1981 Oregon Ducks football team

Date: November 21
Location: Autzen Stadium

The 1981 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), the team was led by head coach Rich Brooks, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9 overall, 1–6 in the Pac-10, ninth).

1981 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Washington $	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 14 USC	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Washington State	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
UCLA	5	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Arizona	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
California	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	7:00 pm	at Fresno State*	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	L 16–23	28,697
September 12	11:30 am	at No. 16 Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 10–19	33,840
September 19	1:00 pm	Pacific (CA)*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 34–0	24,519
September 26	1:00 pm	No. 16 Washington	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	L 3–17	40,695
October 10	7:30 pm	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 0–24	63,935
October 17	1:00 pm	Arizona	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	L 14–18	24,264
October 24	1:00 pm	Air Force*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	L 10–20	23,290	^[1]
October 31	1:00 pm	UCLA	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	L 11–28	24,272
November 7	1:00 pm	at Washington State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 7–39	33,500
November 14	1:00 pm	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 3–42	36,106
November 21	1:00 pm	Oregon State	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Civil War)	W 47–17	31,142	^[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon St	0	10	7	0	17
• Oregon	14	7	20	6	47

Three Ducks were selected in the 1982 NFL Draft, which lasted 12 rounds (334 selections).