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1963 Oregon Webfoots football team

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Conference
  
Independent

MVP
  
Mel Renfro

Captain
  
Dick Imwalle

1963 record
  
8–3

Captain
  
Larry Hill

Head coach
  
Len Casanova (13th year)

The 1963 Oregon Webfoots represented the University of Oregon in the 1963 college football season. The Webfoots were an independent and scored 274 points and allowed 153 points. Led by thirteenth-year head coach Len Casanova, the Ducks were 7–3 in the regular season and won the Sun Bowl over SMU.

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Notable players included Mel Renfro, Dave Wilcox, and Bob Berry, all selected in the 1964 NFL Draft. Berry was a redshirt junior and played another season for Oregon in 1964. Renfro and Wilcox are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Following the disbandment of the Pacific Coast Conference, both Oregon and Oregon State were independent in football for five seasons, from 1959 through 1963. Both joined the AAWU (Pac-8) for the 1964 season.

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  • The Civil War game was delayed a week following the assassination of President Kennedy.
  • Team players in the NFL

    The following Oregon players were selected in the 1964 NFL Draft.

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    References

    1963 Oregon Webfoots football team Wikipedia