Oregon daily emerald., October 27, 1978, Page 21, Image 21

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Uhoh! Ducks meet Thompson
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Jack Thompson, one of the nation's top candidates for the prestigious
Heisman Trophy, bhngs his teammates to town Saturday to face the
Ducks at Autzen Stadium
Sticker’s winning streak
on line in three contests
Undefeated against Northwest competition, the Oregon women's
field hockey team puts their winning streak on the line three times this
weekend.
In a game changed from South Eugene High School to Autzen
Stadium, the Ducks host Pacific Lutheran today at 4 p.m.
Three weeks ago, Oregon beat PLU at their invitational in Tacoma,
5-0.
Saturday the Ducks play twice. At 10:30 a.m., before the football
game, a talented Washington State squad comes to Eugene. The
Cougars, losers only once this season, have a blend of veterans and
skilled newcomers that thus far has worn down their opponents.
Saturday night at 6:30 the Ducks wrap up their active weekend,
clashing wih Boise State at Autzen Stadium.
Oregon’s three blemishes this season have come from California
teams. In their debut, the Ducks came away losers to California (Ber
keley) and tied Sacramento State, while defeating UC Davis and Chico
State. Last week San Jose State administered the second loss, 2-0.
Compiled from the team's scorebook, here are some statistics after
14 games: Leading the team in goals scored is Ronnie DellaMotta, with
11. Belinda Stillwell has nine, Lynn Mantkji has eight, Nancy Pedrotti
has seven and Stacy Allman, six. Hanna Munson and Sue Minkema
each have tallied four times.
Stillwell has assisted on ten goals, by far the most on the team.
Pedrotti and Cathy McCullough each have three assists.
The Ducks have outshot their opponents by roughly a three to one
ratio. Goalie Maureen Sullivan has given up nine goals in 14 games, a
superb .64 goals allowed per game average.
The Jack Thompson for Heis
man Trophy campaign is in full
swing. Washington State, (WSU),
where Thompson is the football
team’s quarterback, is allocating
money and time from the sports
information department’s bud
get to produce a folder bearing
a picture of Thompson and the
words “Jack Thompson, All
American QB.”
Inside the pamphlet are pic
tures of Thompson to be used for
publication, reprints of articles
about him, a profile of his college
career, and his statistics and how
they compare to the NCAA and
Pac-10 records. The school has
been sending the booklets to
newspapers and university public
ity offices for the past two weeks.
Washington State’s effort is not
unique. Every year about this time
a handful of colleges begin prom
oting their all-everything running
back or quarterback in hopes the
athlete will win the coveted award.
The Heisman means as much,
if not more, to the winner’s school
as it does to the athlete himself.
The prestige it brings can mean a
bowl appearance for a team that
might not receive one otherwise,
and it can prove to be a tremend
ous help in recruiting bluechip
high school players.
Universities stop at hardly any
thing if they feel they have a
legitimate Heisman candidate. At
Notre Dame, which has had more
heisman winners than any other
school, the publicity department
once had a player change the
pronunciation of his last name in
hopes of enhancing the player’s
chance of winning the award. Joe
Theismann (pronounced
Thees-man), now quarterback of
the Washington Redskins, was
told as a sophomore that his name
from that point on would be pro
nounced Thize-man, which
rhymes with Heisman (Hize-man).
The gimmick didn't work, but
Theismann and Notre Dame felt it
was worth the shot.
Thompson has retained the
name his parents gave him, but he
has picked up a nickname. He
was born in American Samoa,
and not suprisingly, he is called
“The Throwin Samoan.''
His statistics are impressive
enough. He is second to Jim Plun
kett in both career passing and
total offense in the Pac-10 Con
ference. He has accumulated
6,806 yards on 529 completions
during his three years as the
Cougars' quarterback; both marks
are the fifth best of all-time in the
NCAA.
This season Thompson has
completed 103 of 195 passes for
1.321 yards and 11 touchdowns.
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He has been intercepted 10
times.
Impressive as these statistics
may be, they are not on a par with
Thompson’s marks of recent
years.
“He doesn’t have the support
ing cast that he’s had; not that it’s
bad, but it's just not as good as it
was the last couple years,’’ ex
plains Oregon coach Rich Brooks,
whose team must stop Thompson
Saturday at Autzen Stadium if it
expects to win.
Gone are wide receivers Mike
Levenseller and Brian Kelly, who
last year caught 87 passes, 10 for
touchdowns, between the two of
them. The Cougars also had eight
players from last year's squad
drafted into the National Football
League.
As a result, WSU features a
much more balanced offensive at
tack this year Last season the
Cougars passed for nearly a
1,000 more yards than they
picked up rushing. This year they
run the ball nearly as well as they
pass it, but the difference certainly
hasn’t hurt their effectiveness.
WSU ranks second in the Pac-10
in both total offense and scoring
(32 points per game.)
‘They’re pretty balanced, and
that’s the problem for us," says
Brooks. “You can't zero in on one
aspect like you could against Cal
or BYU.
'‘They’re probably the best of
fensive team we’ve faced. SC’s
(Southern Cal) was simpler.’’
The statistics support Brooks.
The cougars scored 51 points in
an upset victory of Arizona State,
a team that beat USC 21-7.
Things are not so dire for the
Ducks as they may seem, though.
WSU has not won in its last three
games, having tied Army and lost
to UCLA and Stanford.
“ It's going to take a game free of
mistakes,” says Brooks of his
team s chances of winning its first
game. ‘We have to control the ball
and keep Thompson on the
bench. And, it’s going to take three
or four touchdowns to win the
game."
Therein lies Oregon's biggest
problem. The Ducks’ defense is
ranked sixth best in the confer
ence and may have some suc
cess limiting the Cougars offen
sive fire power.
First string quarterback Mike
Kennedy will again be on the
sidelines resting a shoulder injury
he sustained against BYU. Tim
Durando who has filled in well,
passing for 198 yards in the past
two games, will start in his place.
This week in practice center
Steve Kleffner aggravated a neck
injury he received against Wis
consin and will miss tomorrow s
game. He will be replaced by
freshman Mike Delgatto. Reserve
fullback Jeff Wood will miss the
game because of a severely in
fected elbow.
The possible light at the end of
the tunnel for the Ducks, though,
is WSU's rating of last in the
Pac-10 in defense.
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