Six wins, three losses, two ties. Competitive but stuck outside the postseason.
6-3-2. A promising record but still no bowl invitation. Brooks was making the program competitive but couldn't break through to the postseason. Oregon hadn't been to a bowl game since 1963.
6-3-2
Record
67% Win Rate
4-3-1
Pac-10
Game-by-Game Results
GameOpponentResult
1StanfordL 25-35
2KansasT 7-7
3Michigan StateW 35-7
4@ WashingtonW 34-10
5@ CaliforniaL 6-31
6USCT 7-7
7UNLVW 32-9
8Washington StateW 20-10
9@ UCLAW 20-14
10@ Oregon StateW 40-21
11@ Arizona StateL 37-42
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There were far fewer bowl games in the early 1980s than today. A 6-win team wasn't guaranteed an invitation. Oregon went 6-3-2 in 1980 but still stayed home. The bowl drought stretched from 1963 to 1989. See the full Oregon timeline.
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