Football
Football program began in 1893 and played its first game on February 22, 1894, defeating Albany College. In 1919 where it shared the facility with the track and field team until Autzen Stadium was completed in 1967. While in the Pacific Coast Conference, the Ducks won five conference co-championships in 1919, 1933, 1948, and 1957. The Ducks have participated in one BCS Bowl game since the inception of the BCS in 1998, defeating the Colorado Buffaloesin the 2002 Fiesta Bowl.
This Thursday if Oregon is able to come out with a win, they will most likely play in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Oregon’s running back, Blount was suspended from the team after punching a player on Boise State after their loss. About three weeks ago he was on the practice field practicing with Oregon’s scout team and is now currently the second string running back behing LaMichael James.
Basketball
Ducks men’s basketball team played its first season in 1902-1903 under head coach Charles Burden. Howard Hobson was hired in 1936 and took the basketball team nicknamed “The Tall Firs” to win the first NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in 1939. Tall Firs achieved a 29-5 record, capped by a 46-33 victory over Ohio State University in the championship game.
Baseball
1964, in the re-organized Athletic Association of Western Universities, Oregon was once again North Division champions. That was their last title, or share of a title, before dropping the sport in 1982. Oregon has never won a Pac-8 or Pac-10 baseball title. UO made one College World Series appearance, in 1954, and was eliminated from the tournament after losing to Arizona and Massachusetts. In July 2007, the university announced that Oregon will again field an NCAA Division I baseball team beginning with the 2009 season. In the Ducks first game in PK Park they defeated the defending national champions, the Fresno State Bulldogs, 1-0 on a walk-off single by senior Andrew Schmidt. A sellout crowd of 2,777 was on hand for the game.
From 1936, the Ducks played baseball at Howe Field. After the university canceled baseball in 1981, the field was converted to use by the Ducks’ women’s softball team. From 1982-2007 the University of Oregon was limited to a club team as it was the only school in the Pac-10 without a varsity team. The university built their new baseball stadium, PK Park, in what was a parking lot adjacent to Autzen Stadium which was completed for the 2009 baseball season. The field will be shared by the minor league Eugene Emeralds.
Venues
Oregon Ducks football complex is located north of the main campus. The complex includes Autzen Stadium where the games are played, the Len Casanova Center where the locker rooms and training facilities are located, the indoor practice field called the Moshofsky Center, and the outdoor training field named Kilkenny Field. These facilities are said to be among the best in the nation. much of the price tag paid for by the prominent university boosters Phil Knight, Ed Moshofsky, and Patrick Kilkenny. Also in the football complex is PK Park, the University of Oregon baseball stadium, completed in 2009 for the reemergence of the baseball program, located in the northeast corner of the parking lot.
