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{{University
|name=University of Oregon
|image=
|text=rgb(252,225,0)
|background=rgb(9,76,58)
|type=Public
|city=Eugene, Oregon
|sports=baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling<ref name="sports">http://goducks.com/</ref>
|colors=green, yellow
|mascot=The Oregon Duck
|website=http://www.uoregon.edu/
}}
The '''University of Oregon''' (or "the UO") is an [[Oregon]] [[public schools|public]] [[university]] chartered in 1872.<ref>http://www.uoregon.edu/~uocomm/newsreleases/facts/history.html</ref> The school is located in Eugene, Oregon, two hours away from Portland.<ref>http://www.uoregon.edu/about.shtml</ref> It ranked #112 in USNews' 2008 "National [[University|Universities]]: Top Schools" list.<ref>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref>
==Athletics==
Oregon has 9 women's and 8 men's [[sports]] teams.<ref name="sports" /> The football program has won 8 bowl games (while losing 13).<ref>http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/oregon_database.htm</ref> The men's basketball program won the first national championship in 1939.<ref>http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/history</ref>
==References==
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