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2020 Oregon Ducks football
Pac-12 champion
Fiesta Bowl, L 17–34 vs. Iowa State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	4–3 (3–2 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mario Cristobal (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Moorhead (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Andy Avalos (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Autzen Stadium
Seasons← 20192021 →

The 2020 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Mario Cristobal. The Ducks played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, and competed as members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference.

On August 11, 2020, the Pac-12 Conference canceled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the decision was reversed on September 24, when the Pac-12 announced that they would play a seven-game schedule starting November 6.

Despite finishing in second place in the North Division during the regular season, the Ducks would represent the division in the Pac-12 Championship Game due to first-place Washington having an insufficient number of players available due to COVID-19. There, they defeated the undefeated South Division champion USC to receive the Pac-12's automatic bid to a New Year's Six bowl game. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl, where they lost to Big 12 runner-up Iowa State.

Pac-12 media day

Pac-12 media poll

In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Oregon was voted as the favorite to win both the North Division and the Pac-12 Championship Game.

Schedule

Oregon had three games scheduled against Ohio State, North Dakota State, and Hawaii, but canceled these games on July 10 due to the Pac-12 Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oregon's game against UCLA had initially been scheduled for Friday, November 20, but was moved forward a day to accommodate UCLA playing California on Sunday, November 15. The change occurred after both UCLA and California had their initially scheduled games for Saturday, November 14 (against Utah and Arizona State, respectively), canceled due to COVID-19 outbreaks within the other programs.

On December 14, Oregon's scheduled game against Colorado in Los Angeles for December 19 was canceled after the Ducks were elevated into the Pac-12 Championship Game against USC. The change occurred after Washington had a COVID-19 outbreak.

Rankings

Game summaries

Stanford

at Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon

• Date: November 7, 2020
• Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
• Game weather: Cloudy, 46 °F (8 °C)
• Game attendance: 0
• Referee: Michael Mothershed
• TV: ABC

At Washington State

at Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington

• Date: November 14, 2020
• Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
• Game attendance: 0
• TV: ESPN

UCLA

at Autzen Stadium • Eugene, Oregon

• Date: November 21, 2020
• Game time: 12:30 p.m. PST
• Game attendance: 0
• Referee: Mark Duddy
• TV announcers (ESPN2): Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Taylor McGregor

At Oregon State

at Reser Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon

• Date: November 27, 2020
• Game time: 4:30 p.m. PST
• Game attendance: 0
• TV: ESPN

At California

at California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California

• Date: December 5, 2020
• Game time: 4:05 p.m.
• Game attendance: 0
• Referee: Francisco Vilar
• TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Taylor McGregor

At USC (Pac-12 Championship Game)

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California

• Date: December 18, 2020
• Game time: 5:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Clear, 61 °F (16 °C)
• Game attendance: 1
• Referee: Chris Coyte
• TV announcers (FOX): Joe Davis, Mark Helfrich

vs Iowa State (2021 Fiesta Bowl)

at State Farm Stadium • Glendale, Arizona

• Date: January 2nd, 2021
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: n/a (game played indoors)
• Game attendance: 0
• TV: ESPN

Players drafted into the NFL

References

1. "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
2. "Pac-12 Conference postpones all sport competitions through end of calendar year". Pac-12 Conference. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
3. "Pac-12 announces resumption of football, basketball & winter sports seasons". Pac-12 Conference. September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
4. Bromberg, Nick (July 10, 2020). "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
5. Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
6. "UCLA-Cal set for Sunday following Arizona State, Utah cancellations". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
7. "CU-Oregon Football Game Canceled". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
8. "Pac-12 statement regarding Washington at Oregon football game". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. After consultation with Washington, the Pac-12 Conference announced the game involving Washington at Oregon scheduled for Saturday, December 12 has been cancelled. This decision was made under the Pac-12's football game cancellation policy due to Washington not having the minimum number of scholarship student-athletes available for the game due to a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19 cases and resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under contact tracing protocols. Under Conference policy, the game will be declared a no contest.
9. "Pac-12 statement on Washington at USC Pac-12 Football Championship Game". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Under Pac-12 Football Championship Game policy, the team with the next best record in the North Division, Oregon, will represent the North Division against South Division Champion USC.
10. Crepea, James (December 14, 2020). "With Oregon replacing Washington in Pac-12 Championship game, what happens to Colorado?". oregonlive. Colorado was supposed to play Oregon Saturday night in Los Angeles. What happens to the Buffaloes now that the Ducks replace Washington in the Pac-12 Championship game?
11. "Oregon Ducks Schedule 2020". ESPN. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
12. "2020 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
13. "2020 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
14. "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 39. Retrieved September 6, 2023.

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