Duck special teams extra special
Punt return squad
scoring the points
By Steve Turcotte
Of the Emerald
The term “special teams” already
has an interesting ring to it, but this
year's edition of Duck football has
really taken the meaning of the term
seriously
The Ducks, who have scored just 48
points through five games this season,
have taken advantage of their special
teams to score 26 of those 48 counters
Ordinarily, the special teams on a
football squad aren't supposed to do
the bulk of a team's scoring — the
offense usually handles that chore But
for this year's Duck offense, the
touchdowns have been scarce
The three offensive touchdowns
have been scored by wide receivers
Greg Moser and Osborn Thomas and
running back Terrance Jones, each
tallying the scoreboard with a touch
down — totalling just 18 points
Meanwhile, the Duck scoring leader
column is filled with a list of unusual
names like Steve Brown, E.J Duffy and
Todd Welch. All three are defensive
players and all three have played lead
ing roles in getting the Ducks on the
scoreboard this year
The special team which has been
producing the most is the punt return
unit All three touchdowns by Brown,
Welch and Duffy have come via the
punt return squad, although just one
touchdown — Brown's — has been an
actual punt return
The punt return team had a field day
against San Jose State four weeks ago
in an 18-13 Oregon loss. The squad
tallied both of Oregon's scores
Mike Walter, Oregon's stalwart
defensive end, got things started whe
he broke through the line to block •
Spartan punt When the ball finali,
came down to earth, freshman Duffy
was there to gobble it up and rumble in
for a 50-yard touchdown
“I guess I was in the right place at the
right time,’’ smiled Duffy, who went to
Beaverton's Jesuit High School. “I saw
Mike going in to block the kick and I
wanted to be in position to get the ball if
it was blocked I knew he was going to
get it.”
"I came up right through the middle
to block it,” said Walter. "I jumped up
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The second Duck touchdown of the
game came when Brown fielded a punt
at the Duck 47-yard line and scooted 53
yards for another punt return team
touchdown
Having our punt return team scoring
three touchdowns is quite an accom
plishment," said Duck head coach Rich
Brooks "Our real advantage is that we
have been working on it a lot We have
been working on all aspects of the
kicking game, but the punt return has
:,ist fell into place."
We have good people on the punt
return team," Walter said "The key is
being able to draw the blocker away
who blocks for the kicker Then you
have a good shot at the punter."
Duck reserve linebacker Todd Welch
got punt return fever a week ago
against the USC Trojans
After watching Doug Judge break
through the line and block a punt,
Welch snared the ball and three yeard
later found himself in the end zone for
the only Duck score in a 38-7 loss
"I came in from the outside and I
could tell that Douq Judge was going to
block the kick," explained Welch. "The
ball went straight up, I grabbed it and
ran in for the touchdown.”
"The center didn't block me, then the
fullback didn't toufch me either," said
Judge, a freshman. "I was thinking
block all the way. I knew I would catch
hell if I didn't block it because no one
touched me."
"Our punt coverage has been good
all year long," said Brooks. "We have
been getting down under the ball and
making the tackles "
Brooks was also impressed with the
kickoff team.
"We have been covering our kickoffs
very well this year," Brooks said "We
have been covering them with a lot of
intensity I don't think anyone has re
turned one any longer than 28 yards
against us "
Paul Schwabe, who handles
kickoffs, has booted numerous unre
turnable kicks into the back of the
opponent's end zone
On the return side of kickoffs, even
though bteve drown aoesn t nave ine
eye-popping average of years past, he
has had a few big gains and has almost
broken a few returns for touchdowns,
"We are starting to get things done
on the kickoff return," said Duffy, who
is part of the back wedge on the special
team "There are three rookies in the
back wedge and we are starting to
come together."
Brown has averaged 22 7 yards per
kickoff return and has shown signs that
at anytime he can break the big one. He
had a touchdown return last year of 93
yards against Washington State
The field goal team, like the offense,
has been a disappointment this year
The Ducks have experimented with all
three of their kickers, Schwabe, Tim
Wise and Todd Lee Schwabe was
slated to handle the kicking duties this
year but he hit only 1-of-5 field goals
early this season and has been
replaced by Wise and Lee
As it stands now. Schwabe will han
dle the kickoffs. Wise will take care of
the long field goals and Lee will handle
the extra points and short field goals
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