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Afterwords History and the freshmen... § Tim Guy was asked to appraise San Jose’s offensive line. Greg Herd and Bobby Green chuckled. “Really.” said Guy, “they weren’t much!' T^en he began to laugh. “They were good.” said Herd, “but we were just up for this game.” The Buffalo was having a hard time keeping a straight face after that line, but everybody was happy in the locker room Saturday after Oregon disposed of the Spartans 27-2. By PAUL BI KER Of the Emerald s Freshman linebacker Bobby Green laid it on the line. $ Getting ready for SJS is like taking a cold shower. “WHO was up for this game.” he cackled ova- to Herd, laughing. “Were YOU up for this game?” Actually, there was no need to be up. Green, Guy, and $ Reggie Lewis chased SJS quarterback Craig Kimball all the •: way to Centennial Boulevard while Dan Fouts went 19 for 27. •: End of contest. But what about next week? Dee Andros has the Beavers i coming fast after a 26-23 win over Cal. He always has the •: Beavers coming fast for the big one The buildup started < almost before San Jose kicked off, when the quarter scores | from Portland blared over the loudspeakers. “Has it started already?” Dick Enright moaned when someone brought up the inevitable question after the game. § The Great Pumpkin of course has guaranteed victory. >: Nobody laughs at that in Eugene. Enright was hard-pressed 5 to smile. It’s been eight years since Oregon beat Oregon State. | Almost three generations of Ducks have played out their | careers without beating the Beavers. In 1963 the senior class at Oregon was in the sixth grade, 5 Dan Fouts was running around a San Francisco junior high S school, watching the 49ers, and Bob Berry was passing hell $ out of Oregon State as the Ducks won 31-14. For this group of * seniors, there's one chance left. | Fouts reflected Saturday on what the game means. Oregon's superb passer was 15 of 22 at halftime and by •: game’s end had thrown for 253 yards. < The man who has beaten USC, Stanford, and highly-rated teams like Air Force in a brilliant three-year career was * blunt. ?: “Next week is the most important game of my life. . . Next week .1 say we won’t lose.” In another locker room stall, one of the freshmen spoke j: up. “I feel the same every game,” said Reggie Lewis, who • was voted defensive player of the game. “In the second half •: today we redeemed ourselves. I think we’re going to put it all j: together next week.” Reggie’s never been to Corvallis, and j: this year at least, it might be just another game. Maybe that’s the answer. Freshmen. The kids certainly :• had fun with San Jose in the second half. Maybe what Oregon j needs to beat the Pumpkin is a little naivety. Some -j recklessness. \ i In the shadows of Autzen Stadium a season ago, fate sent Bill Carlquist off the right side and into the end zone with 1:40 left. The Pumpkin was carried off the field while the \ scoreboard lights told the story: Oregon 29, Oregon State, 30. \ Bobby Green and Reggie Lewis didn’t see it. They could care less. • i History, for the next generation, begins next Saturday. 5 Photo by Phil Waldstein LINDSEY DROPPED THIS ONE. . . ... Rut a few minutes later be hauled in a 63-yard bomb from Dan Fouts as Ducks clobbered SJS 27-2 Saturday. i Fouts passes Spartans \ \ silly, Ducks win 27-2 I By STEVE COLLIER Of the Emerald How many times does a quarterback complete 15 of 22 passes in the first half and his team still fails to score? It happened to Dan routs Saturday. How many times does a team have two running backs that rush for 100 yards between them in the first half, and fail to score? It happened to San Jose State Saturday. The two teams, (well, Oregon at least) were nice enough to commence with the scoring in the second half, and most of the 27,500 fans at Autzen Stadium, t hose that weren’t put to sleep by the scoreless first half or the concert band playing a lullaby at half time at any rate, saw Oregon run away with a 27-2 football victory. Despite the score, the Spartans definitely made their presence felt. For most of the first half, San Jose running backs Dale Knott and Darryl Jenkins were felt, briefly, as they passed through the Oregon defensive line. On Oregon’s first scoring drive, Fouts hit for first down passes to Greg Specht and Henderson Martin to keep the drive alive, and then found Maurice f Anderson for a three-yard