Oregon football releases 2013 schedule

Oregon has a 12-day layoff next year before playing Stanford, the reigning Pac-12 champs. (Michael Ciaglo/Emerald Archives)

Oregon has a 12-day layoff next year before playing Stanford, the reigning Pac-12 champs. (Michael Ciaglo/Emerald Archives)

Posted by Matt Walks on Thursday, Jan. 10 at 11:04 am.

Oregon football released its Fall 2013 schedule on Thursday, setting the stage for head coach Chip Kelly and the Ducks’ pursuit of a fifth straight BCS bowl appearance.

The team opens against FCS opponent Nicholls State in Autzen. If the name sounds familiar, it should. Oregon State’s game against the Colonels was postponed last year due to effects of Hurricane Isaac. The two teams made up their game in December when the Beavers cruised to a 77-3 victory in Corvallis.

Next on the list of non-conference opponents, Oregon will travel to Nevada to complete a home-and-home series with the Wolf Pack. The Ducks rolled 69-20 in the teams’ last meeting, just one week after Oregon started its year with a loss to LSU in 2011.

The schedule also gets a little SEC flavor when Tennessee comes to town on Sept. 14. It’s just the second-ever meeting between the two schools. Their first meeting in 2010 was a close one until this happened.

Curiously, Oregon has two open dates on its schedule — one bye week comes on Sept. 21, just before Pac-12 play starts, and the Ducks also have 12 days off between the UCLA Bruins on Oct. 26 and the Stanford Cardinal on Nov. 7.

The byes push Oregon’s season-ending Civil War matchup with Oregon State to the day after Thanksgiving, five days after last season ended.

  Sat, Aug 31  Nicholls State Eugene, Ore.   TBA
  Sat, Sep 07  Nevada Reno, Nev.   TBA
  Sat, Sep 14  Tennessee Eugene, Ore.   TBA
  Sat, Sep 28  California * Eugene, Ore.   TBA
  Sat, Oct 05  Colorado * Boulder, Colo.   TBA
  Sat, Oct 12  Washington * Seattle, Wash.   TBA
  Sat, Oct 19  Washington State * Eugene, Ore.   TBA
  Sat, Oct 26  UCLA * Eugene, Ore.   TBA
  Thu, Nov 07  Stanford * Stanford, Calif.   TBA ESPN
  Sat, Nov 16  Utah * Eugene, Ore.   TBA
  Sat, Nov 23  Arizona * Tucson, Ariz.   TBA
  Fri, Nov 29  Oregon State * Eugene, Ore.   TBA
* Conference Games


  • http://www.facebook.com/ZleekProductions Zach Dunford

    Let’s go ducks!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=529015140 Don Gilman

    Pretty favorable schedule, for the most part. I would say Stanford on the road and Washington on the road look to be their biggest challenges.

  • RIVERGOLF299

    NO USC?

  • socalduck

    i think utah will be a good matchup, they have a pretty stout defense

    • NorcalDuck

      Your mom has a pretty stout defence

  • Mike1869

    USC…bahahaha…even when they cheet,they still get there asses handed to em..

  • Branden

    Thats the kind of schedule that will keep you out of the natty if there are 3 unbeaten.

  • http://www.facebook.com/john.morris.5815 John Morris

    When is Oregon (and every other major team) going to stop playing lower div. cupcakes like Nicholls State? There are plenty of them to go around in Div 1-A. Seems like a pretty easy sched. It could hurt their chances of a high BCS ranking. Only Stanford and maybe Ore.St. look like a real challenge.