Linebacker Tom Graham (52) airborne at left, blocks a Fred Barry attempt at a
point after touchdown, during second quarter action at Autzen Stadium Saturday.
Graham, named defensive player of the game, was credited with the blocked PAT,
Photo by Mott McCormick
causing a fumble on another, 11 lunassisted and four assisted tackles. Moving to
help Graham is cornerback Bill Drake (38).
Quackers show stuff
in four hour bird-fight
By STEVE SMITH
Of the Emerald
How’s this for a ho-hummer of a football game?
Two teams take the field at 1:30 PST, and some
four hours later leave the same field after having
thrown the football a total of 97 times for 697 yards
and 81 points.
Dull huh?
Throw in 15 broken records for the Ducks, and a
couple of tough sophomore runners, and you have
all the makings of a super-sleeper.
Ask the 24,700 bored fans who slept through
Saturday’s contest between Oregon’s Fighting
Quackers and the ninth ranked Falcons of Air Force
just how dull the game really was.
Not very!
Aerial duel
In what must rank as the aerial duel to beat all
aerial duels at Autzen Stadium, the Ducks and
Falcons beaked it out Saturday until little was left
but the sports writer’s cliches.
For the Ducks it was a “must win” as coach
Jerry Frei and company set out to prove they
weren't a one man team. With super-star tailback
Bobby Moore sitting on the bench (or standing on
the sidelines screaming his teammates on) the
Ducks were faced with the problem of maintaining
their potentially explosive attack.
The problem turned out to be no problem at all.
How proud
“Just how proud am I of our football team?”
Frei asked after the game. “The character they
showed today was out of this world. Bobby (Moore)
is a helluva player. But we’re a team. We proved
that today. The kids just weren't gonna lose.”
Soph quarterback Dan Fouts, who now holds
most all Oregon single season passing records set
quite a few of them against the Falcons.
“I really had a lot of help (breaking the
records),” the skinny Bay Area whiz exulted in the
dressing room. “I bet the other Oregon quar
terbacks never had as fantastic protection or
receivers.”
“Fouts was able to stop, plant both feet, look
and throw the football,” Frei charged. “He had
absolutely superb protection.”
On the other end of Fouts’ aerials was senior
split end Bob Newland—playing his last game as a
Duck at Autzen Stadium. The North Eugene
graduate caught ll passes for 153 yards, the former,
a new Oregon record for a single game. His season
total of 59 receptions breaks the season record of 54
set by teammate Moore last year.
Nice feeling
“It’s a nice feeling to beat the record. It's
always nice to hold a record,” Newland said. “I like
to compare myself with some of the top receivers in
the country. The papers built this game up as a duel
between Fouts and (Bob) Parker, Falcon quar
terback and between (Ernie) Jennings and myself.
I said what the hell, I might as well do a good job.”
Jennings, the star flanker who borrows his
speed from the team’s Falcon mascot, turned in a
fairly solid performance of his own, seven catches
for 122 yards.
“Jennings is as good an opponent as we’ve
met," said Frei. “I’m still not willing to trade any of
ours, but he’s a fine player.”
Perhaps (he most satisfying aspect of the win,
is the assured winning season it gives Oregon, now
6-3, their first since 1964.
Next for the Ducks it’s a mid-week trip to West
Point, New York and a Saturday intersectional
against Army. The Cadets have lost eight straight,
but after road trip losses to Illinois and Washington,
Frei is hoping the Ducks can prepare for the game.
“The season starts all over again tomorrow,”
Frei asserted. “Sunday starts the two game
season.”
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