The 2012 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played their home games at Autzen Stadium for the 46th straight year, and was coached by Chip Kelly in his fourth and final year at Oregon. They are a member of the Pac-12 Conference in the North Division.
For the fifth straight season, Oregon swept all of their regional rivals in the Pac-12: Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State.
Recruiting
Schedule
Game summaries
Arkansas State
Fresno State
1st quarter scoring: FRES – Quentin Breshears 39 Yd field goal; ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 39 Yd Run (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 3 Yd run (Beard kick)
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 22 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 51 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 3 Yd Run (Beard Kick); FRES – Quentin Breshears 43 Yd field goal
3rd quarter scoring: FRES – Isaiah Burse 18 Yd Pass From Derek Carr (Breshears Kick); FRES – Quentin Breshears 25 Yd field goal
4th quarter scoring: FRES – Quentin Breshears 37 Yd field goal; ORE – Kenjon Barner 16 Yd Run (Beard Kick); FRES – Robbie Rouse 2 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Tennessee Tech
1st quarter scoring: TNTC – Da'Rick Rogers 23 Yd Pass From Tre Lamb (Zachary Sharp Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 59 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Jake Fisher 1 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 4 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 16 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – Keanon Lowe 3 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 4 Yd Run (Beard Kick); TNTC – Doug Page 6 Yd Pass From Darian Stone (Sharp Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 6 Yd Run (Beard Kick)
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Byron Marshall 4 Yd Run (Beard Kick)
Arizona
1st quarter scoring: ORE – Daryle Hawkins 17 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Rob Beard Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Rob Beard 27 Yd field goal; ORE – Rob Beard 41 Yd field goal
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 1 Yd Run (Jackson Rice Pass To Rob Beard For Two-Point Conversion); ORE – Bralon Addison 55 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick)
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Ifo Ekpre-Olomu 54 Yd Interception Return (Beard Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 8 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Troy Hill 29 Yd Interception Return (Beard Kick)
Washington State
1st quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 22 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed); WSU – Andrew Furney 18 Yd field goal; ORE – Marcus Mariota 13 Yd Run (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 30 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); WSU – Carl Winston 2 Yd Run (Pat Failed)
2nd quarter scoring: WSU – Andrew Furney 20 Yd field goal; ORE – Rob Beard 34 Yd field goal; WSU – Brett Bartolone 26 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Furney Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 4 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Avery Patterson 34 Yd Interception Return (Beard Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 10 Yd Run (Beard Kick)
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 80 Yd Run (Beard Kick); WSU – Marquess Wilson 25 Yd Pass From Jeff Tuel (Furney Kick)
Washington
1st quarter scoring: ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 16 Yd Run (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – Keanon Lowe 21 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – Avery Patterson 43 Yd Interception Return (Beard Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: WASH – Bishop Sankey 1 Yd Run (Travis Coons Kick); ORE – Colt Lyerla 10 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – Josh Huff 34 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – Rob Beard 28 Yd field goal; WASH – Bishop Sankey 6 Yd Run (Coons Kick)
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 13 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – Byron Marshall 4 Yd Run (Beard Kick); WASH – Erich Wilson II 1 Yd Run (Coons Kick)
Arizona State
1st quarter scoring: ASU – Kevin Ozier 28 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly (Alex Garoutte Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 71 Yd Run (Jackson Rice Pass To Rob Beard For Two-Point Conversion); ORE – Bralon Addison 6 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick); ORE – Marcus Mariota 2 Yd Pass From Bryan Bennett (Beard Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Marcus Mariota 86 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Beard Kick)
3rd quarter scoring:
4th quarter scoring: ASU – Anthony Jones 36 Yd Interception Return (Garoutte Kick); ASU – D. J. Foster 23 Yd Pass From Michael Eubank (Garoutte Kick)
Colorado
1st quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 9 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Marcus Mariota 5 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Bralon Addison 16 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Beard Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 24 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 73 Yd Punt Return (Beard Kick); ORE – Daryle Hawkins 7 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Rob Beard Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 6 Yd Run (Beard Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: COLO – Christian Powell 1 Yd Run (Will Oliver Kick); COLO – Christian Powell 20 Yd Run (Oliver Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 3 Yd Run (Beard Kick); ORE – Bryan Bennett 17 Yd Run (Beard Kick)
4th quarter scoring:
USC
Oregon was the first team to score 60 points on USC in 124 years. On November 8, USC was reprimanded and fined by the conference for illegally deflated game balls by a student manager during the Oregon game.
