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Crushing the Beavers came as no surprise
By DAN UNDAHL
Emerald Sports Editor
For a team that hasn’t exactly
made a habit out of winning foot
ball games, Oregon wasn’t very
surprised at what it did to Oregon
State Saturday at Autzen
Stadium.
“I knew we’d put it on 'em,”
proclaimed senior running back
Dennis Bullock, who helped make
the 28-16 win a reality with his
four-yard scoring run. This team
just has too much pride."
Coming into the game with a 1 -9
record, the Ducks didn’t have a
whole lot to be proud of. But the
way they tamed the Beavers on
the dark and gloomy afternoon
gave them plenty of reason to
boast.
“The teams were pretty even
coming into the game, so it was a
test to see who could get up for the
game more," explained
linebacker Mel Cook. “The an
Men’s CC faces Kenvans
By MIKE GRADY
of the Emerald
It's the age-old story of Oregon
versus the foreign legion in
today’s NCAA championship
cross country meet at Spokane,
Wash.
Because of the strong progress
the Ducks have shown in their re
cent victories in the Northern Divi
sion and Pacific-Eight meets
though, a surprise could be in
store for favored University of
Texas-EI Paso. UTEP, the team
Oregon finished runner-up to na
tionally last year, is currently rated
as the number one team in the
country again.
Oregon coach Bill Dellinger
sees the Kenyan-laden teams of
UTEP, East Tennessee and Pro
vidence as the ones who will give
his Ducks the most trouble, but
pointed to several reasons why
his American-bred runners could
upend the foreigners.
“First of all, our runners have
made very good progress since
the beginning of the year,” said
Dellinger. “Alberto Salazar is
much better than what he was last
year. His progress in a year has
really been great.
“Don Clary has really progres
sed too. And as for Bill McChes
ney stepping in the first year the
way he has, I know he’d help us
but never expected him to adjust
as quickly as he has.
“Rudy Chapa hasn’t been run
ning as well as last year. He ran
one second slower in this year’s
Pac-8 championships compared
to last year’s, but I expect he’ll stiH
be right in there. He missed some
summer training and that is what
hurt him earty this year,’’ he said.
Dellinger also pointed to the
remaining runners on the squad
— Matt Centrowitz, Bruce Nelson
and Art Boileau, as being as
talented a last three on any team
in the country.
Perhaps the biggest surprise of
the meet will be the absence of a
team threat from host-school
Washington State University. The
Cougars, picked as one of the
strongest teams in the nation be
fore the season, wiH return defend
ing champion Henry Rono but
wil be hurt significantly by injuries
to Kenyans Samson Kimombwa
and Josh Kimeto which have
forced them from the race.
“Being healthy is so doggone
important,” said Dellinger in refer
ence to the WSU situation. “You
can be the best guy in the world,
but if you’re sick on the day of the
championship race, you lose.’’
And if the Ducks themselves
stay healthy, what the race comes
down to is the question of whether
their improvement from a year ago
is enough to de-throne defending
champ UTEP. The Miners return
three of the top 15 finishers of last
year in Sammy Maritim(etghth),
James Munyala (10th) and Kip
Sirma (15th)), while Oregon can
only begin to match those stats
with Chapa's ninth place finish.
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swer is obvious.’’
The fired up Ducks ran over,
around and through the Beavers,
amassing a mind-boggling 298
yards rushing and 466 yards total
offense. Running back Gary Beck
rushed for 131 all by himself.
Oregon was using primarily
traps to go up the middle, and the
man who engineered the offen
sive output, quarterback Jack
Henderson, knew where to place
the credit.
“The offensive line controlled
the line of scrimmage,” said Hen
derson. “Bill Hoffman was the
number-one man out there.”
Oregon Coach Rich Brooks
con cured with his quarterback.
“Our offensive line was awe
some," said Brooks. “They really
opened up some big holes."
It didn’t come as any big sur
prise to Henderson that the Ducks
were able to move with such ease,
however.
