Photo by Bob Baker
Oregon middle linebacker Chris Cosgrove got the game ball — and this Arizona runner — for his
defensive work Saturday against the Wildcats
Oregon gets its kicks, first win
By Steve Turcotte
Ot the Emerald
Oregon finally got its kicks Saturday after
noon. And the Ducks made them count
The result was a 13-7 victory over Arizona
which lifted the Ducks out of the Pac-10 cellar and
booted the Wildcats from a post season bowl
berth
"It's been a long time coming," said |unior
flanker Osborne Thomas "I have been waiting for
this all year. We all have been waiting for this all
year It feels great
Any number of Ducks deserved game balls
for their efforts as Oregon improved to 1-8-1 on
the season Thomas made three catches as the
Ducks drove for a second quarter touchdown
Quarterback Mike Jorgensen, battling injuries,
threw for 144 yards and ran for 43 more And
placekicker Tim Wise booted two long field goals
to provide the margin of victory
But the game ball Saturday afternoon at
Autzen Stadium went to senior middle linebacker
Chris Cosgrove, who delivered nine tackles and
contributed one of Oregon's five interceptions
and as the Oregon defense stuffed the ferocious
Wildcat attack
It's been a long season for all the Ducks, but it
has been especially long for kicker Wise, and
going 0-for-6 for the season doesn't help But the
freshman who holds the California state record
with a 59-yard boot, hasn't tried one shorter than
46 yards out, and it was just a matter of time
before he started connecting
Wise put the Ducks ahead of the Wildcat’s
10-7 with three seconds left in the first half with a
52-yard boot And at the 7:22 of the third quarter,
another Wise three-pointer, this time of 48 yards,
proved to be the final margin of victory
"It really feels great," said Wise. "I finally
made one
"I wasn't discouraged by missing my first
field goals. I knew I had it in me I don't know what
it was I have been hooking them all year, so in
practice I made some adjustments and I think it’s
beginning to pay off "
Another key to to his successful kicking, Wise
said, was the holding of Greg Moser Moser, the
wide-reciever who was felled in the Washington
game with a fractured foot, made his first ap
pearance since the injury But his role was strictly
limited to a cameo shot as holder on kicks
It's really a vote of confidence to me when
Moser is holding, said Wise "I'm not taking
anything away from Kevin Hicks who held for me
when Moser was hurt, though But I seem to be
more confident when Greg is in there '
Another crucial aspect of the Duck kicking
game was the punting game
Punter Hicks was instrumental in keeping
Arizona in poor field position most of the after
noon He punted the ball 10 times for a 41 yard
average, including one boot of a school-record 73
yards, which pinned Arizona on its one in the
fourth quarter
' Their punter deserved to be the MVP of the
game,'' said Arizona coach Larry Smith "He
really got them out of some tough spots.'
When Wise and Hicks weren't performing
their heroics, the Duck defense was.
The Oregon defense limited the usually-po
tent Arizona defense to just 90 yards on the
ground and 156 yards through the air. In addition,
the wildcat quarterback, Tom Tunnicliffe, was
held to just a 17-of-45 passing day including a
staggering five interceptions.
"Every call (defensive coordinator Andy)
coach Christoff made seemed to be the right
one,1' said Cosgrove 1 We played a hell of a game
for four quarters.”
The Ducks took a 7-0 lead in the second
quarter when Jorgensen connected with Thomas
on three consecutive pass plays to move the
Ducks 76 yards and into the end zone The TD
came on a 36-yard strike
Arizona tied the score wth 45 seconds
remaining in the first half when Tunnicliffe hit
William Redman with a 17-yard scoring strike.
But Wise's field goal with five seconds left in
the half gave the Ducks a 10-7 advantage.
"The defense played an excellent game,”
said Oregon coach Rich Brooks "Limiting
Arizona to seven points is great.
"We made several big plays in the game. We
have made the big plays this year but not when it
counted like we did today."
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