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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1981)
sports___ Ducks do it to themselves in 17-3 loss Mental errors, missed chances drop Oregon to 1-3 By Jeff Dickerson Of th* Emaratd About the time the Washington Husky band began playing the song, “Tequila,” the Oregon football team probably would have preferred to hear "Welcome to my Nightmare” following a frustrating. 17-3 loss Saturday to the Huskies at Aut zen Stadium , For most of the game's first three quarters, the Ducks matched up well with Washing ton, dueling with their Pacific 10 Conference rivals, but coming out on the short end of a 7-3 score at halftime The Ducks, now 1-3. moved the ball well after a slow start — by the third quarter, Oregon had 196 yards of total offense to Washington's 134 yards - but in the end the Huskies were able to get the needed yardage in plays where Oregon could not “Obviously, we made too many mistakes to beat a team like Washington.” Oregon Coach Rich Brooks said The coach said the Ducks missed on key opportunites to score, in cluding second down and inches from the goal line in the second quarter and fouth and 2 from the Washington 30 later in the game On the first wrecked drive, the Ducks wasted a 72-yard kickoff return by Steve Brown that en abled them to drive inside the Washington 1 yard line From there, a delay of game penalty coupled with another infraction and a quarterback sack set them back to the 29 Doug Jol lymour attempted a 46-yard field goal but was wide with his at tempt Midway through the third quarter the Ducks again were foiled in their attempt to capi talize on a drive With second down and 2 yards to on the Washington 31, Oregon was unable to get the yards needed in three plays The telling play was on fourth down when the Ducks sent sophomore tailback Harry Bil lups over left guard Billups was unable to get the yard needed for the first down, Washington took over possession, and drove 70 yards to put the Ducks away with a last touchdown "Washington made the plays when they had to." Brooks said "When they stopped us on fourth down and drove the ball, the momentum shifted to their side.” he said Fullback Chris James and tailback Ron Jackson alternat ed carrying the pigskin in the 70-yard drive that culminated in a 1-yard dive over right guard for the touchdown, putting the Huskies ahead 14-3 with 12:26 remaining in the game The 11-point Husky lead dic tated that the Ducks pass, and the Husky defensive line was able to play the pass all the way sacking Lusk four times in the ATTENTION STUDENTS OF Humanities Linguistics Folklore and Folkdance Politics Comparative Literature Labor Relations A NEW COURSE IN SERBO-CROATIAN Learn Serbo-Croatian, the language of Yugoslavia, the most open of all the Slavic countries, the home of worker self-management, the site of the 1984 Winter Olympics. Start learning the language now! You may be fluent when the torch is lit at Sarajevo in 1984 Course: 1 st year Serbo-Croatian SI 480G Time: MUWH, 16:30-17:20 Place: 318 Friendly Hall Instructor: Prof. Jakov Bacic, a native speaker of Serbo Croatian; formerly of Columbia University. Photo by Bob B«n< Oregon quarterback Kevin Lusk had a tough day against the Huskies, completing /ust 14-25 tor 129 yards when he wasn t flat on his back due to seven Washington sacks final 12 minutes, seven times all told After Oregon could muster little offense on its next posses sion. Husky return specialist Ray Horton returned a Ken Burns punt 26 yards to the Oregon 29 Washington drove 18 more yards to the 11 before junior placekicker Chuck Nel son kicked a 29-yard field goal — his 14th consecutive game in which he has kicked a field goal, tying an NCAA record — to make the final score 17-3 Overall, the Husky kicking game outshined that of the Ducks on the ram-soaked Aut zen Stadium turf Washington pressured Burns Coach Don James said because Oregon s freshman punter had not seen any action prior to Saturday s game On one occasion, the pres sure paid off handsomely for the Huskies as linebacker Stewart Hill blocked Burns second quarter punt and cornerback Vince Newsome scooped the ball and carried it into the end Continued on Page 22 Warren bests top milers NEW YORK — Umversrty of Oregon star runner Leann Warren bested a field of the top women milers in the world, winning her division of the first Fifth Avenue Mile Saturday before 100,000 spectators lining the Manhattan street Warren who hadn't won a race since the AIAW championship in May was clocked in 4 :25 31 beating her own collegiate record of 4 30 6 The time won't be recognized as a record however because the event was not held on a track In the men's category, Sydney Maree came from behind to beat Mike Boit and a top men's field in 3 47 52 — unofficially the second-fastest mile in history Eugene's Tom Byers finished eighth n ui— Orders To Go Jit □E ~ir 3 v i* Phone 343-6234 Introducing Our Special Quick Northern Chinese Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30 AM-2:00 PM MONDAY- £ >A tl Kung-Poa Chicken (With Red Pepper and Peanuts) TUESDAY- i * Beef Broccoli With Oyster Sauce WEDNESDAY- .■ 4i j »< gean Curds Peking Style THURSDAY- i ; 'i Szechuan Double Cooked Sliced Pork FRIDAY- si ' Shrimp With Lobster Sauce All Served With Steamed or Fried Rice, Tea and Fortune Cookie n 1 All For Just S2.75 Order* To Go $2.50 Phone 343-6234 TT 1280 Hllyard Street —ff '
