Below is a chart of offense, defense and total production of the University of Oregon football program during Kelly's tenure as head football coach, along with who would be the lowest ranked team during this time period (in purple) and the average team (sky blue). As you can see below, Oregon was extremely productive during each of the four seasons as head football coach. All rankings in this blog come from my Complex Invasion College Football Production Model. More details about the program under Kelly are after the chart below, including a link to his employment contract are below.
Chip Kelly [2009 - 2012]
2009
The Ducks finished the regular season at 10-2 and bowl eligible, where they lost to #9 ranked Ohio State in the Rose Bowl by a score of (17-26) to finish the season overall at 10-3. Oregon played against a "tougher" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS, meaning that the Ducks SOS was between one and two standard deviations below the "league" average SOS. The Ducks best game again was their victory over #23 ranked Utah (31-24) and their worst loss was to #48 ranked Stanford (42-51). Oregon had the #15 ranked team in total production with the #15 ranked offense and the #31 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
2010
Oregon finished the regular season undefeated at 12-0 and played in the BCS Championship game against #9 ranked Auburn, losing by a score of (19-22) to finish 12-1 overall. The Ducks played against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS, meaning that their SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "league" average SOS. The Ducks best game was their victory over #11 ranked Stanford (52-31). Oregon had the #3 ranked team in total production with the #1 ranked offense and the #17 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
2011
The Ducks finished the regular season at 11-2 going back to the Rose Bowl and defeated #2 ranked Wisconsin Badgers (45-38). Oregon again played against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Ducks best game was again their victory over #7 ranked Stanford (53-30) and their worst loss was to #27 ranked Southern California (35-38). Oregon had the #8 ranked team in total production with the #5 ranked offense and the #33 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.
2012
Oregon finished the regular season at 11-1 and were bowl eligible and defeated #17 ranked Kansas State (35-17) to finish overall at 12-1. The Ducks again played against an "average" strength of schedule (SOS) as compared to the "league" average SOS. The Ducks best game again was their victory over #11 ranked Fresno State Bulldogs by a score of (42-25) and their only loss was to #28 ranked Stanford (14-17). Oregon had the #3 ranked team in total production with the #1 ranked offense and the #25 ranked defense from the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model.