One of last year's Honorary Captains (Denny Schuler)

The tradition of Honorary Captains was revived during the 1994 season to honor past Oregon football lettermen and others who have made athletic contributions to the University.

The Honorary Captain Order of the “O” board member selects the captains for each home game at Autzen. Game captains are selected two at a time for every game through a review of past football letter winners and nominations that are directed to them.

It is a unique and enjoyable experience when the captains are introduced prior to kick-off of each home game with brief recap of their playing career and personal life. They then accompany the Oregon team captains to center of the field for the coin toss.

This process serves as a way to honor those athletes who have played, lettered and given so much to the University through their efforts, loyalty and pride in being recognized as a Duck.

2008 honorary captain(s)::
Aug 30 UW :: Charlie Tourville & Don Laudenslager

Sept 6 Utah State :: Harry Edwards & Alex Molden

Sept 20 Boise State :: Alden Kimbrough & Cleveland Jones

Oct 11 UCLA :: Tom Drougas & Donald Kennedy

Nov 8 Stanford :: Dave Powell & John Reed Jr

Nov 15 Arizona :: Dave Weber & Jeff Thomason

2007 honorary captain(s)::
Sept 1 vs Houston :: Brian Rekofke & Brad Smith

Sept 15 vs Fresno State :: The 1958 Rose Bowl Team - represented by the '57 Team Captains (Norm Chapman, Jack Morris, Jim Shanley)

Sept 29 vs Cal :: Ron Anderson & Mike Rose

Oct 13 vs Washington State :: Dick Patrick & Ronnie Harris

Oct 27 vs USC :: Mike Johnson & Ron Pfeister

Nov 3 vs ASU :: Neal Zoumboukas (Honorary Letterman) & Juan Shedrick

Dec 1 vs OSU :: Tony Cherry & Lew Barnes

2006 honorary captain(s) ::
Stanford :: September 2 :: Will Reve & Greg Marshall

Oklahoma :: September 16 :: John Lugar & Matt Labounty

UCLA :: October 14 :: Bruce Snyder & Lou Bain

Portland St :: October 28 :: Gary Stensland & TBA

Washington :: November 4 :: Mike Gray & Greg Erwin

Arizona : :: November 8 :: Buck Corey & TBA

2005 honorary captain(s) ::
Montana :: September 10 :: Larry Horyna and Don Stone

Fresno State :: September 17 :: Jack Pocock and Keith Tucker

USC :: September 24 :: Spike Hillstrom and Dan Wilken

Washington :: October 15 :: Monte Fitchett and Denny Schuler

California :: November 11 :: Margret Casanova

Oregon State :: November 19 :: Don Pellum and Don Reynolds

2004 honorary captains ::
Indiana :: September 11: Jerry Kershner, ’55-’57, Mike Jorgensen,’81-’84.

Idaho :: September 25: Andy Vobora, ’78-’81, Steve Baack,’80-’83.

Arizona State :: October 2: Bob Grottkau,’56-’58, Lowell Dean,’62-’64.

Arizona :: October 16: Bruce Brenn, ’56-’57, Anthony Newman,’84-’87.

Washington :: October 30: Dave Walker, ’68-’70, Steve Greatwood, ’77-’79.

UCLA :: November 13: Bob Peterson,’57-’59, Chad Cota, ’91-’94.

2003 honorary captains ::
Washington St. :: Mike Jodoin, RoyGeiger

Michigan :: E.J. Duffy, Harry Johnson

Stanford :: Eric Winn, Dick Arbuckle

California :: Jeff Stover, Paul Bauge

Oregon St. :: Reggie Jordan, Tom Keele

2002 honorary captains ::
Mississippi State :: Greg Bauer ('74-'76), Eric Olson ('67-'68)

Fresno State :: Mike Delegato ('78-'81), Kent Petersen ('59-'61)

Idaho :: Lionel Coleman (Football '69-'70), Reanous Cochran (’54-’56)

Portland State :: Gerry Moshofsky (’49-’51), Dino Philyaw ('93-'94)

Arizona State :: Len Casanova Tribute, posthumously represented by Darrel Aschbacher, Norm Chapman, Jack Crabtree, Doug Post, Joe Schaffeld, Rich Schwab, Dave Wilcox and Herb Yamanaka.

USC :: Ron Martin ('62-'64), Bruce Jensen ('75-'77)

Stanford :: Earl Stelle ('48-'50), Dick Daugherty ('50)

Washington :: Rich Ruhl ('92-'95), Ken Woody ('68-'70)

2001 honorary captain
Wisconsin :: Ed Hagerty (Football ’78-’81), Bruce Beekley (Football ’76-’78)

Utah :: Danny O'Neil (Football ’91-’94), Landaria Johnson (Football ’80-’83)

USC :: Bill Del Biaggio (Football ’60-’62), Tony Graziani (Football ’94-’96)

Stanford :: Bev Smith (Basketball ’79-’82, Basketball Coach ’01-’02), Vic Atiyeh (Football ’42)

Arizona State :: Vince Goldsmith (Football ’77-’80), Ray Lung (Football ’49-’50)

Oregon State :: Rich Brooks (Football Coach ’77-’94), Harry Mondale (Football ’54-’57)