2006 Oregon Ducks football team

2006 Oregon Ducks football
	Las Vegas Bowl vs BYU, L 8-38
Conference	Pac-10
2006 Record	7-6 (4-5 Pac-10)
Head Coach	Mike Bellotti
Offensive Coordinator	Gary Crowton
Offensive Scheme	Spread
Defensive Coordinator	Nick Aliotti
Base Defense	4-3
Home Stadium	Autzen Stadium (c. 53,800, FieldTurf)
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The 2006 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in college football's 2006 season. The team was coached by Mike Bellotti and played their homes game in Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

[edit] Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
09/02/2006	12:30 p.m.	Stanford	#21	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC	W 48-10
09/09/2006*	7:00 p.m.	at Fresno State	#20	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPN2	W 31-24
09/16/2006*	12:30 p.m.	#11 Oklahoma	#18	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC	W 34-33
09/30/2006	12:30 p.m.	at Arizona State	#13	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	ABC	W 48-13
10/07/2006	5:00 p.m.	at #20 California	#11	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	ABC	L 24-45
10/14/2006	12:30 p.m.	UCLA	#18	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	ABC	W 30-20
10/21/2006	2:00 p.m.	at Washington State	#16	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		L 23-34
10/28/2006*	4:00 p.m.	Portland State	#25	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		W 55-12
11/04/2006†	12:30 p.m.	Washington	#24	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	TBS	W 34-14
11/11/2006	7:15 p.m.	at #7 USC	#21	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	FSN	L 10-35
11/18/2006	12:30 p.m.	Arizona		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		L 10-37
11/24/2006	12:30 p.m.	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR (Civil War)	FSN	L 28-30
12/21/2006*	5:00 p.m.	vs. #20 BYU		Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ESPN2	L 8-38
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

[edit] Roster

Wide Receivers

1 Garren Strong - Junior
2 Jordan Kent - Senior
3 Cameron Colvin - Junior
4 Jaison Williams - Sophomore
6 Derrick Jones - Freshman
18 James Finely - Senior
19 Brian Paysinger - Junior
26 Kyle Weatherspoon - Senior
39 Todd Crowley - Freshman
80 Drew Larson - Senior
86 Ryan Mattice - Sophomore
87 Rory Cavaille - Freshman
88 Brandon Bair - Freshman
92 Aaron McVein - Freshman
93 Nicholas Dahlen - Freshman

Offensive Line

51 Jeff Kendall - Sophomore
54 Jordan Holmes - Freshman
55 Enoka Lucas - Senior
57 Fenuki Tupou - Junior
60 Max Unger - Sophomore
61 Josh Tschirgi - Sophomore
63 Jon Teague - Sophomore
66 Pat So'oalo - Junior
67 Sean Cullen - Junior
68 C.E. Kaiser - Freshman
69 Bo Thran - Freshman
70 Landis Provancha - Freshman
71 Mark Lewis - Sophomore
72 Justin Talarizadeh - Freshman
75 Geoff Schwartz - Junior
77 Paluni Ma Sun - Senior
78 Jacob Hucko - Sophomore

Tight Ends

44 Dante Rosario - Senior
81 Ryan Keeling - Sophomore
88 Brandon Bair - Freshman

Quarterbacks

7 Nathan Costa - Freshman
10 Dennis Dixon - Junior
11 Justin Roper - Freshman
12 Cody Kempt - Freshman
16 Brady Leaf - Junior

Fullbacks None Designated on Roster

Running Backs

5 Remene Alston Jr. - Freshman
22 Chris Vincent - Senior
23 Andre Crenshaw - Freshman
24 Jeremiah Johnson - Sophomore
27 Andiel Brown - Junior
28 Jonathan Stewert - Sophomore
37 AK Ikwuakor - Senior

Defensive Line

43 Michael Speed - Sophomore
45 Matt Toeaina - Senior
49 Nick Reed - Sophomore
50 Simi Toeaina - Freshman
56 Victor Filipe - Senior
89 Michael DiVincenzo - Sophomore
90 David Faaeteete - Junior
91 Harris Ra'shon - Sophomore
92 Micah Howeth - Junior
93 Dexter Manley II - Junior
94 Hayden Piper - Freshman
95 Darius Sanders - Senior
96 Jordan Spence - Freshman
97 Cole Linehan - Sophomore
99 Jeremy Gibbs - Junior

Linebackers

25 Kevin Garrett - Freshman
33 Blair Phillips - Senior
34 A.J. Tuitele - Junior
38 Chris Mulvanny - Senior
40 John Bacon - Sophomore
42 Brent Haberly - Senior
47 Jason Turner - Junior
53 Erik Elshire - Sophomore
87 Josh Thomas-Dotson - Junior

