Our Championship History
A Timeline of Oregon's Most Memorable Victories
From record-breaking track victories to historic basketball triumphs, Oregon athletics have delivered decades of Duck dominance.
Early Foundations
1895: Oregon Track and Field Wins First Meet
Beginning a long legacy of track and field superlatives, Oregon’s first track team wins its first meet–followed by winning five more of the remaining six meets that year.
1917: Oregon Football's First Rose Bowl Victory
Then known as the Oregon Webfoots, the football team overcomes a scoreless first half to beat the Penn Quakers.
1939: Oregon Wins the Inaugural NCAA Basketball Tournament
Led by coach Howard Hobson and the famed “Tall Firs,” Oregon captured the first NCAA men's basketball championship of all time, defeating Ohio State 46–33.
1960: Otis Davis Becomes Oregon’s First Olympic Gold Medalist
Two years after graduating from Oregon, track phenom Otis Davis set a world record in the 400m at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, becoming the first Oregon athlete to win an Olympic gold.
A Rising Tide
1970: Steve “Pre” Prefontaine Wins His First NCAA Title
The legendary runner wins his first of seven NCAA individual championships during his time at Oregon with the 1970 NCAA title in the three-mile event.
1971: Oregon Secures the NCAA Men’s Cross Country Championship
Beginning a historic run in men’s distance running competition, Oregon wins its first cross country national title. The team would go on to win three more NCAA championships by the end of the decade.
1983: Oregon Women Break Through in Cross Country
The women’s cross country team wins its first-ever NCAA championship this year, followed by another in 1987.
1994: Football Wins First Pac-10 Championship
The Ducks score their first title in the Pac-12 (then Pac-10) conference, earning their first Rose Bowl appearance in 37 years.
2006-2007: Men’s Basketball Wins the Conference Title
The team captures the Pac-12 (then Pac-10) regular season title and makes a run to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament.
Hitting Our Stride
2009: Men’s Track and Field Dominates Indoor Events
The Oregon men’s team delivers its first NCAA Indoor Track and Field championship, followed by three more in the following decade.
2010: Women’s Indoor Track and Field Begins a Winning Streak
From 2010 to 2014, the Oregon women’s team wins five straight NCAA Indoor Track and Field championships.
2011: Acrobatics and Tumbling Team Wins the Inaugural NCATA Title
After taking home the first National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association championship, the Acrobatics and Tumbling team wins four consecutive NCATA titles from 2011 to 2014.
2014: Marcus Mariota Wins Oregon’s First Heisman Trophy
In a school record-setting year of 13 wins, the iconic quarterback led the team to their first-ever CFP National Championship Game.
2016: Men’s Golf Locks Up Its First National Title
Oregon wins its first-ever NCAA Men’s Golf championship, defeating Texas at Eugene Country Club.
2016: Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Win NCAA Titles
Oregon becomes one of few programs to win both the men's and women's NCAA Indoor Track and Field championships in the same year.
2017: Women Score the “Triple Crown” in Track and Field
The women’s track program becomes the first in NCAA history to win titles in Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, and Outdoor Track and Field in the same year.
2018: Softball Tops the Pac-12 Conference
For the fifth time in six seasons, the Oregon softball team wins the Pac-12 championship.
Soaring to New Heights
2020: Sabrina Ionescu Sets an All-Time NCAA Record
During her senior season, the women’s basketball superstar becomes the first player in NCAA history to reach 2,000 career points, 1,000 career rebounds, and 1,000 career assists.
2022: Women’s Golf Earns the Conference Title
The women’s golf team comes out on top in the Pac-12 Championship, marking their first conference title in program history.
2024–2025: Ducks Win Eight Conference Titles in Big Ten Debut
In their first year in the Big Ten conference, the Ducks win championships in football, women’s golf, baseball, softball, women’s cross country and indoor track and field, and men’s indoor and outdoor track and field.
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