Charles "Chip" Kelly is the head football coach at the University of Oregon. Kelly
was named the 2009 and 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, 2010 Eddie Robinson
Coach of the Year, 2010 Walter Camp Coach of the Year, 2010 Sporting News
Coach of the Year, and 2010 Associated Press Coach of the Year. Prior to being
named head coach, Kelly was the offensive coordinator for the Oregon Ducks
who beat the OSU Beavers 48-24 in the Civil War game held in Corvallis, Or.
Saturday.

The 1894 Oregon Agricultural College squad were called the Hay Miners. 

The first Civil War game was played on Saturday, November 3, 1894 in
Corvallis where the Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) beat the Ducks
16-0. It was the team’s second year of existence. They would eventually
become Oregon State University.

The first reference to the "Civil War" name was in 1929 and came into
common use in 1937. Prior to that, it was called the "Oregon Classic"
or the "State Championship Game.”

The Oregon team, then known as the Webfoots,

Today’s game is the 116th Civil War face off.

From left: Oregon coach Chip Kelly and Oregon State coach Mike Riley

William Theodore "Bill" Walton III is a retired basketball player and TV
sportscaster. He led the Portland Trail Blazers to a sweep of the Los
Angeles Lakers in the 1977 western conference finals and was named
MVP. He went on to help the Blazers to the NBA title over the favored Philadelphia 76ers.

Portland Trail Blazers’ Championship Team, 1976-77

Bill Walton taking a shot as Darryl Dawkins of the Philadelphia 76ers blocks

The party in Portland following the championship win

English actor John Marwood Cleese is 73 today. He became a member of  
the comedy troupe Monty Python in the late 1960s and is probably best 
known for his role in “A Fish Called Wanda” (1988). Prior to fame, Cleese 
studied law at Cambridge.

The Python troupe in 1969, (back row) Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry
Gilliam, (front row) Terry Jones, John Cleese, and Michael Palin.