Oregon thumps Alumni, 31-16;
Jorgensen No. 1 quarterback
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Of the Emerald
Oregon's 1984 fall football season should be
anything but ordinary, as the Ducks concluded
spring drills with a 31-16 thumping of the Alumni
in a scrimmage Saturday afternoon at Autzen
Stadium.
What the Ducks showed in the last rites of
spring ball before 600 people made coach Rich
Brooks nod with approval and harbor thoughts of
a successful upcoming season.
“Some players are making some progress,"
said Brooks, "and our passing game is much bet
ter this year."
Oregon's big-play man, wide receiver Lew
Barnes, sustained a slight ankle sprain in the first
quarter, but "sweet Lew" was the only sour note
of a spring game which gave answers to the
Ducks' quarterback question.
Senior Mike Jorgensen rose above two
sophomore challengers to end up as Oregon's
No. 1 signal caller going into fall practice.
Jorgensen established his claim to the job
with a steady afternoon's work by completing
four of seven passes for 54 yards and one
touchdown. Jorgensen's TD strike went to
sophomore receiver Brian Richard for 18 yards
and polished off a 93-yard, six-play drive.
"Jorg/ is number one," said Brooks of his
quarterback competition. "I was relatively pleas
ed by the first quarter's offense."
Jorgensen directed two touchdown drives in
the first period to keep the starting spot.
Sophomore quarterback Chris Miller had a strong
game, hitting on 11 of 14 passes for 94 yards and
one touchdown to move behind Jorgensen in the
rotation. Highly-touted Tennessee transfer Tim
Norton ended up third in the quarterback race.
Norton threw only four times for one completion
and 17 yards.
"Jorgensen's experience really shows," said
Brooks of the senior who moved Oregon's of
fense to two first-quarter scores. "He is much im
proved since last year."
Oregon offensive coordinator Bob Toledo
saw his passing offense executed to near
perfection under Jorgensen's and Miller's
guidance. The receiving corps of Barnes, Richard,
Kwante Hampton and Scott Holman were the
beneficiaries.
"We are pleased there," said Toledo of his
receivers' performance in the scrimmage, "but we
would like to throw the ball to the tight ends more
when they get open."
Oregon's offensive unit had 20 first downs
and 280 yards total offense, and much of that yar
dage came from its running game. The Ducks are
loaded with quality backs like senior Kevin Mc
Call, who topped all rushers with 52 yards on five
carries.
"Our running backs are our deepest talent,"
said Brooks, who watched Alan Jackson, Tony
Cherry, James Harper and Eugene King turn in
fine performances. Each averaged over five yards
a pop.
King was especially impressive on the special
teams. He returned a kick 97 yards for an Alumni
score as Oregon took care of all the special teams
play. Brooks was disillusioned with one phase of
his special teams play — the punting.
"I have some concerns about our punting
Photo by Kirk Hirota
Offensive coordinator Bob Toledo had some
advice for Mike Jorgensen during Saturday's
alumni game, and the Oregon senior took it —
he'll be the team's No. 1 quarterback when fall
practice begins.
game," said Brooks, who saw two kickers attempt
to replace graduated all-Pac-10 punter Kevin
Hicks. As a duo, Paul Fitzgerald (37.7 average) and
Derek jester (34.5) left Brooks "displeased."
The other part of the kicking game was effec
tive, but unimpressive. Junior placekicker Matt
MacLeod connected on all four of his point-after
touchdown attempts, and he added a 25-yard field
goal. But when he kicked off, the Ducks teed off
— Oregon averaged a whopping 28 yards on
runbacks.
Defensively, the Ducks were not facing Pac-10
caliber competition. Still, they showed they may
have one of the league's top units next year, as
nine returning starters played havoc with alumni
quarterback John Nehl, who punted for Oregon
in 1976. The Ducks picked off three passes, one of
which senior linebacker Jerry Mikels returned 30
yards for a touchdown.
Sports shorts
Oregon’s women's tennis team had a
tough go of it Friday and Saturday at
the NorPac Conference Champion
ships in San Jose, Calif., but Lindsay
Bartlett did just fine, thank you.
Bartlett was named the conference's
Most Valuable Player in a coaches' poll
after winning four of five singles mat
ches at the tournament to stretch her
singles record to 16-4. Oregon's No. 1
singles star beat California's Linda
Oechsie, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6; University of the
Pacific's Trina Lee, 6-4, 6-1; Fresno
State's Shannon Smith, 6-3, 6-2; and
Washington's Evelyn Buermann, 6-3,
7-5.
Bartlett's only loss was to San Jose
State’s Rochelle Morrison, and the
Ducks will find out this week whether
she qualifies for NCAA singles
competition.
As for the team, Oregon lost two
matches Friday, two more Saturday,
and one Sunday. Friday, No. 1 seed Cal
disposed of Oregon, 7-2, and San Jose
State turned back the Ducks, 8-1.
Saturday, it was more of the same:
University of the Pacific beat the
Ducks, 7-2, and Fresno State took a 6-3
win. Oregon lost 7-2 to Washington
Sunday. The Ducks finish their season
10-10 and sixth in the NorPac.
• • •
Oregon's men's tennis team fared little
better than the women. At the Pac-10
Northern Division Championships in
Pullman, Wash., the Ducks lost 6-3 to
Washington State, then 9-0 to Universi
ty of Washington. Oregon rebounded
Saturday for a 6-0 shutout win over
Eastern Washington.
It was a gloomy weekend for
Oregon's softball team as well.
The Ducks left for the California Soft
ball Invitational in Berkeley, Calif.,
Thursday with a 15-25 record — they
returned with a 15-29 mark.
Fresno State's Laurie Romero no-hit
the Ducks Thursday in a 1-0 win;
Oregon State took a 5-1 win and
University of the Pacific a 4-0 victory
Friday; and Oregon wasted Cindy Gar
rett's four-hitter Saturday in a 1-0 loss
to University of San Francisco.
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