I Ducks, Aggies still seeking consistency
By JOHN HENDERSON
Of the Emerald
Despite boasting a winning re
cord, the 2-1 Oregon Ducks will
be facing a similar team when 0-4
Utah State limps into Autzen
Stadium at 1 30 p.m Saturday.
"They're a team that just hasn't
put it together yet," said Oregon
Coach Don Read. “And we think
that of ourselves."
mg was much closer than 20-3.
They Mocked a punt with eight
seconds left in the half and scored
a TD. and they had a 30-yard drive
for a touchdown off a fumble."
Snyder was thrown into a tough
situation when he took the post
after serving under John McKay at
USC for two years. He lost 14 star
ters from last year's 6-5 team,
then a rash of pre-season injuries
hit the defensive unit.
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The winless Aggies have had
some real problems, especially on
offense. Leading rusher Dan Cox
has been nursing an injured leg
and bruised shoulder, and has
gained just 123 yards in four
games.
Turnovers have also plagued
USU as it s lost 10 fumbles, and
has thrown 10 interceptions. Last
week in the Aggies 20-3 loss at
Wyoming, they fumbled three
times withm the Cowboy's 30 yard
bne.
For the record, Utah State has
lost to San Jose State 45-10, Ar
kansas 33-16. Long Beach State
32-10 and Wyoming 20-30.
•'We've had kind of a roller
coaster year," said Utah State's
first-year head coach Bruce
Snyder “That first game was just
a nightmare. Everything went
wrong. Against Arkansas, we
were down 21-16 after the third
quarter so we felt pretty good.
Maybe we felt too good.
"Long Beach doesn't have Ar
kansas name, but we just played
flat the whole game. And Wyom
Defensive backs Dave Parkin
and Scott Tillotson got hurt, and
linebacker Kelly Stroick fractured
a cheekbone in practice. Ail are
out for the year.
"Obviously we re not very
happy," said Snyder who's a
former Oregon aide. "In fact,
we're very disappointed. But
there's one encouraging factor.
We're playing a lot of inexperi
enced people, and they're learn
ing as they go."
The Ducks won t be turning
their noses up at the Aggies with a
Pacific-8 contest approaching
next Saturday at California.
"Potentially they're a pretty
good football team," said Read.
“Their quarterback, Eric Hippie,
can throw the football and can run
which creates problems. They
haven't been effective on the
ground, but they have some size
surprisingly."
Their defensive lineman are
Paul Stephenson (6-3, 258). Del
Bunsekneier (6-3,226) and Jim
Hough (6-2, 254). With H^ple
starting at quarterback, however.
Two Aggies the Ducks must stop are (right) Eric Hippie, a 6-1,187 k). quarterback from Downey, Cal , and
(left) Dan Cox, Utah State s starting tailback, a 5-9,1821b. senior from Salt Lake Cty, who recently has been
playing with a shoulder injury.
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the Ducks wil have a bigger edge
than they had Last week against
Utah.
"USU is a lot kke Utah offen
sively," said Read. “We won't be
seeing much new. But last week
we didn't know who would be
Utah's quarterback so we had to
dmde our practice time. This time,
we ll be a itOe more prepared."
Unlike Utah State. t>e Ducks
have put just enough together to
scrape up wins over Colorado
State and Utah to offset the 53-0
slaughter against USC
Read s stol waiting for a solid
tour-quarter performance from hts
offense as Vie supposedly wide
open attack s last in the Pac-8
with just under 200 yards a game.
The coach can only shake his
head in amazement.
“1 have no explanation," said
Read. *1 can't understand how we
can look so bad in the first halt
against Utah and so good in tie
second ha*.”
Utah State has been a big target
for the offense.
“This is the hardest we’ve
pushed the kids al year.” sad
Read “Were not taking them
ightty Its even more important
with Cai next week that we get on
track.’
A couple of changes have been
made in the Duck line-up to re
place injured players. Tailbacks
Greg Gilchrist aid Dennis Bullock
are out w*h a tap pointer and pul
led hamstring, respectively. Start
ing at taifcack wil be junior Jim
Johnson, and senior Dave MOer
wkI start at tight end tor Jeff Butts
who strained a knee against Utah.
The Ducks have been tabbed
rane-point favorites n toe contest
where the attendance is esti
mated to be about 25,000 Fea
tured at haifbme writ be the frst
appearance of Oregon's
1^-piece marching band.
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Soccer
lack of organization last year,
Davis, an experienced mentor,
was hired this year.
Originally from England, the
new coach has had eight years of
experience coaching on a level
similar to that of American high
schools. Though he realizes that
the basic skill level of soccer
players in America is below that
found in England, he sees good
potential on his team. Of the 15
squad members, 14 are Ameri
can The other is Nigerian.
In a scrimmage held Sept. 26
against a team made up of players
from last year s Oregon soccer
champions. Mazzi-Nike of
Eugene, Oregon came out with an
impressive 5-2 victory and the
coach was pleased. “They
weren't just kicking the bail
around. They set it up from the
back to the front wel, praised the
Englishman "The Urwersity <*d
well against an experienced team.
They played very we* and their
game was wen constructed.' he
added.
The upcoming match should
xove to be an excitng one. Seat
tle won last year s contest and
that, added to soccer s popu
larity in the Seattle area, should
add up to trouble tor Oregon.
Davis squad 6 ready tor the
chaAenge. I'm confident we can
give them a tough game, espe
ciaRy i we continue to play as
as we (id in the scrimmage, said
the coach.
Oregon has ten matches
scheduled for this year, five of
which are to be played at home.
However, two of those wil be
Caine asks fans to leave bottles home
Athletic Directof John Caine
is appeafeng to Oregon football
fans for their help in eliminating
glass bottles in Autzen
Stadium.
Our concern is for common
safety. For that reason, we are
personally appealing to all
Oregon football fans," Caine
said tonight
"For those who cannot rec
ognize or appreciate the
danger. I am authorizing the
responsible law-enforcement
officials to mmeciateJy eject
any person who jeopardies
the common safety of Oregon
football fans in Autzen
Stadkjm."
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