"Quackshack" tailgaters trying to get to Glendale

The Quackshack has become an icon at Autzen over the years. We feel that it’s our destiny to journey to Glendale and represent all who have signed the walls or tailgated with us, Quackshack in tow, and bring some Autzen hospitality to the NATTY! Can you help us accomplish this goal?

Thank you for the interest in our story. The Quackshack is the brainchild of my best friend Jason Murphy. We both grew up in Eugene in the 80’s and have experienced the transformation of the University and sports programs, namely football first hand. As young kids we would beg our moms to take us watch the games. Unfortunately our mothers didn’t have the means for such extras at the time. This would not stop us. We would ride to Autzen with our friends and prepare for the epic battles that would take place at half time and after the game on the Autzen turf, the ultimate in father –son games. Back then fans were allowed, even encouraged to play on the field. I remember him and I rushing in the front gate, before there was a Moshofsky center, and playing on the turf as most fans were leaving to tailgate. Those game we played as kids seemed colossal at the time, it was 1979. I was 8 yrs old and a duck victory was something of dreams on most Saturdays. As we grew into young adults and watched the program that we all love so much gain respect and national attention, Jason and I started our own families and continued to show up at Autzen on Saturday’s wishing we had a place to tailgate with our kids. As the program grew, so did the fan base and ticket prices. Still this was not an issue. You see it’s not always the game its self that makes Saturdays in Eugene magical. It’s the people! To wonder around Autzen and experience the hospitality and caring that can be found in a gravel parking lot on any given Saturday during the fall in Eugene is priceless! We had to give back!! In 2001 Jason traded 2 tickets to a man in Coburg for a late 50’s model teardrop camp trailer. We (Jason, Funk, Papa Murph and I) gutted it out, painted it Yellow and Green, bought a parking pass and the rest is history! The Quackshack crew was born! The Quackshack has been to every home game since and welcomes all whom have no tailgater to attend or those who just want to sign the inner walls. The Qu