The1970 Oregon Ducks football team represented theUniversity of Oregon during the1970 NCAA University Division football season. Five home games were played inEugene atAutzen Stadium, with one atCivic Stadium inPortland.^[1]

Led by fourth-year head coachJerry Frei, the Ducks were 6–4–1 overall and 4–3 in thePacific-8 Conference, tied for second. The opener was played in Portland,^[2] the Ducks' first game there in four years; the last was in1966, prior to the opening of Autzen. After upsetting bothUCLA andUSC, Oregon was 5–2 and ranked #16 in theAP Poll,^[3] but won just one of their last four games.

In the second game of the season atIllinois, seniorquarterback (andpunter)Tom Blanchard injured a troublesome knee and was relieved by sophomoreDan Fouts,^[4] who became the starter. Blanchard returned the next week against third-rankedStanford, but only as the punter.^[5]

The Ducks lost the season-endingCivil War game toOregon State for a seventh consecutive year.^[6]

The marching band was not funded this year; in its place was the student rock band Ouroboros, paid$210 per game.^[7]

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Four Oregon players were named to the All-Pacific-8 team: junior halfback Bobby Moore (laterAhmad Rashad), senior split endBob Newland, junior linebackerTom Graham, and senior cornerback Lionel Coleman. On the second team (honorable mention) were senior guard Jack Stambaugh and junior cornerback Bill Drake.^[25][26] Moore also made the first team as a sophomore in1969 and as a senior in 1971.^[27][28]

• WSU Libraries: Game video (color) – Washington State at Oregon – October 3, 1970

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