sports
This year, Oregon football
has been kind of 'special'
By Steve Turcotte
Of the Emerald
This season. National Collegiate Athletic Associa
tion football statistics consistently list Oregon high in
several categories.
The categories have nothing to do with offense
or defense, though. Oregon ranks with the nations'
leaders in special teams.
While the Ducks have been inconsistent on both
offense and defense this season, one area of their
overall game scheme which has remained solid is the
play of the special teams. NCAA statistics have the
Ducks ranked in the top 50 in no less than eight
departments, and all but one stems from the special
teams.
•Punt returns — Lew Barnes is 14th nationally
with a 14.2-yard average. As a team, Oregon is 20th in
punt returns. Barnes is also 39th in the country in all
purpose yardage, which includes receiving, punt
returns and rushes.
•Punting — Kevin Hicks ranks 43rd nationally
with a 41.2-yard average while the Ducks are 26th in
the nation in net punting at 39.6.
•Placekicking — Paul Schwabe, who has con
nected on 9 of 14 field goals, is 29th with a 1.29 field
goals per game average.
•Kickoff returns — Oregon's highest ranking.
The Ducks are fifth in the nation with a 25.5 team
average. Doug Judge would be among the leaders
with a 32.7 average, except he went down for the
season against Arizona with a knee injury.
The Ducks also appear once among college foot
ball's elite defensively, ranking 40th in rushing
defense.
Sure, Oregon's major emphasis in practice is of
fense and defense. But before, and sometimes after
practice, the attention turns to the special teams.
"We have put a lot of emphasis on the special
teams," says John Ramsdell, the Ducks' special
teams' coach. "We will spend 20-25 minutes a day
working on special teams."
To make a special teams unit at Oregon, or
anywhere else for that matter, one must be a special
type of player. Ramsdell and Washington State
University coach Jim Walden agree not just anyone
can play on special teams.
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Emerald Photo
Special teams players like punt returner Lew
Barnes (above) play a big role in determining a
game's outcome.
"Our players on the special teams have a great at
titude," says Ramsdell. "The players and the
coaches look at special teams as an important
position.
"The big thing we stress is effort," continues
Ramsdell. "The effort must be extremely good — it
has to be full-go."
Walden, another coach who pays meticulous at
tention to special teams, looks for players who will
give 100 percent.
Continued on Page 9
ODE, Nike offer 'Trivia Time'
Think you know your Oregon sports? Take a
shot at answering these five questions about
Oregon teams and athletes of the past in the
Emerald's weekly sports trivia quiz.
The winner, who will receive a $10 gift cer
tificate, will be the first person to pick the most
correct answers by 3 p.m. Friday.
Answers should be turned in to the Emerald
office, EMU Suite 300. In the event of ties, winners
will be determined by who handed in answers
first. See quiz rules below, have fun, and good
luck.
1. Who has Oregon football's longest career
kickoff return? a) Mel Renfro b) Woodley Lewis c)
Steve Brown d) Dwight Robertson.
2. Who is Oregon's leading rusher this season?
3. Oregon volleyball standout Sue Harbour hails
from: a) Pullman; Wash, b) Pacific Palisades, Calif,
c) Stockton, Calif, d) Gresham.
4. Who won the men's cross country Pac-10 title
in 1982f a) UCLA b) Washington c) Oregon d)
Arizona.
5. The Oregon women's cross country 10,000
meter record-holder (33:12.1) is: a) Kathy Hayes b)
Lisa Martin c) Lexie Miller-Beck.
Quiz rules: Gift certificates provided by NIKE EUGENE, W.
I Oth and Olive. Answers should be handed in on a piece of paper
with name, year and major — all current students and faculty can
enter, but participants may enter just once; answers and name of
winner will be published in Monday's Emerald. Winners must come
to front desk, EMU Suite 300, and show proper identification to col
lect certificates; certificate valid at NIKE EUGENE, 10th and Olive,
only; certificates expire bO days after quiz date; Emerald employees
may not enter contest.
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