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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1976)
It’s UCLA all the way, 46-0 By JOHN HENDERSON Of the Emerald LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Coliseum looked more like the Roman Coliseum Saturday as third-ranked UCLA slaughtered Oregon 46-0 to give the Ducks their fifth straight loss. The only difference was, the Christians gave the lions a bigger struggle in Rome. On a hot and smoggy day, the Bruins played everybody but their flag girls to roll up 511 yards — 441 of that on the ground. Oregon s offense, mean while, was its usual conservative and lethargic self as it compiled 93 yards passing and minus two yards rushing The only facts that stood out from the contest was a school-record 55-yard field goal by UCLA kicker Frank Corral in the second quarter, and the Bruins' first recorded shutout since it beat Oregon 21-0 23 games ago in 1974 "The most gratifying feature was it was the first shutout for UCLA in a long time," said UCLA first year coach Terry Donahue. "You have to give our defense credit because it's easy to get way ahead and let down emotionally We could ve lost our inten sity, but we continued to play hard." Other than that, the game went pretty much as everybody expected Oregon started the game with its typical three quick plays and a short punt to the UCLA 45 After a return of seven yards, the Bruins methodically and systematically drove down the field to score Quar terback Jeff Dankworth ran 10 yards to the 30, nine yards to the 29, then nine yards again two plays later to the 21. Theotis Brown ran twice to the 13 before Dank worth ran right, then cut left through the Duck de fense and ran untouched for UCLA's first of five touchdowns We felt going into the game that Jeff could go outside by looking at last year s film," said Donahue whose team now stands at 8-0-I "Their tackles were pinching down to shut off the dive series, and Jeff was able to run the way we hoped The Ducks were polite enough to give UCLA another opportunity to show off its powerful Veer oflense on its next series On the first play, quarter back Jack Henderson fumbled the snap and UCLA s Manu Tuiasosopo recovered on the Oregon 20 Dankworth scrambled around left end for nine yards to the 11, and Wendell Tyler plunged two yards for a first down on the nine Dankwroth rolled around the right side for eight yards before Tyler ran in un touched from the one for a 14-0 lead with 8:20 left in the first quarter For all intents and purposes, the game was over. “Don Read is an excellent coach and he has a gutty football team,” said Donahue. “But they were just outmanned." It was even more evident when Donahue put in the second string in the middle of the second quarter with UCLA ahead 24-0. The Bruins didn't let up. Quarterback Steve Bukich directed UCLA 66 yards in 10 plays for another field goal as he used James Brown and Eddie Owens to carry the ball to the Duck 20. Frank Corrall then kicked a 37-yard field goal, his third of the day, to give UCLA a 27-0 lead. ‘They're all talented," said a crushed Read in a small locker room cubicle. “They run with a great forward tilt. They run through people, and they break off people. I can’t slight the effort of our kids. But we made too many mistakes.” Offensively, Oregon’s longest drive was just 38 yards, as UCLA forced the Ducks to punt 11 times. Oregon reached Bruin territory once when Hender son hit Greg Bauer for 12 yards to the UCLA 45, and George Bennett ran three yards to the 42. But Hen derson was sacked on the next play back at the Bruin 48 So much for Oregon’s biggest scoring threat. That's how the half ended, and the 33,000 fans spent the rest of the game getting sun tans and watching UCLA’s fabulous card section. It was a nice rest for the Bruins, as they now face 1 -8 Oregon State next Saturday before meeting USC for the Pacific-8 championship. The Bruins are hop ing Oregon State will be as unimpressive as Oregon was “They were a lower-class team," said Bruin of fensive tackle Rob Kezirian in a calm and business like locker room. "Their personnel weren't as strong as ours. Our second team moved the ball as well as our first team. They have some good people, but they aren't as strong as our own.” Dankworth was a little less kind "We didn't predict winning by 46 points, but they didn't have the quickness we expected," he said. "They had no secondary support. When you play an option team you need the secondary support which they didn't have Their linebackers were quick, but they overran a lot of the plays." UCLA offensive tackle Gus Coppens probably summed it up best when he said, "Physically, they’re not like the kind of players they recruit here at UCLA.” So what s left for the 3-6 Ducks with no chance left for a winning record? With 4-5 Stanford coming to town next Saturday and a visit to Oregon State in two weeks, Oregon still has a chance for its best record since 1970 when it went 6-4-1. But unless Oregon finds an offense and play consistently on defense, the Ducks will have to wait until 1977 with another disasterous season on their minds. Duck ruggers lose to Jesters Oregon's A-side rugby club found the Portland Jesters a little too hot to handle in the second half Saturday, as the Ducks lost a 15-3 decision on the home field Oregon played the Jesters even in the first half with each team scoring a three-point penalty kick, but the second half turned out to be a different story Two penalty kicks and a try and its conversion kick by the Portland club ail went unanswered by the Ducks, whose record dropped to 1-3. The game remained scoreless until midway through the first half, when the Jesters were awarded their first penalty kick of the match. The Portland kicker sailed the ball over the goalpost for a 3-0 lead Barely two minutes later, Oregon scored its lone points on a penalty kick by Bruce Mason, evening the score at 3-3. A four-point try and two-point conversion kick near the end of the match put the victory away for the Jesters. The Ducks missed two scoring opportunities dunng the second half, one on a missed penalty kick, and another when an open-field run and almost sure try or drop kick score was called back when a Duck player passed the ball for ward. The next Oregon match scheduled for the A-side team is next Saturday against the Old Bulls Rugby Club in a game in Corvallis. Cultural Forum presents VIETNAM TODAY a talk with slides by Barbara Fuller April 76 visitor to Vietnam with the Friendship Delegation Thursday, Nov. 11 12:(X) noon FREE EMU (Room to be posted) (Bring your lunch) co-sponsors: Asian-American Student Union. CALC Peace Office r v emerald sports J Photo by Mike Baer Kim Spir surprised the field Saturday with her second place finish in the Northwest College Women's Sports Association Invitational Cross Country Championship, leading the Ducks to victory. Story, page 12. HEY SKIERS... This week we hot-wax your skis FREE! 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