All five home games were played on campus in Eugene at Autzen Stadium, which opened the previous year.
[1] Oregon did not play UCLA for the tenth consecutive season, but tormented top-ranked USC deep into the fourth quarter; a late touchdown broke a tie and the Trojans escaped with a 20–13 win at Autzen in early November.
[2][3][4] It was USC's first-ever trip to Eugene; previous games had been at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, last in 1958.
[5][6] Simpson won the Heisman Trophy later in the month and was the first overall pick in the 1969 NFL/AFL Draft in late January.
They defeated both Washington schools, but in the season-ending Civil War at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, #16 Oregon State won their fifth straight in the rivalry.