Oregon daily emerald., October 12, 1981, Page 13, Image 12

Brooks — ‘It was ugly’
Nothing pretty in Oregon’s 24-0 loss to the Devils
By JEFF DICKERSON
OMhaEmanrid
Just when things were looking bad tor the
Oregon football team, they got worse
Head coach Rich Brooks knew the Ducks
were in for a fight against the Arizona State Sun
Devils, but he had no idea how bad it would get, as
ASU throttled Oregon 24-0
"It was ugly," Brooks said Sunday in bright
sunshine at Autzen Stadium, following a long
plane ride from Tempe in the wee hours of the
morning
The players must have been tired from the
late flight and the very physical game the night
before But certainly some of the sleepiness may
have been averted with a victory over the 4-1 Sun
Devils
Brooks is the first to admit it is hard to beat
game alternating at quarterback, but neither
could drive the Ducks beyond the ASU 35
The score remained 3-0 for the remainder of
the half, but the Oregon defense had already
spent too much time on the field on the warm
desert night.
“We allowed them to have the ball for too
long and allowed them to move the ball too
much,” Brooks said.
By the end of the third period, the Oregon
defense could no longer hold back the ASU tide
With the running of Robert Weathers and com
pany and the passing of Mike Pagel, ASU began
to wear down the Ducks
The Sun Devils scored the first touchdown of
the game with 1:50 remaining in the third quarter
after Mike Richardson intercepted an Owens pass
at the Oregon 43. Pagel carried the ball into the
end zone on a 1-yard dive to give the Sun Devils a
anyone when the of
fense fails to put points
on the board
"We need to start
putting the ball in the
end zone,” he said
"That was probably the
worst we've done of
fensively since I came
here."
The game was by
far Oregon's worst of
fensive performance of
the year The Ducks
managed a mere 131
yards on offense on 52
plays, while ASU
countered with 460
yards on 89 plays It
was also the second
straight game in which
the Ducks failed to
score a touchdown
The strong ASU
performance on of
fense was not indica
tive of poor defensive
play by Oregon.
Rather, because the
Ducks' offense spent
most of the game on
the sidelines, Oregon's
defense was thrust on
to the field to face a
continuous onslaught
of attacks — and
sooner or later the
defense was bound to
falter
Photo by David Corey
Kevin Lusk went down in the second quarter with
an injury, and the Ducks soon following, bowing to
the Sun Devils, 24-0.
10-0 lead
Little more than a
minute later, ASU was
on the board again
after Oregon was
forced to punt and
Pagel directed a
70-yard drive on two
pass plays.
The final score
came following an
Oregon fumble on its
own 9 yard line.
The Ducks are 1-4
on the season and 0-2
in the Pacific 10 Con
ference, placing them
in the Pac-10 cellar
with Oregon State The
loss left Brooks to
ponder the remainder
of the season and how
he can fix the offensive
line
"We had some
missed assignments,
but mostly it was just
bad blocking by our of
fensive line,’’ the
coach said. "There will
definitely be some
changes on the offen
sive line — we re going
to give some different
people a chance to get
the job done.”
The Ducks, whose
bye last week did not
give them much of an
Defensively, we played a very good game,
but anytime you let the other team have the ball
for that long, you're going to pay for it.” Brooks
said "They snapped the ball 89 times — that’s like
piaying a game and a half on defense.”
The Oregon coach said his only criticism of
his team's defensive performance was its inability
to take the ball away from the ASU offense
Oregon gave up the ball four times on turnovers,
while the Sun Devils had no turnovers
The Oregon defense was put to the test
almost from the start After the Ducks punted on
their first possession, ASU took the ball from its
own 46 and drove to the Oregon 1 yard line But
the Duck defense held, and the Sun Devils were
forced to settle for a field goal by Luis Zendejas
with 8:43 remaining in the first quarter
One of the most important plays of the year
for the Ducks followed in the second quarter, as
Oregon quarterback Kevin Lusk went down with a
separated collarbone and will probably miss next
week's game against Arizona Freshmen Mike
Owens and Mike Jorgenson spent the rest of the
aavanxage, nave one wees 10 prepare ror rne
Arizona Wildcats The Wildcats should be sky
high when they come into Autzen Stadium, fol
lowing a 13-10 upset of the nation's top-ranked
team, Southern California
In preparing for the game, the Ducks realize
Arizona will bring a well-equipped arsenal to
battle, Brooks said
"Arizona is a good football team, much like
Arizona State in the type of things they can do,"
Brooks said He said his main concern is not so
much what Arizona can do on offense as how he
can get a quality performance out of the offensive
line
"Its been a frustrating year so far," Brooks
said “It’s not like the 2-9 years when we had to
fight and scratch for every victory We’re loaded
with talent in a lot of positions, yet we can’t seem
to put any points on the scoreboard
"We aren’t going to win anything if we don’t
start generating some offense. That's hard to do
when you only get 38 yards rushing in one game,"
Brooks said
Yanks, Expos, Dodgers win playoffs
(AP) — Reggie Jackson, New
York's celebrated "Mr. Oc
tober," and Oscar Gamble
smashed consecutive tape
measure home runs in the
fourth inning Sunday night, ral
lying the Yankees to a 7-3 vic
tory over the Milwaukee
Brewers and the championship
of the American League East
Meanwhile in the National
League East playoffs, Steve
Rogers pitched a six-hit shutout
and singled home the first two
runs as the Montreal Expos beat
the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 to
win their first title in the 13-year
history of the franchise
In Los Angeles, Jerry Reuss
outpitched Nolan Ryan and the
Los Angeles Dodgers scored
three runs in the sixth inning to
soar to their third straight vic
tory over the Houston Astros,
winning 4-0 L A qualified to
meet the Expos in the National
League championship series.
In New York, Jackson’s two
run shot into the upper right
field stands, more than 50 feet
above the 353-foot sign, erased
a 2-0 Milwaukee lead. It was his
16th post-season homer and
second of this series. Gamble
followed with his second of the
East playoffs, a 400-foot line
drive into the right center field
bleachers, chasing Brewers
starter Moose Haas, who also
lost the playoff opener.
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