Defensive backs

2 Terrell Ward - Freshman
6 Walter Thurmond III - Freshman
7 Chad Peppars - Freshman
8 Jackie Bates - Junior
17 Willie Glasper - Freshman
20 Matthew Harper - Junior
23 Brian Butterfield - Freshman
31 Jameel Dowling - Junior
41 Marvin Johnson - Freshman

Safeties and Rovers

9 Ryan DePalo - Junior
13 Jerome Boyd - Sophomore
15 Patrick Chung (ROV) - Sophomore
27 Titus Jackson - Freshman
28 J.D. Nelson - Senior
29 Parris Moore (ROV) - Senior
30 Kwame Agyeman - Junior
32 Jarius Byrd - Freshman
35 Spencer Paysinger - Freshman
48 Jon Pope - Senior

Punters

14 Matt Dragich - Senior
98 Aaron Knowles - Senior

Kickers

36 Paul Martinez - Senior
40 Luke Bellotti - Junior
41 Morgan Flint - Freshman
85 Matt Evensen - Sophomore

† Starter at position Injured; will not play in 2006

[edit] Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Oregon	Alma mater (Year)
Mike Bellotti	Head Coach	12th	UC Davis (1973)
Neal Zoumboukos	Assistant Head Coach Tight Ends	27th	UC Davis (1968)
Nick Aliotti	Defensive Coordinator	16th	UC Davis (1986)
Gary Crowton	Offensive Coordinator	2nd	BYU (1983)
Gary Campbell	Running Backs	23rd	UCLA (1973)

[edit] Game notes

[edit] Oregon 48, Stanford 10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	3	7	0	0	10
Ducks	3	24	7	14	48

Jonathan Stewart promised he'd have a big season, and the Oregon running back got off to a good start against Stanford.

Stewart ran for 168 yards and two touchdowns, then left with a right ankle injury, as the 21st-ranked Ducks beat the Cardinal 48-10 in a Pac-10 game Saturday. Against Stanford, he had plenty of help. Dennis Dixon threw for a score and ran for another, completing 21-of-30 passes for 236 yards.

Stewart scored from a yard out to make it 10-3 for the Ducks early in the second quarter. Dixon's 15-yard scoring pass to Jaison Williams upped the lead. Stewart scored again on a 3-yard run and Paul Martinez added a 24-yard field goal to make it 27-10 at halftime. Dixon's 2-yard keeper put Oregon up 34-10 midway through the third quarter. Aaron Zagory missed a 32-yard field goal attempt that would have narrowed it, before the Ducks scored on Jeremiah Johnson's 2-yard run. Finally, Oregon blocked Zagory's 37-yard field goal attempt in the fourth quarter and it was scooped up by linebacker A.J. Tutele, who ran it back 72 yards for the score.

The crowd of 58,450 at Autzen was a record for an opener and the fourth-largest ever.

[edit] Oregon 31, Fresno State 24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	14	3	7	7	31
Bulldogs	3	7	7	7	24

Oregon narrowly escaped defeat. Kicker Paul Martinez scored on a 4-yard run on a fake field goal with 4:55 left and also scored one play after Fresno State botched a blocked field goal, beating the Bulldogs 31-24.

The Ducks had a mediocre running game against the Bulldogs. Jeremiah Johnson had 14 carries for 74 yards and two touchdowns. Jonathan Stewert, who was injured in the last game against the Cardinals, made one appearance on the Bulldog 3-yard line to score.

Dennis Dixon was 33-for-36 for 240 yards for the Ducks, adding a few key scrambles as well. Jaison Williams had six catches for 106 yards, but also had some key drops.

Fresno State got the sellout crowd into a frenzy after just the first play from scrimmage when Ahijah Lane stripped the ball from receiver Jordan Kent and Dwayne Andrews recovered at the Oregon 45. That set up a 32-yard field goal from Clint Stitser that gave the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead. Johnson's 20-yard punt return set up his own 5-yard TD run late in the first quarter to make it 14-3 and his 27-yard punt return set up a 38-yard field goal by Martinez with 38 second left in the half to make it 17-10. The Bulldogs appeared to seize the momentum when Bear Pascoe blocked Martinez's 36-yard field goal attempt. But instead of letting the ball roll dead and taking possession, Fresno State's Ryan Machado tried to recover the ball. The ball squirted loose and Matt Toeaina recovered at the 5 for the Ducks. Johnson ran it in on the next play to make it 24-17.