“We always knew we were
capable of it," said Henderson, "ft
was just a matter of doing it.”
Oregon did it to the Beavers all
day and left seniors like Cook,
Henderson, Bullock, and Reggie
Grant with a victory to savor.
“I just feel fantastic," smiled
Grant. "I hope Oregon can con
tinue to beat OSU every year they
ever play ”
It’s beginning to seem like the
Ducks might. Oregon has ripped
OSU the last three years and in so
doing, became the first group of
players to accomplish that in 42
years.
“Forty-two years, it's unbeliev
able,” said Cook. "There have
been a lot of good teams in that
time.”
While this year's Ducks won’t
qualify as one of those good
teams, against Oregon State they
looked super.
The Ducks controlled the tempo
on both offense and defense and
had the Beavers in their hip poc
ket all afternoon.
“The coaches called their best
game of the season,’’ praised Bul
lock, who had earlier predicted an
easy Oregon victory. “It was more
or less the coach’s game We
just executed.’’
Just executing has been a prob
lem for Oregon this season, how
ever. Against the Beavers,
Oregon clearly played its best
game of the season
“The difference was playing
Oregon State," said Bullock "This
being the last game for the
seniors."
The big win over OSU left the
graduating Ducks with a victory
they won’t forget, and some pride
in themselves.
"ft’s been a long four years,"
sighed Henderson, who moved
into the number two position on
all-time Oregon passing behind
Dan Fouts “But it’s also gone by
too fast.”
“ This game means a helluva
lot," smiled Bullock “I don't know
where my football road will end so
it was good to win."
"This was the first game of next
year, it gave the program momen
tum and plans for the future,"
said senior fullback Kim Nutting
“And another good thing is that we
can ail go out knowing in our
minds that we are all winners. And
that's important, too.
But Grant put it best.
"It’s the only way to go out.”
Women take seventh
The Oregon women’s cross country squad matched rts national
seventh place finish of a year ago in Saturday s Association for Intercol
legiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) cross country meet in Austin, Tex
Oregon coach Tom Hemonen, who had hopes of seeing the Ducks
break into the top five, stated that he felt disappointed at first, but then
changed his attitude after having time to think about it,
“We had hoped for more,” said Heinonen, “but so did about 10
other schools. Really, I'm pleased now considering how pressure
packed the race was.”
“You run a mile and there is nowhere to go. The pressure on you to
get out and get a good position is so great but you can’t do it You're
boxed in by runners all around you,” he said.
Winning the title for the fourth consecutive year was Iowa State
While placing only one runner within the first 20 spots, Iowa State used
superior team depth to total a winning 92 points compared to second
place Penn State's 116. Oregon finished with 218
Penn State’s Kathy Mills was the individual winner, covering the
5,000 meter course in a time of 16:50.2. Mills led the entire race and at
the finish line no one was within 30 seconds of her
Oregon's top finisher was freshman Heather Tolford who came in
31st with a time of 18:30. Following Tolford for the Ducks were: 47.
Debbie Richie, 18:49; 72, Ellen Schmidt, 19:07; 74, Kim Spir, 19:08; 88,
Molly Morton, 19:16; 135, Katy Mountain, 19:47, and 161, Charlene
Marino, 20:15.
Schmidt, who finished 33rd in the nation as a freshman last year
and who was considered the Duck's strongest runner this fall, could fare
no better than 72nd because of stomach pains.
“Ellen has had stomach problems the last three races,” reported
Heinonen She s run the best that she possibly could every time but
just couldn’t do it on that day.”
With it s seventh place finish this year Oregon has now finished as
one of the top seven teams of the country for three straight years under
Heinonen. The future appears to be just as bright for the female harriers
considering that Kim Spir is the only runner who will be lost to qradua
tion.
We were all disappointed right after the race,” Heinonen said, “but
now that I ve had time to look at it, I know we did pretty wel!.”