Football Team 2010 (2022) - Hall of Fame - University of Oregon Athletics

Football Team 2010

Induction:
2022

The 2010 football team was the first at Oregon to play in the BCS National Championship game and established 30 individual and program records. Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year winner Chip Kelly led the Ducks to the program’s first unbeaten and untied season since 1895. Oregon was ranked No. 1 nationally for eight consecutive weeks with victories over No. 9 Stanford, No. 20 Arizona and No. 24 USC and a road win at Tennessee. The high-flying Ducks led the nation in scoring at 47.0 points per game and total offense at 530.7 yards per game, also ranking among the national top five in rushing (fourth), turnovers forced (second), first downs (third) and punt return average (first). The Ducks led the Pac-10 in seven different categories – scoring, rushing, total offense, first downs, pass efficiency defense, punting and turnover margin. Oregon scored 40 or more points in nine consecutive games, setting a conference record, and also established a Pac-10 mark by scoring 403 points in conference games. The Ducks were led by first-team All-Americans LaMichael James and Cliff Harris. James was the recipient of the 2010 Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top running back after leading the country in rushing with 1,731 yards, rushing touchdowns with 21 and points per game with a 12.0 average. Harris led the nation in passes defended and was fifth nationally with six interceptions and was the top collegiate punt returner nationally with an 18.8 yards per return average. One of the team records that still stood some 12 years later was the single-game rushing mark of 528 yards against Portland State. The 2010 team finished the year with a 12-1 record after falling to Auburn 22-19 in the 2011 BCS Championship game on a field goal made by the Tigers as time expired. During the next four years after that season, 14 members of the 2010 team would be selected in the NFL Draft.