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 3 • SEPT. 17, 2016 OREGON DUCKS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2016 OREGON SCHEDULE No. 22 Ducks face Cornhuskers for first time since S3 UC DAVIS (P12) Eugene W, 53-28 S10 VIRGINIA (ESPN) Eugene W, 44-26 1986 S17 at Nebraska (ABC) Lincoln, Neb. 12:36 pm S24 COLORADO* (P12) Eugene 2:30 pm GAME #3 O1 at Washington St.* (TBA) Pullman, Wash. TBA Date: September 17, 2016 O8 WASHINGTON* (TBA) Eugene TBA Location: Lincoln, Neb. O21 at California* (ESPN) Berkeley, Calif. 7:30 pm Kickoff: 12:36 pm O29 ARIZONA ST.* (TBA) Eugene TBA Stadium: Memorial Stadium (FieldTurf) N5 at USC* (TBA) Los Angeles, Calif. TBA Capacity: 86,047 N12 STANFORD* (TBA) Eugene TBA OREGON DUCKS NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS N19 at Utah* (TBA) Salt Lake City, Utah TBA 2-0, 0-0 Pac-12 2-0, 0-0 Big Ten 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 #UOvsNEB * Pac-12 Conference Game 22 AP RV AP Fans and media are encouraged to use the 21 Coaches RV Coaches hashtag #UOvsNEB when posting social OREGON DEPTH CHART STATISTICS STATISTICS media content related to the game between OFFENSE Rushing Rushing the Ducks and the Cornhuskers. WR 88 STANFORD (or) 13 ALLEN Freeman, 32/294/4 TD Ozigbo, 32/147/3 TD WR 6 NELSON 82 Eugenio Brooks-James, 10/73/2 TD Newby, 15/76/0 TD Milestone Watch WR 7 CARRINGTON 15 J. Brown 1 - Field goals Aidan Schneider needs to LT 73 CROSBY 66 Aiello Passing Passing move into fourth in career FGs at Oregon. LG 68 LEMIEUX 79 Voeller Prukop, 42-61-0 Armstrong, 25-44-1 2 - Field goals Aidan Schneider needs to C 55 HANSON 63 Miyashiro-Saipaia 602 yards/6 TD 485 yards/4 TD move into third in career FGs at Oregon. RG 78 HUNT 57 Brenner Receiving Receiving 2 - Rushing touchdowns Royce Freeman RT 54 THROCKMORTON 70 Morgan Carrington, 11/176/1 TD Moore, 6/201/2 TD needs to move into a tie for second on TE 85 P. BROWN 81 Baylis P. Brown, 6/78/1 TD Westerkamp, 5/111/2 TD Oregon’s career list. QB 9 PRUKOP 10 Herbert 25 - Rushing yards Royce Freeman needs RB 21 FREEMAN 29 Benoit Defense Defense to crack the top 20 in Pac-12 career rushing. DEFENSE Dye, 17 TT/4.5 TFL/1.0 Sack Williams, 15 TT/1.0 TFL/2 INT 129 - Rushing yards Royce Freeman needs DE 92 MONDEAUX 91 Daniel Robinson, 9 TT/1 PBU Kalu, 10 TT/1.0 TFL/1 Sack to move into second on Oregon’s career DT 47 MANU 74 George McDowell, 7 TT/0.5 TFL Young II, 10 TT/2 QBH/1 FF rushing list. DT 50 MALOATA 90 Carlberg DE 11 HOLLINS 97 Jelks ON THE AIR WILL 28 RAGIN III 54 McDowell National Television: ABC with Bob Wischusen (pxp), Brock Huard (analyst) & Allison Williams (reporter). MIKE 55 HOTCHKINS 46 Mattingly Radio: Oregon IMG with Jerry Allen (pxp), Mike Jorgensen (analyst) & Joey McMurry (sidelines). Satellite SAM 35 DYE 3 Moi Radio: Sirius 83, XM 202. CB 14 AMADI 2 Robinson S 2 ROBINSON 26 Oliver THE SERIES S 17 WILLIAMS (or) 8 DANIELS (or) 43 SCHOOLER •Nebraska leads the all-time series 5-1, including a 4-1 edge in Lincoln. CB 1 SPRINGS 23 Lovette •The two teams last met in 1986 with the Cornhuskers winning 48-14. The Ducks’ lone win came in 1953 (28- SPECIAL TEAMS 13). The Ducks were 10-4 against Nebraska head coach Mike Riley while he was at Oregon State, including P 38 WHEELER 42 Maimone wins in the last seven meetings. PK 41 SCHNEIDER 49 Wogan LS 58 CAREW 66 Melendez QUICK HITS HLD 12 ALIE (or) 6 NELSON •The Ducks will face a Big Ten team for the third straight regular season. Oregon beat Michigan State (46-27; PR 6 NELSON 23 Lovette Eugene) in 2014, before losing to the Spartans (31-28; East Lansing) last season. Oregon also played Big Ten KR 6 NELSON (and) 2 BROOKS-JAMES member Ohio State in the 2014 (season) national championship game, losing 42-20 in Dallas. Oregon is 18- 34 all-time against teams currenlty in the Big Ten, but 6-3 since 2000 during the regular season. 2016 Pac-12 Standings •JR WR Devon Allen was just the fourth active college football player to ever qualify for the Summer Conf. Overall Olympics in track and field. Allen, who placed fifth in the 100m hurdles in Rio, joined Marquise Goodman North Division W L W L Stk (Texas; 2012 Olympics - long jump), James Jett (West Virginia; 1992 Olympics - sprinter) and Bob Hayes OREGON 0 0 2 0 W2 (Florida A&M; 1964 Olympics - sprinter). Washington 0 0 2 0 W5 •JR RB Royce Freeman moved up five spots during the Virginia game to 22nd all-time in Pac-12 career Stanford 0 0 1 0 W5 rushing, while climbing three spots to 15th all-time on the conference career rushing touchdowns list. California 0 0 1 1 L1 The Ducks’ running back needs 522 yards to crack the top 10 in rushing, while needing 21 rushing TDs to Oregon State 0 0 0 1 L10 become the Pac-12’s all-time leader. Washington State 0 0 0 2 L2 •Oregon has had a 1,000-yard rusher each of the last nine seasons, the longest active streak in the country. During that stretch, the Ducks have had 10 backs rush for over 1,000 yards. South Division W L W L Stk •Freeman needs 80 all-purpose yards at Nebraska to move into ninth on the career list at Oregon. Arizona State 0 0 2 0 W2 •JR K Aidan Schneider is the most accurate kicker in Oregon history making 92.1 percent (35-of-38) of his Colorado 0 0 2 0 W2 field goal attempts. Utah 0 0 2 0 W4 •FR LB Troy Dye earned Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors after his performance Arizona 0 0 1 1 W1 against UC Davis in the Ducks’ opener. Dye finished with 11 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and a sack. He also UCLA 0 0 1 1 W1 blocked a FG attempt. USC 0 0 1 1 W1 •Dye was the first true freshman at Oregon to start at linebacker in over 38 years. GAME 3 • OREGON AT NEBRASKA • SEPT. 17, 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 2-0 35-8 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 0-0 11-3 To date, Helfrich has led Oregon to a 35-8 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 2-0 26-6 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 2-0 27-2 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 2-0 29-3 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 0-0 0-6 starting quarterback Vernon Adams Jr.