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Fail to Score in First Quarter after 96-Yard Drive Ducks Muff Opportunity, Lose 17-14 By D. L. SONNICHSEN Football Rat ins Authority PALO ALTO (Special)—"We lost it in the first half.” insist ed Oregon coach Jerry Frei aft er watching Stanford come from behind to defeat the Ducks 17 14 in Palo Alto. Trailing 14-7 after three pe riods, John Ralston's Indians re bounded for a field goal and touchdown in the final 15 min utes to hand the Webfoots their seventh defeat. But the grim Frei didn’t think Stanford's 10-point come back should have been so sig nificant. ‘The game shouldn’t have been in that position in the sec ond half." Frei lamented. “I thought where we blew the thing was in the first quarter when we didn’t score." Oregon Fails to Score The Webfoot leader was re ferring to I'O's ultimately futile 86 yard drive which carried them from their own three to the SU one. and consumed 7:14 of the opening quarter. If the Ducks could have scor ed—instead of being halted on fourth down at the one — Frei's men would have led 14-7 at halftime . . 21-7 after 45 minutes . . . and taken a 21-17 win back to Eugene. If ... . As it was. Oregon was tied 7-7 at the half ... led 14-7 after 45 minutes . . . and dragged a 2-7 record behind them on the return trip. Reality .... The Ducks' general dominance of the initial half, and the 96 yard drive in particular, prompt ed Frei to call the game “as good an offensive showing as we’ve made.” Productive Offense Unquestionably, UO’s attack was at its sharpest on that all important drive. Fullback Jim Evenson — Saturday's leading rusher with 101 yards on 28 carries—accounted for 60 of the Ducks' 96 yards during the pro gression. But with fourth and goal at Stanford's two, Evenson could manage just one yard. 35 inches before the rock-like body of In dian defensive tackle Bill Nichol son blocked the only end zone route. Stanford took over in the shadows of their own goal, but four seconds later Oregon had another golden opportunity to get on the scoreboard first when Jack Root’s fumble was recov ered by linebacker Keith Sher man at the Stanford nine. Field Goal Wide However, again fate kicked the visitors in the solar plex us. Two incompletions by John Harrington sandwiched around Blaine Nye’s deflection of an Eric Olson pass necessitated a field goal attempt from the 19. Gunther Cunningham’s boot sailed wide on fourth down. Fans on the Oregon side of Stanford Stadium complained of a breeze at this point. “Ore gon is really blowing it today,” said one UO alumnus, windily. Oregon’s failure to score com bined with a punchless Stan ford offense—which could run only 10 plays—to provide a 00 first quarter. By intermission, each team had managed a touchdown, though the 7-7 tie was hardly satisfactory to the win-starved Oregon partisans. Indians Lead Stanford scored first, complet ing a 69-yard drive when quar terback Mark Marquess left handed a pass to Jim Cross, run ning a post pattern, for the TD. Marquess sucked UO’s de fenders toward the line with a beautifully executed fake to his fullback before hitting Cross for 18 yards near the goal posts. Bill Shoemaker’s upright - splitting placement put SU in front 7-0 with just 1:49 re maining before halftime. But only 36 seconds later Ol son scrambled away from a horde of onrushing red-shirtcd linemen and completed a loop ing pass to Lynn Hendrickson at the goal line. The pass barely missed a high-flying seagull, but Hendrickson outpositioned three Indian defenders to make the catch after running a button - hook pattern. Cunningham kick ed the PAT for a 7-7 deadlock at the halfway point. Stanford threatened to go ahead early in the third quarter when Ralston’s men took the opening kickoff and moved to the Webfoot 18 in tractor-like fashion. Principle violator of Oregon's defense was soph half back Howie Williams, who rush ed for 99 yards in the game, 66 coming after halftime. Thomas Retrieves Fumble Disaster struck the Indians at the 18, however, as Marquess was belted from the side on a pass attempt. UO defensive end Bill Thomas recovered at his own 26. Jack Rust was forced to punt after Oregon failed to take ad vantage of the fumble, but mo ments later Rust recovered an other juggle by Marquess at Stanford’s 35. This opportunity was not wasted. From the 35 Olson launched one of his patented floating spirals downfield to end Steve Kantola. Kantola made the catch after a mid-air ballet in volving himself and Stanford defender Dick Oliver. Both Oli ver and Kantola went up for the pass, and both landed with a piece of it. In the ensuing vio lent tugging match, Kantola wrestled the ball away, giving Oregon a first down at the five. Four plays later halfback Claxton Welch used his re nown jumping ability to nose the ball over from the half yard line. Cunningham’s second con version gave the white-shirted Crew Finishes Third In Seattle Tourney Oregon’s eight-oar crew team finished third in the first-year division of the Seattle Invita tional Regatta Saturday, but clocked a faster time than ei ther the varsity division winner, Washington, or the JV winner, Seattle. The Ducks, with Art Libien at Join In The Duck Rebellion and When You Need Automotive Service Come in to BUCK'S AUTO SERVICE 1917 Franklin Blvd. Phone 343-2923 cox, and Jens Housely, Tom McKim, Chuck Neff, Tom Bel austegui, Bart Poston, T i m Kirk, and Dave Stiles and Don Ramberg at the oars, finished the 1400 meter course at Green Lake, Seattle, in 4:15. The University of Washington varsity clocked 4:21 and Se attle University JV, 4:43. Oregon finished ten seconds behind the first-year division champion, the University of British Columbia. Oregon State was second. In reaching the fi nals, Oregon defeated the A and B teams of the Green Lake Rowing Club, and Pacific Lu theran. “We’re real encouraged by this performance,” crew coach Don McCarty remarked. We’ve only been on the water for three weeks, so most of these other teams have had the jump on us.” visitors a 14-7 lead which last ed into the final period. The comeback which eventu ally broke the Ducks' back be gan with an Indian escapade from their own 37. Williams' powerful running—which can only be likened to a tail-llexing Ash swimming upstream to spawn—and short bursts by Root and Marquess, carried the Palo Altans to the UO 33. But on third and six. Rust hurled Marquess to the turf after only a two-yard gain, setting up Bill Shoemaker’s field goal at tempt. “Shoe” rocketed the ball between the uprights from 41 yards out, to slice the Oregon margin to 14-10. Immediately after Stanford's kickoff, workhorse Evenson had the ball jarred from his grasp, with Stu Kellnar recovering for the Indians at Oregon's 17. Four plays later Marquess turned apparent disaster into victory, r'rom the two. the min iscule southpaw fumbled the center snap, but quickly scoop ed it up and hot footed his way around left end for the winning TD. Statistically, the Indians dom inated the second half to the same degree that their oppo nents had been in control dur ing the first 30 minutes. I lie tilt: lion ran up 11 post • intermission Hrst downs to Ore* lion's two, and hud a 10-14 ad vantage for the K»mr. The lem on and green managed only 70 yards total offense in the sec ond half, while StJ totaled 116. 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