California
1st quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 10 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Alejandro Maldonado Kick); CAL – Darius Powe 10 Yd Pass From Allan Bridgford (Vincenzo D'Amato Kick); ORE – Byron Marshall 3 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – D'Amato 27 Yd Field Goal; ORE – Maldonado 26 Yd Field Goal; ORE – Josh Huff 10 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: CAL – Isi Sofele 4 Yd Run (D'Amato Kick); ORE – Josh Huff 35 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick); ORE – Josh Huff 39 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick)
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Colt Lyerla 14 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick); ORE – Will Murphy 7 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick); ORE – B.J. Kelley 18 Yd Pass From Bryan Bennett (Maldonado Kick)
Stanford
1st quarter scoring:
2nd quarter scoring: STAN – Kevin Hogan 1 Yd Run. (Jordan Williamson Kick); ORE – Keanon Lowe 28 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota. (Alejandro Maldonado Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 6 Yd Run. (Maldonado Kick);
4th quarter scoring: STAN – Zach Ertz 10 Yd Pass From Kevin Hogan. (Williamson Kick)
Over Time scoring: STAN – Jordan Williamson 37 Yd Field Goal
Oregon State
1st quarter scoring: ORE – Marcus Mariota 42 Yd Run (Two-Point Conversion Failed);ORST – Storm Woods 7 Yd Run (Trevor Romaine Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 2 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick); ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick); ORST – Trevor Romaine 36 Yd Field Goal
3rd quarter scoring: ORST – Storm Woods 2 Yd Run (Romaine Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 5 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 29 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick)
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Kenjon Barner 1 Yd Run (Maldonado Kick); ORE – B.J. Kelley 2 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Maldonado Kick); ORST – Micah Hatfield 6 Yd Pass From Sean Mannion (Romaine Kick)
Fiesta Bowl
1st quarter scoring: ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 94 Yd Kickoff Return (Dion Jordan Run For Two-Point Conversion); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 23 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Alejandro Maldonado Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: KSU – Collin Klein 6 Yd Run (Anthony Cantele Kick); KSU – Anthony Cantele 25 Yd Field Goal; ORE – Kenjon Barner 24 Yd Pass From Marcus Mariota (Alejandro Maldonado Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – Alejandro Maldonado 33 Yd Field Goal; ORE – Marcus Mariota 2 Yd Run (Alejandro Maldonado Kick Blocked, Recovered By Kansas State For 1-Point Safety For Oregon)
4th quarter scoring: KSU – John Hubert 10 Yd Pass From Collin Klein (Anthony Cantele Kick); ORE – Alejandro Maldonado 24 Yd Field Goal
Roster 2012 Oregon Ducks FootballQuarterback 2 Bryan Bennett – Sophomore 8 Marcus Mariota – Freshman 14 Dustin Haines – Junior
Running back 6 De'Anthony Thomas – Sophomore 17 Antwan Baker – Freshman 24 Kenjon Barner – Senior 33 Ayele Forde – Sophomore
