Hall of Fame
2001, Football Team
Football Team 2001
- Induction:
- 2014
There may have been Oregon teams more talented but none reached heights. Certainly the record would reflect that there were few better as the 11-1 ledger would include the most wins in Oregon history, not to mention an unprecedented No. 2 season-ending national ranking. Although it was the Ducks’ Hall-of-Fame quarterback who would serve as the face of the program, the Fiesta Bowl champions represented so much more than just one player. Under seventh-year head coach Mike Bellotti, three players were awarded first-team Pacific-10 Conference all-league honors, two received All-America acclaim, and 14 players from Oregon’s third outright conference champions in school history would go on to hear their names called during the NFL Draft over the course of the next four years. This was in addition to a Heisman Trophy finalist, the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year and the Fiesta Bowl MVP. Only a seven-point setback to Stanford would stand in the way of an unblemished season and a probable date in the National Championship game, which many felt Oregon so richly deserved. But there was a sense of destiny which prevailed as five of the 11 victories materialized by a margin of one touchdown or less and the Ducks found themselves trailing in the fourth quarter on four of those occasions. Yet above the individual accomplishments was a bond that elevated the finished product above its components, culminating into a team that overwhelmed third-ranked Colorado, 38-16, to claim a third-straight post-season triumph.
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