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Football Practice Report: April 12
04/12/25 | Football
The Ducks held their first scrimmage of spring practice Saturday in Autzen Stadium.
The Oregon football team was in Autzen Stadium on Saturday for the first major scrimmage of spring practice.
It was the first of three consecutive Saturday scrimmages for the Ducks this month, the last being the Spring Game on April 26.
Saturday's scrimmage lasted close to two hours, with the Ducks drilling offense vs. defense in game-like situations including a red-area period and 2-minute drill. There was also extensive special teams work.
Following the scrimmage, head coach Dan Lanning met with local media, as did offensive line coach A'lique Terry, defensive back Dillon Thieneman and offensive lineman Matthew Bedford. Video of those interviews is embedded below.
Some highlights from coach Lanning …
On his overall impressions from the scrimmage: "A beautiful day in Eugene — it was a great day for some football. I thought our guys went out there and had competitive toughness. Really operated fairly clean; certainly some things to clean up, but saw some good from both sides of the ball, some explosive plays on offense, some great pursuit from defense. Got to get an opportunity to look at the film and see exactly what we saw. But our guys worked today."
On the physicality the team played with Saturday: "We're tackling, and I think that's how you become a great football team. You gotta practice it so it doesn't happen on accident. And I think you saw some really good moments of that. Again, anxious to watch the film and see what showed up"
On the progress made so far this spring: "We're at practice eight, right? We just had practice eight and got opportunities to continue to get some more work here over the next few weeks. So right now, I'm worried about what's next. Not looking too far down the road."
Head coach Dan Lanning
Offensive line coach A'lique Terry
Defensive back Dillon Thieneman
Offensive lineman Matthew Bedford
It was the first of three consecutive Saturday scrimmages for the Ducks this month, the last being the Spring Game on April 26.
Saturday's scrimmage lasted close to two hours, with the Ducks drilling offense vs. defense in game-like situations including a red-area period and 2-minute drill. There was also extensive special teams work.
Following the scrimmage, head coach Dan Lanning met with local media, as did offensive line coach A'lique Terry, defensive back Dillon Thieneman and offensive lineman Matthew Bedford. Video of those interviews is embedded below.
Some highlights from coach Lanning …
On his overall impressions from the scrimmage: "A beautiful day in Eugene — it was a great day for some football. I thought our guys went out there and had competitive toughness. Really operated fairly clean; certainly some things to clean up, but saw some good from both sides of the ball, some explosive plays on offense, some great pursuit from defense. Got to get an opportunity to look at the film and see exactly what we saw. But our guys worked today."
On the physicality the team played with Saturday: "We're tackling, and I think that's how you become a great football team. You gotta practice it so it doesn't happen on accident. And I think you saw some really good moments of that. Again, anxious to watch the film and see what showed up"
On the progress made so far this spring: "We're at practice eight, right? We just had practice eight and got opportunities to continue to get some more work here over the next few weeks. So right now, I'm worried about what's next. Not looking too far down the road."
Head coach Dan Lanning
Offensive line coach A'lique Terry
Defensive back Dillon Thieneman
Offensive lineman Matthew Bedford
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