With a disappointing 2016 season behind it, the Oregon football team has it sights set on next season under the leadership of new head coach Willie Taggart.
The Pac-12 released its finalized schedule for the 2017 season on Wednesday. The Ducks’ season will include five home games and four road games.
The Ducks will kick off their 2017 season with two home games: on Sept. 2 with a tune-up game against Southern Utah University and on Sept. 9 with a rematch against Nebraska, who narrowly defeated the Ducks 32-35 to give them their first loss last season. Oregon’s final nonconference game will be a road game against Wyoming.
To start off Pac-12 play on Sept. 23, Oregon will travel down to Arizona State. The first home game of conference play will be against Cal on Sept. 30. The Cal Bears recently hired former Oregon offensive line coach Steve Greatwood, who spent 30 years with the Ducks until Mark Helfrich was fired at the end of the season.
On Oct. 7, Oregon will face off against Washington State. Then, Oregon travels down to California to play Stanford on Oct. 14 and UCLA on Oct. 21. Instead of playing USC, Oregon will face UCLA for the first time since the 2014 season. Oregon currently holds the streak for the match-up at six games.
Oregon will come back home to play Utah on Oct. 28, whom Oregon upset last season for a 30-28 victory. This year, the Ducks will not face Colorado, the Pac-12 South Champions.
One of the Ducks’ more anticipated games will be on Nov. 4 against Washington, who steamrolled the Ducks for a 70-21 win that snapped Oregon’s 12-year matchup win streak, the longest streak ever in their rivalry.
For the Ducks’ final road game, they will play Arizona on Nov. 18. To finish their season as usual, the Ducks will face off against Oregon State for the 121st Civil War, this year hosted at Autzen Stadium on Nov. 24. The Ducks will be looking for revenge after the Beavers snapped Oregon’s eight-year win streak with a 34-24 victory last season.
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the location of Oregon’s first three 2017 games. The story has been updated.
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