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2010 Oregon Ducks football team

2010 Oregon Ducks football
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Pac-10 champion
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 3
AP No. 3
2010 record 12–1 (9–0 Pac-10)
Head coach Chip Kelly (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich (2nd year)
Offensive scheme No-huddle spread option
Defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti (14th year)
Base defense Hybrid 3–4
Captain Game captains
Home stadium Autzen Stadium
(Capacity: 54,000)
Uniform
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Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 Oregon $   9 – 0         12 – 1  
#4 Stanford  %   8 – 1         12 – 1  
USC *   5 – 4         8 – 5  
Washington   5 – 4         7 – 6  
Arizona   4 – 5         7 – 6  
Arizona State   4 – 5         6 – 6  
Oregon State   4 – 5         5 – 7  
California   3 – 6         5 – 7  
UCLA   2 – 7         4 – 8  
Washington State   1 – 8         2 – 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • * – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions
As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll
#2 Oregon at #24 USC
1 2 3 4 Total
• Oregon 8 21 14 10 53
USC 10 7 15 0 32
#1 Oregon at California
1 2 3 4 Total
• Oregon 0 8 7 0 15
California 7 0 6 0 13
#1 Oregon at Oregon State
1 2 3 4 Total
• Oregon 6 10 7 14 37
Oregon State 7 0 3 10 20

The 2010 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by Chip Kelly in his second season as a head coach. The Ducks played their home games at Autzen Stadium for the 44th straight year.

On October 16, 2010, Oregon was ranked number 1 in the AP Poll for the first time in program history. On October 31, 2010, after beating USC and moving to 8–0, Oregon achieved the number 1 ranking in the BCS rankings. The Ducks repeated as Pac-10 Conference champions and finished the regular season undefeated with a school-record 12 wins, the first undefeated and untied regular season in the school's 117-year football history. They earned a berth in the BCS National Championship Game, which they narrowly lost to Auburn on a field goal as time expired. It was the closest that a team from the Pacific Northwest has come to winning a share of the national championship since Washington was crowned national champion by most outlets in 1991.

In recognition of the team's performance during the season, Kelly received the Eddie Robinson Award and the Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award. Running back LaMichael James, who finished third in balloting in for the Heisman Trophy, received the Doak Walker Award.

The team was plagued with numerous off-field incidents during the off-season, which saw nine separate players either be dismissed from the team or be involved in criminal activities starting in January 2010. On March 12, 2010, Coach Chip Kelly suspended starting quarterback Jeremiah Masoli for the 2010 season for his role in an Oregon fraternity house theft that resulted in a guilty plea to misdemeanor second-degree burglary, and left the option for Masoli to redshirt in 2010 and return to the Ducks in 2011. On the same day Kelly also suspended LaMichael James and Rob Beard for the season opener after pleading guilty to harassment. The trend unfortunately continued into the summer time, as on June 7, 2010 suspended Oregon QB, Jeremiah Masoli, was arrested for a second time for marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license. Two days later Masoli was dismissed from the football program. with the Ducks naming sophomore Darron Thomas the starting quarterback.


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