Where Oregon’s offensive, defensive coordinators are focused on improving before 2024 season

EUGENE — Oregon did not have many glaring weaknesses last season, at least statistically, but the few that there were are where the Ducks are aiming to correct ahead of a season with extremely high expectations.

Offensively, Oregon ranked at or near the top of the Pac-12 and the country in most major stats and defensively it made major jumps nearly across the board from 2022 to finish with a top 10 scoring defense. But penalties, particularly on offense, were a season-long issue and red zone defense saw a dip from the year before, while third down defense was improved but bolstered by strong play against weaker teams.

“Going back off of last year’s assessment, something we got to get better at is red zone defense,” defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi said. “We did a lot of things this offseason, looking at possible different schematics and then taking what we do and doing it better. We made a jump and improved, had some critical success on some third downs but consistently that’s something a goal of ours, where we want to be winning at a much higher percentage on third down as well, continue that trend continuing upward.”