dye finished with 11 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and a sack. He also Oregon State 0 0 1 1 W1 blocked a FG attempt. Washington State 0 0 1 2 W1 •Dye was the first true freshman at Oregon to start the opener at linebacker in over 38 years. •The Ducks have started 11 underclassmen (7 freshmen, 4 sophomores) on either offense or defense this South Division W L W L Stk season. The list includes two true freshmen, five redshirt freshmen, four offensive linemen and seven Arizona State 0 0 3 0 W3 defensive players. Utah 0 0 3 0 W5 •The five Oregon offensive lineman listed as starters on this week’s two-deep against Colorado have Arizona 0 0 2 1 W2 combined to start 44 games with SR RG Cameron Hunt accounting for 34 of those. RS FR C Jake Hanson, Colorado 0 0 2 1 L1 RS FR LG Shane Lemieux and RS FR RT Calvin Throckmorton have each started three games, while RS UCLA 0 0 2 1 W2 FR LT Brady Aiello has one start to his name. The Ducks’ backup offensive linemen have combined to start USC 0 0 1 2 L1 34 games with 26 of those coming from SR OT Zac Morgan who started 26 games while at Dayton (FCS). GAME 4 • OREGON VS. COLORADO • SEPT. 24, 2016 OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES • 2 HEAD COACH MARK HELFRICH DEATH, TAXES AND A DUCK 1,000-YARD TRENDS UNDER MARK HELFRICH Mark Helfrich’s first three seasons at the RUSHER: 2016 All Yrs helm of the Oregon Ducks’ football program Oregon has an impressive streak of 1,000- Overall 2-1 35-9 have been as successful as nearly any coach yard rushers heading into the 2016 season. Home 2-0 20-3 at any school in the history of college football. The Ducks have had at least one back gain Away 0-1 11-4 To date, Helfrich has led Oregon to a 35-9 1,000 yards for nine straight seasons, with two Conference 0-0 22-5 record, a Pac-12 championship, a Rose Bowl reaching the milestone in 2008. The nine-year Neutral 0-0 4-2 victory and a national championship runner- run is the longest current streak in the nation, Grass 0-0 9-2 up finish. Helfrich guided Oregon to a 13-2 besting both Auburn and Boise State by two Turf 2-1 26-7 record (8-1 Pac-12) in 2014 which included seasons. vs. AP Top 5 0-0 1-2 a 51-13 blowout of Arizona in the Pac-12 vs. AP Top 10 0-0 4-3 Championship game and a 59-20 shellacking Consecutive Seasons w/ 1,000-Yard Rusher vs. AP Top 25 0-0 9-5 of defending national champion Florida State Rank Team Total Conf. Champ. Games - 1-0 in the Rose Bowl, and culminated in the Ducks 1. Oregon 9 Bowl Games - 2-1 facing Ohio State in the first-ever College 2. Auburn 7 National Championship Games - 0-1 Football Playoff National Championship Boise State 7 game. Helfrich was rewarded for his success 4. Baylor 6 Leading After 1st Qtr 2-1 27-3 by being named a finalist for a pair of national San Diego State 6 Tied After 1st Qtr 0-0 4-2 coaching awards, the Eddie Robinson Coach Western Kentucky 6 Trailing After 1st Qtr 0-0 4-4 of the Year Award and Maxwell Football Club 7. Ohio State 4 Coach of the Year Award. Oregon’s Rose Bowl 8. Arkansas 3 Leading at Half 2-1 29-4 win was just the fourth in the history of the Florida State 3 Tied at Half 0-0 4-0 school. In his first two seasons, he set school LSU 3 Trailing at Half 0-0 2-5 records for wins by a first-year coach (11) and Navy 3 single-season coaching wins (13). In his third Leading After 3rd Qtr 2-0 35-2 season, Helfrich led Oregon to six straight wins Jonathan Stewart started the streak of 1,000- Tied After 3rd Qtr 0-0 - to finish the regular season after an injury to yard rushers in 2007 and was followed by Trailing After 3rd Qtr 0-1 0-7 starting quarterback Vernon Adams Jr.