2007 Oregon Ducks football team

2007 Oregon Ducks football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 56–21 vs. South Florida
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
APNo. 23
Record9–4 (5–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChip Kelly (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorNick Aliotti (11th season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumAutzen Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 USC +   7 2     11 2  
No. 16 Arizona State +   7 2     10 3  
No. 25 Oregon State   6 3     9 4  
No. 23 Oregon   5 4     9 4  
UCLA   5 4     6 7  
Arizona   4 5     5 7  
California   3 6     7 6  
Washington State   3 6     5 7  
Stanford   3 6     4 8  
Washington   2 7     4 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Mike Bellotti, the Ducks compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a mark of 5–4 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Pac-10. he team played home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon.

The Ducks rose to a national rank of number 2 in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) poll, until an injury to starting quarterback Dennis Dixon led to defeat at the hands of the Arizona Wildcats on November 15.[1] They lost the next game to UCLA as backup quarterback Brady Leaf was also injured. Oregon lost the season finale to rival Oregon State on December 1 by a score of 38–31 in two overtimes. Oregon finished the regular season at 8–4 and was invited to the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. On December 31 freshman quarterback Justin Roper, making his first start, passed for fourth touchdowns, wcih tied for a Sun Bowl record, and 180 yards as Oregon crushed the favored South Florida Bulls, 56–21. Jonathan Stewart rushed for a Sun Bowl-record and career-high 253 yards and a touchdown and was named the game's Most Valuable Player. The 56 points scored by the Ducks were also a Sun Bowl record. Oregon was ranked 23rd in the final AP Poll.

  1. ^ "Dixon's Injury Dooms Ducks' Title Hopes". SI.com. November 16, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2009.

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