touchdown pass in the •: end zone. Oregon scored the next two times they had the ? ball, if you count the two points they scored for San ? Jose when a snap from center Chuck Bradley jj slipped through punter Bob Palm’s legs and out of ? the end zone for a safety. On the next series of downs, Fouts didn’t fool :• around with those short passes, and. with the help of '• some great protection from his offensive line, hit ? Greg Lindsey, who had beaten the man-to-man :j coverage of defensive back A1 Mason, for a 64-yard \ bomb. Kicker Hugh Woodward, looking as if he felt \ he should be the second or third string quarterback, :• packed up a bobbled snap on the attempt for extra ? point and hit Don Reynolds, who muscled across the goal line for two points to make it Oregon 15, San Jose State 2. Norv Turner came on to direct the backup of fensive unit to two more touchdowns: the first came on Reynold’s 15-yard sweep around left end, and the second when Specht made a fine catch of a Turner pass in the end zone. But it all boiled down to the fact that Fouts had time to throw for a change, and the pro scouts will be pleased to know he still knows what to do with it, as he completed 19 erf 27 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns in less than three quarters of play. That amounts to his best performance since the Arizona game almost two months ago, and the first game since UCLA that Dan has completed more than half of his passes. In fact the hardest shot Fouts took all day was when he collided with Martin in a backfield mishap in the third quarter. Cody Jones, the Spartan’s highly-regarded defensive tackle, was frustrated all afternoon. “Once you got by one man. the center had dropped hack into the pocket. Getting past that first man, that was easy. But then, you know.” Jackson put it best though. He was asked what Fout s strongest point was. “His arm, man.” Right on. Clay. Hockey today The University women's field hockey team meets its final opponent of the regular season this af ternoon with hopes for an undefeated record for the >ear The University women play Lane Community College at 3 p.m. at LCC. The two teams tied an earlier game (M). With a 1-0 win over Oregon State last Thursday ihe University team brought its season record to nine w ins and two draws. That record includes two practice and two tournament game wins. Freshman center Monique Trainor scored the only goal against OSU. Oregon second in Pac-8, makes NCAA meet SEATTLE — Kenyan John Ngeno edged teammate Dan Murphy to lead Washington State to an easy victory at the Pac-8 Cross-Country Championships in Seattle Saturday. By JANET NEWMAN Of the Emerald Oregon qualified for the NCAA meet with a distant second place in a carbon copy of last year’s race. The Cougars swept the first three places and scored 30 points, identical to their 1971 total Oregon's top man was Randy James in fifth place, followed by Gary Barger(7th), Pat Tyson (9th), Bob Grubbs (21st), and Knut Kvalheim (27th) for a total of 69 points. Oregon State sewed 80 for third. Several Oregon runners were hampered by week-long colds, but freshman Barger improved from a mediocre 14th place at the Northern Division meet two weeks ago to finish seventh here. Murphy took an early lead in the six mile race, and broke contact easily with the rest of the pack minus Ngeno. The 19 year-old African runner maintained contact with the stocky Irishman through out the race but still trailed Murphy by five yards as the two raced down from the Hills of Green Lake Park in the last three quarter miles. Ngeno's final spurt with 300 yards to go caught Murphy. Ngeno’s 29:12.4 time was only five seconds slower than Murphy’s course record set at the Northern Division. In that race, Murphy thoroughly dominated while Ngene was back in the pack — in seventh place. The C ougars appear stronger than ever after Ngeno's performance. Washington State will take four all-Americans, plus Ngeno, to the NCAA meet in Houston Nov. 20. Murphy placed fourth in the nationals last year, but the Cougars were second team wise. Last year, however, Oregon finished second to WSU in the Pac-8 meet and went on to win the NCAA title. TEAM SCORES - WSU 30, Oregon 69, * ‘SC 80. Stanford 107, UCLA 117, Washington 140. USC 147, Cal 174. OTHER OREGON PLACES — Bob Grubbs <3rd), 30:43; Knut Kvalheim '27th». 31:12; Scott Daggett (34th), 31:38; Todd leathers (47th), 32:34.