[edit] Oregon 34, Oklahoma 33

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sooners	3	3	14	13	33
Ducks	10	3	0	21	34

Oregon after a 16-yard TD by Dennis Dixon trailed the Sooners 33-27 with 1:12 left. After a botched onside kick attempt which both teams claimed to recover the ruling on the field was to give Oregon the ball. Oklahoma argued that the ball had made contact with an Oregon player before it went the required 10 yards anyway, so the ball should still be theirs. The play was reviewed by Pac-10 replay official Gordon Riese. The angle Riese used did not clearly show the contact but did show that Oregon had not actually recovered the ball. Because this was not the challenge on the field, the call was not reversed. After a pass interference call on Oklahoma again had Sooners coach Bob Stoops shaking his head on the sideline, Dixon threw a 23-yard TD pass to Brian Paysinger with 46 seconds to give Oregon the lead. Oregon led 34-33. Oklahoma wasn't done yet. A squib kick was recovered by Reggie Smith for 55 yards setting Garret Hartley up for a 44-yard field goal attempt. The kick was blocked by Oregon and the fans stormed the field in the first victory ever over Oklahoma.

Dixon was the top performer 26-41, for 341 yds, 2 TDs, and 2 INTs, as well as 6 Rushes, for 34 yds, and the game winning touchdown.

The mistaken call led to the suspension of the officiating crew and, ultimately, the demotion of Gordon Riese.

[edit] Oregon 48, Arizona State 13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	14	10	10	17	51
Sun Devils	0	3	10	0	13

It was Oregon's first game since the officials erroneously awarded them possession of an onside kick in a 34-33 victory over Oklahoma September 16 -- a mistake that resulted in Pac-10 suspensions of on-field officials and two replay officials.

Dennis Dixon threw for 215 yards and three touchdowns, Jonathan Stewart ran for 142 yards and Jaison Williams caught 10 passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns. The defense registered six sacks and limited the once-potent Arizona State attack to 175 yards and a pair of field goals. Terry Richardson returned a kickoff 100 yards for ASU's only touchdown. The running game was there on this day. Despite being slowed by an ankle injury, Stewart gained 142 yards on 12 carries, while back-up Jeremiah Johnson rushed for 89 yards on six carries.

Using a mix of short passes and misdirection runs, Oregon marched 76 yards on nine plays on its first possession, with Dixon throwing a 13-yard touchdown pass to Williams. On the next series, Oregon cornerback Terrell Ward, making his first college appearance, intercepted a Carpenter pass in the end zone. Then Dixon connected with Williams again to give Oregon a 14-0 lead with three minutes to go in the first quarter. That capped an eight-play, 80-yard march. At the start of the third quarter, Jeremiah Johnson's 4-yard touchdown was quickly answered by a kickoff return for a touchdown by Terry Richardson. Finally in the fourth, the Ducks scored 17 unanswered points to close the game Ducks 48-13.

[edit] Oregon 24, California 45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	3	7	7	7	24
Golden Bears	14	14	10	7	45

The one-loss Golden Bears of California steamrolled the Ducks on their path to victory.

Quarterback Dennis Dixon, who grew up 15 miles away in San Leandro, had an awful game in front of 60 friends and family members. Taking constant hits from Cal's pass rushers, he finished 20-of-35 for 263 yards and three interceptions. He tossed two TD passes in the final 16 minutes.

On the Ducks the first play of the game, Dixon threw an interception which was recovered by Cal's Brandon Hampton. Oregon's offense repeatedly stalled until a faked field goal set up its first TD on Stewart's 3-yard plunge 1:04 before halftime. In the third quarter, Dixon completed a 29-yard pass to Jaison Williams for another touchdown.

Too little too late for the Ducks as they were trailing by 28 going into the fourth quarter. Dixon closed the game with a 20-yard touchdown pass to James Finely.

The running game was virtually non-existent with 25 yards credited to Jonathan Stewert on 19 carries and one touchdown.

[edit] UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	3	3	0	14	20
Ducks	20	7	0	3	30

[edit] Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	0	3	0	20	23
Cougars	0	13	14	7	34

[edit] Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	6	6	0	0	12
Ducks	14	21	10	10	55

[edit] Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	7	7	0	14
Ducks	7	10	14	3	34

[edit] USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	0	7	3	7	17
Trojans	0	14	14	7	35

[edit] Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	14	10	10	3	37
Ducks	3	7	0	0	10

[edit] Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	7	0	7	14	28
Beavers	7	13	7	3	30

Postseason

[edit] BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	0	17	7	14	38
Ducks	0	0	0	8	8

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