Oregon Football: Grab Your No. 2 Pencils, Time to Test Your Ducks Knowledge

During the offseason, there is not a lot to do while waiting for spring practice and eventually summer workouts to begin. College football fans begin to crave the sounds of pads colliding and touchdown celebrations. 

With still several months separating fans from kickoff, fear not, Oregon fans. Here is an Oregon football quiz to help pass the time. 

Take a look at these 15 Duck questions and see how many you can get right. And don't worry; you don't have to look up the answers. They are in the last slide. 

Joe Penkala is a B/R National Featured Columnist who covers college football. You can contact him @joepenkala.

Question No. 1

Every Ducks fan in the world knows about "The Pick." We all know that Kenny Wheaton jumps in front of a Husky pass and runs into our hearts. What Washington quarterback threw the infamous pass?

Question No. 2

Ahmad Rashad is a graduate of Oregon. Many don't know this, but originally Rashad started off at quarterback and then moved to running back. The move proved to be a good idea as he became an All-American. Before changing his name to Ahmad Rashad, what was he formally known as?

Question No. 3

After recovering a highly controversial onside kick and then getting some help on a pass interference call, Oregon found themselves deep in Oklahoma territory with a chance to take the lead. With only :46 remaining, Dixon dropped back and found which Oregon receiver for a touchdown that would prove to be the game-winner?

Question No. 4

Whether you like it or not, back in 2003, Oregon literally rolled out one of its biggest marketing flops in program history. During halftime, Oregon fans were witness to the birth of Roboduck as a potential new mascot for the Ducks. 

Fortunately this did not last and Roboduck has not been heard from. With all that said, who were the Ducks playing when Roboduck was born?

Question No. 5

Rich Brooks was great for Oregon football. Brooks was able to begin to push the Ducks down the path that they find themselves on today. 

After leading the Ducks to a Rose Bowl appearance, Brooks decided to give the NFL a shot as the head coach of the St. Louis Rams and defensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons. 

What some fans may forget is that Brooks returned to college. With what school did he end his coaching career?

Question No. 6

Chip Kelly has done an amazing job at Oregon. He has brought an innovative style and leadership to the program and has made the Ducks one of the elite teams in the nation.

Before coming to Oregon, Kelly was mostly an unknown. Former coach Mike Bellotti found him all the way out on the East Coast coaching the offense of which team? 

Question No. 7

Autzen Stadium has become known as one of the most intimidating places to play in the nation. The fans are extremely knowledgeable of when to get loud and when to quiet down.

During its history, Autzen Stadium has had some explosive moments, but at what Oregon game did the fans reach a noise level of 127.2 decibels, which is the fourth loudest measurement in college football history?

Question No. 8

In 2008, the Oregon quarterback position sometimes resembled a MASH unit. Players were suffering knee injuries, concussions and more, and yet the Ducks kept plugging in fresh faces.

Can you name all of the quarterbacks that played during the 2008 season?

Question No. 9

Under Chip Kelly, the Ducks have been extremely successful. Oregon has now won three straight conference titles and has appeared in three straight BCS bowl games. 

Along with the three conference titles the Ducks have won in the past three years, how many conference championships are the Ducks home to?

Question No. 10

While Oregon is certainly no stranger to new uniforms and changing things up, back in 2007 the changes were not as frequent until the Ducks unveiled the "storm trooper" uniforms. 

In a game midway through the year, Oregon showed off an all white combination that featured a new white helmet and gave fans a preview of all the innovations that would come.

Who were the Ducks playing when they first wore this new combination?

Question No. 11

The 1983 Civil War is more famously known as the Toilet Bowl. Both teams were pretty bad and the two of them went back and forth until the game ended in a 0-0 tie. 

Unfortunately, this is not the first time the Ducks and Beavers have finished in a scoreless tie. How many times have they finished with a 0-0 score?

Question No. 12

LaMichael James had an unbelievable career at Oregon and left the school holding countless records. One thing that some may not know is that James is the only unanimous All-American in school history.

Along with having that distinction, James is also the first player to be a consensus All-American in back-to-back seasons since which Ducks player? 

Question No. 13

Quietly, Oregon has produced some great players that have gone on to have coaching careers in the NFL. Out of these players, which was not a former Duck: Norv Turner, Mike Nolan, Kevin Gilbride, Bill Musgrave, Gunther Cunningham?

Question No. 14

The Ducks are known around the nation and their recent success in the past decade has helped solidify that. While everyone certainly recognizes the name and the mascot, until the early to mid-1960s, what were the Ducks actually known as?

Question No. 15

In 2003, Oregon earned one of its biggest wins in school history. In September, the No. 5-ranked Michigan Wolverines came to Autzen and didn't know what hit them. 

The Ducks jumped out to an early lead and hung on for a huge win. During the game, what two players played at quarterback for the Ducks?

Answers

1) Damon Huard

2) Bobby Moore

3) Brian Paysinger

4) Stanford

5) Kentucky

6) New Hampshire

7) 2007, vs. USC

8) Justin Roper, Jeremiah Masoli, Chris Harper and Darron Thomas

10) Washington

12) Joey Harrington

13) Kevin Gilbride

14) Webfoots

15) Jason Fife, Kellen Clemens