Football's longest tenured coach

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LOS ANGELES -- Oregon running backs coach Gary Campbell has been in Eugene for a long time.

"He coached in the 1937 Rose Bowl. Did you know that?" Ducks secondary coach John Neal said. "I think Oregon lost 10-7, and Gary was the running backs coach then, in the single-wing offense."

While we wait for Google to get back to us on that, it is true Campbell has been at Oregon longer than the longest tenured FBS head coach, Frank Beamer, has been at Virginia Tech. Beamer took over in Blacksburg in 1987.

Here's what else is true: In Campbell's first game with the Ducks, they lost to the University of Pacific. If that name doesn't ring a bell, it's because Pacific discontinued football in 1995. The year was 1983 -- when Miami had yet to win its first national championship, when Bear Bryant died, when Oregon football hadn't been to a bowl game in 20 years.