1957 Oregon Ducks football team

1957 Oregon Ducks football
PCC co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 7–10 vs. Ohio State
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
Record7–4 (6–2 PCC)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumHayward Field, Multnomah Stadium
1957 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Oregon State + 6 2 08 2 0
No. 17 Oregon ^ + 6 2 07 4 0
No. 19 UCLA 5 2 08 2 0
Washington State 5 3 06 4 0
Stanford 4 3 06 4 0
Washington 3 4 03 6 1
California 1 6 01 9 0
USC 1 6 01 9 0
Idaho 0 3 04 4 1
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    Oregon State won the rivalry game over Oregon, but PCC no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1957 Oregon Ducks represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1957 college football season. Three home games were played on campus in Eugene at Hayward Field and three at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

Led by seventh-year head coach Len Casanova, the Ducks were 7–3 in the regular season and 6–2 in the PCC, co-champions with rival Oregon State. Although the Beavers won the Civil War game in Eugene, the PCC had a no-repeat rule for the Rose Bowl, so the Ducks had clinched the berth the previous week with a win in Los Angeles over struggling USC.

In the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, Oregon met Big Ten champion Ohio State (8–1), second-ranked and led by head coach Woody Hayes. The Buckeyes were ranked first in the UPI coaches poll and heavily favored, by up to twenty points, but needed a fourth quarter field goal to break a tie for a 10–7 win.

Outside the 27–26 win at Stanford, the Ducks did not allow more than thirteen points in their ten other games, which included two shutouts, and finished at 7–4.