Offensive lineman 54 Hamani Stevens – Sophomore 55 Hroniss Grasu – Sophomore 57 Trevor Fox – Junior 58 James Euscher – Freshman 60 Ryan Clanton – Senior 61 Nick Cody – Senior 62 Matt Pierson – Freshman 63 Mana Greig – Junior 64 Tyler Johnstone – Freshman 68 Jamal Prater – Freshman 69 Brandon Thomas – Sophomore 71 Everett Benyard – Junior 72 Andre Yruretagoyena – Freshman 74 Kyle Long – Senior 75 Jake Fisher – Sophomore 77 Carson York – Senior 78 Karrington Armstrong – Junior
Wide receiver 1 Josh Huff – Junior 3. Kevin Jackson – ' Freshman 7 Keanon Lowe – Sophomore'10 Rahsaan Vaughn – Senior 12 Devon Blackmon – Freshman 16 Daryle Hawkins – Junior 19 Eric Dungy – Sophomore 23 B.J. Kelley – Freshman 26 Ben Butterfield – Junior 41 Blake Stanton – Sophomore 81 Justin Hoffman – Senior 84 Chad Delaney – Junior 90 Will Murphy – Senior 91 Dane Ebanez – Junior 92 Miles Johnson – Freshman |width="25"| |valign="top"|Tight end15 Colt Lyerla – Sophomore 82 Christian French – Freshman 83 Curtis White – Sophomore 85 Pharaoh Brown – Freshman 86 Brian Teague – Junior 98 Dallen Voeller – SophomoreDefensive lineman9 Arik Armstead – Freshman 97 Nick Morrison – Junior 99 Sam Kamp – FreshmanDefensive tackle50 Ryan Hagen – Junior 65 Isaac Remington – Senior 66 Taylor Hart – Junior 90 Ricky Heimuli – Junior 92 Wade Keliikipi – Junior 94 Axel McQuaw – Junior 97 Jared Ebert, Jared – JuniorDefensive end57 Ryan McCandless – Freshman 91 Tony Washington – Sophomore 95 Koa Ka'ai – Freshman 96 Dion Jordan – SeniorLinebacker22 Derrick Malone – Sophomore 25 Boseko Lokombo – Junior 26 Carlyle Garrick – Freshman 33 Tyson Coleman – Freshman 34 Rahim Cassell – Freshman 35 Anthony Wallace – Sophomore 38 Mike Garrity – Sophomore 43 Keloni Kamalani – Junior 46 Michael Clay – Senior 47 Kiko Alonso – Senior 48 Rodney Hardrick – Sophomore 51 Isaac Ava – Sophomore 36 Jennings Stewart – Senior 59 Grant Thompson – Sophomore |width="25"| |valign="top"|Defensive back 2 Troy Hill – Sophomore 4 Erick Dargan – Sophomore 5 Issac Dixon – Freshman 12 Brian Jackson – Junior 17 James Scales – Sophomore 27 Terrance Mitchell – Sophomore 30 Bronson Yim – Freshman 32 J.R. Maffie – JuniorCornerback 3 Dior Mathis – Sophomore 14 Ifo Ekpre-Olomu – Sophomore 21 Avery Patterson – JuniorSafety 20 John Boyett – Senior FSLong snapper39 Drew Howell – Junior 38 Jeff Palmer – SeniorPunter49 Jackson Rice – SeniorPlacekicker''' 41 Alejandro Maldonado – Junior 48 Eric Solis – Sophomore93 Rob Beard – Senior''Sources: 2012 Oregon Ducks Football Roster
Coaching staff Chip Kelly – Head Coach Steve Greatwood – Offensive line Nick Aliotti – Defensive coordinator Mark Helfrich – Offensive coordinator Gary Campbell – Running backs Jerry Azzinaro – Defensive line John Neal – Secondary Tom Osborne – Tight ends & special teams Don Pellum – Linebackers & recruiting coordinator Scott Frost – Wide receivers & Passing game coordinator Jim Radcliffe – Head strength and conditioning coach Alex Miller – Graduate assistant coach Peter Sirmon – Graduate assistant coach Jeff Hawkins – Senior associate athletics director, football operations Kyle Wiest – Asst. director of football operations Jim Fisher – Asst. director of football operations/recruiting
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