Oregon football news: Dan Lanning defends new coordinators after Oklahoma State loss

September 12, 2026 · Yahoo Sports

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To say the Ducks’ trip to Oklahoma State for a Saturday afternoon showdown against the Cowboys didn’t go the way most Oregon football fans expected would be a massive understatement.

Once considered a serious candidate, nay, a favorite to make it to the College Football Playoffs and do some damage with returning quarterback Dante Moore under center, the Ducks instead took a massive beating from an unranked foe, surrendering 21 points in the second quarter to give up a lead they could never recover from on the way to a 39-31 loss.

Looking for a scapegoat for what could be a season-defining defeat, fans quickly turned to the team’s new coordinators, but after the game, head coach Dan Lanning shut that down, noting the plays that were called weren’t the problem, but it was instead execution that ultimately doomed the Ducks in Stillwater.

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“No. I think that’s the easy thing to say if you’re watching that, ‘Oh yeah, obviously it’s an OC, DC thing.’ No, it’s a combination of a staff. It’s the decisions I made, the decisions we make as an offensive staff, the decisions we make as a defensive staff. And then execution. All those things play into it,” Lanning noted via Duck Territory.

“Every bit of that, I own. I’m responsible for. Ultimately, plays don’t matter if you don’t execute the play. Now, can we call better plays? Absolutely, on both sides of the ball. But this isn’t on Ham. This isn’t on Drew. That’s the reason. No, we gotta go execute plays. If we were executing plays and they weren’t working, that would be different.”

With Will Stein leaving for Kentucky and Tosh Lupoi taking his services to Cal, the Ducks had to shuffle things around during the offseason as they looked to remain a premier program in 2026. After their loss to OSU, it’s clear they may need more shuffling to save this season and remain a playoff contender in a stacked Big Ten Conference, whether on the playsheet or the practice field.

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