utah football 1975 - of College Football Games

Game Number 7
Oregon
at Eugene
October 25 - 1:30 p.m. (PDT)
GENERAL INFORMATION
President : Dr. William B. Boyd
Athletic Director: Norval J. Rhyhey
Publicity Director: Chuck Niemi (503) 686-5494
Colors: Emerald green and lemon yellow
Nickname: Ducks or Webfbots
Enrollment: 16,270
Stadium: Autzen (41,097)
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Offense: Veer
Defense: 50 Defense
Conference: Pacific 8
COACHES
Head Coach: Don Read
Alma Mater-Year: Sacramento State 1959
Record at Oregon: 2-9
Career Record: 22-28
Assistants: Fred vonAppen, Gene Dahlquist,
John Marshall, Steve Sogge, Joe Schaffeld,
Dick Arbuckle, Carl Blackburn, Don Cortez
Trainer: Larry Standifer
1974 RESULTS (2-9)
Oregon
7-61 Nebraska
27-23 Air Force
23-16 Utah
10-14 Northwestern
10-40 California
7-16 Southern California
0-66 Washington
16-21 Washington State
0-21 UCLA
0-17 Stanford
16-35 Oregon State
1975 OUTLOOK
"We have a year under our belts — the
staff and the players—and we all know what
stillneedsto be done," Read surveys. "We'll
have a lot more leadership even though we'll
still be a junior-dominated team."
"We see this team as a bunch of guys
who will be better," he summarizes. "We
hope that the year of experience with the
Veer and a building of the 'we' attitude will
make us that much stronger."
Getting down to specifics, Oregon should
again be strong defensively. Sometimes or
regular starters will be available at all II
positions, including several stellar performers:
Tackle Greg Gibson (6-3, 234), Strong-side
linebacker Darrell Mehl (6-0, 224), Middle
linebacker Tom Yaru (6-2, 235) and corner
back Mario Clark (6-2, 184) a senior who
is a bonafide All-American candidate.
September 13—Oklahoma Norman
September 20—San Jose State Eugene
September 27—Minnesota Minneapolis
October 4—Washington Eugene
October 11—California Eugene
October 18—Southern California Los Angeles
October 25—Utah Eugene
November 1—Washington State Pullman
November 8—UCLA Eugene
November 15—Stanford Stanford
November 22—Oregon State Eugene
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DON READ
Head Coach
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The wide receiver corps counts Wayne
Johnson (5-11, 173) and Greg Bauer (5-9,
168), while there figures to be a concerted,
eight-man scramble for the two running
back slots. Teddy Farmer (6-0, 175) and
George Bennett (6-1, 218) currently lead the
parade, but several others should put in a
bid before the season opens.
At quarterback, it will be more of the
same. Phil Brus, a junior who sat out last
season after transfering from California,
brings a solid set of frosh credentials. He
had 64 completions for 739 yards and six
touchdowns while completing 68.1 per cent
of his tosses and later threw for 290 yards and
two scores in the Bears' 1972 spring game.
LETTERMEN RETURNING: 34
Offense: Greg Bauer (wr), George Bennett
(rb), Ken Bondelie (ol), Eugene Brown
(rb), Jeff Butts (te), Kevin Culligan (te),
Les Duman (ol), Teddy Farmer (rb).
Tommy Garrett (rb), Chris Haake (ol),
Ron Hunt (ol), Wayne Johnson (wr),
John Nehl (qb), Carl Nickerson (c), Laird
Riffle (ol), Chuck Thomas (ol), Stan
Woodfill (k).
Defense: Mike Chriss (db), Mario Clark (cb),
Mark Cramer (lb), Greg Gibson (dl),
Bobby Green (lb), Bill Hurst (dl), Don
Johnson (dl), Tim Leighton (dl). Hank
Love (lb), Joe McEnroe (dl), Darrell Mehl
(lb), Dave Morgan (dl), Brian Rekofke
(db), Gunnar Scholer (lb), Jo JO White
(cb), Chuck Wills (db), Tom Yaru (lb).
HONOR CANDIDATES: Greg Gibson (dt),
Darrell Mehl (lb), Tom Yaru (lb), Mario
Clark (cb), Ron Hunt (ot), Carl Nickerson
(c).
LETTERMEN LOST: (14)
TOP NEWCOMERS: Raul Martinez (ol),
John Rosette (ol), Joey Pitalo (rb),
Lavoy Wilkerson (rb), John York (rb).
SERIES RECORD: Oregon leads 12-5-0
Year by Year
1933
1934
1935
1954
1955
7-26
7-8
0-6
7-6
13-14
1959
1960
1961
1962
1965
1966
6-21
17-20
14-6
8-35
14-31
17-14
1967
1968
1969
1971
1973
1974
21-0
6-14
17-28
29-36
35-17
16-23