Dec. 4, 2001

EUGENE - The University of Oregon has extended the deadline for placing Fiesta Bowl ticket orders through Friday, Dec. 7, because of a delay in mailing order forms to those eligible to purchase bowl tickets, according to the Ducks' Associate Athletics Director Dave Heeke.

The original deadline to place bowl ticket orders was to have been Dec. 5 but when the pertinent ticket information was not mailed to the school's football season ticket-holders, Duck Athletic Fund members, football lettermen and members of the university's Order of the O club until the week of Nov. 26, athletic department officials decided to push back the deadline for bowl ticket orders until this Friday.

Oregon will officially receive its invitation to participate in its first Bowl Championship Series game Sunday, with the No. 3-ranked Ducks likely to be paired against Big 12 champion Colorado in the game set for Tuesday, Jan. 1.

Only 15,000 tickets have been allocated to the university, with football season ticket holders who annually donate a minimum of $200 to the DAF receiving the highest priority in order to purchase tickets.

All ticket orders must be placed by mail or in person at the Casanova Center ticket office no later than Friday and accompanied by a valid VISA or MasterCard number. In order to better accommodate the shortened time frame, the athletic department ticket window will remain open Wednesday through Friday until 7 p.m. to accept bowl ticket orders. No fax orders will be accepted.

Season ticket holders or DAF donors who do not meet the stated priority levels will be entered into a lottery for any remaining tickets, with a limit of two tickets per winner. Lottery winners will be announced Wednesday, Dec. 12.

All tickets cost $75 each, plus a $10 handling fee per order.