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  • 10-25-1997: How The West Was (barely lost for UO, but…) Won Once-and-for-all for Akili Smith

    October 25, 1997 Renowned Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: deep in tradition, short on victories for past Oregon teams.  In the previous 26 years, Oregon had only a single victory on Trojan Turf – the jumpstart their most improbable turnaround to the 1994 season en route …

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  • The bright side of Oregon’s 1997 mid-season slump

    Exactly fifteen years to date, Oregon had gone from high to a low as they watched a 3-0 start turn into a 3-3 devastation.  Two of the three losses were games Oregon was in for the majority of the time, but lost control of at …

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  • Fifteen-Year Anniversary: Two Tight Wins Shape the Successful 1997 Season to Come

    The 1997 Oregon Ducks football season is often overlooked in the program’s history. By the year’s end the Ducks were a bowl champion with all the makings of a finely-tuned offensive juggernaut set for big things in 98’, but it certainly didn’t start that way. …

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  • 15 Years Ago Michael Klews and the Oregon Ducks Kicked Off The 1997 Season With Questions To Address

    The 1997 University of Oregon football season started off in rare form, with a nationwide Thursday night broadcast vs. the in-conference foe Arizona Wildcats, on September 4th. In a season that would see a wide variety of ups-and-downs and sub-plots, it began with fans wondering …

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  • Oregon’s Multi-QB quandary: Whom to Start? In 1997, Smith vs. Maas Was All The Talk

    As Oregon prepares for the 2012 football season, one question garners more attention than all others: who plays quarterback? It’s not the first time Oregon went into the season with a sharply divided fan base, arguing over which one was better. In the past Oregon …

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  • When it’s fourth and long…Remembering an Oregon Ducks Secret Weapon

    Special teams are often overlooked in football, until it comes down to a last-second kick to decide the game. Punters feel equal pressure, one of the key components in the chess match of football, tasked with pinning the opponents deep in their own territory. Armed …

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  • The McLemore Era…On the Defensive Side

    This four-year stalwart played a huge role in Oregon’s success through the late 90’s.  Many remember the “McLemore era” for the amazing career of superstar receiver Cristin McLemore (1992-1995), but his brother Brandon excelled equally on the defensive side of the ball through the latter-half …

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  • Catching Up With a Long Lost Duck Superstar: Reggie Ogburn

    The 1970s and early 80s were a tough time for Oregon football, a 20-year stretch of futility and hard luck that didn’t start to improve consistently until the Musrave-era. However, for two years the tide appeared to turn, Oregon had back-to-back six win seasons in …

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  • More Than Just Talk: Keith Lewis Had a Mouth (and Motor) That Couldn’t Be Stopped

    I want it more than you do, I’m going to show your coach that you don’t really want to block me, you’re just out there posing. I’d just run through them, and there was a stretch where I went three straight games blocking a punt. …

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  • A Big Man on Campus Departs from Oregon a Bigger Man Than Ever Before

    “Once you fully understand your craft, that’s when you can truly move from average to good, and then from good to great.”  -Darrion Weems, Oregon Tackle (2007-2011)   Football glory, those moments when legends are made, are generally reserved for the “skill position” players; quarterbacks …

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