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No. 1 ranked Huskies await Oregon
By Brent De La Paz
Of the Kmerald
Nobody is giving the Oregon
football team a break these days.
Not the schedule makers who
have the Ducks, 4-2, traveling to
Seattle for a Saturday meeting
with No. 1 ranked football team
in the nation, the University of
Washington.
Not the oddsmakers who have
Oregon listed as 18 point under
dogs to a 6-0 Washington team
in the 1:30 p.m. contest in
Huskie Stadium.
And not the trainers who
have been taking care of
Oregon’s injured over the past
two weeks.
The Ducks. 1-2 in the Pac-10,
are coming into the game with
back to back losses to Arizona
and Southern California. If the
losses weren’t bad enough, the
injuries were. Oregon looks like
a qualified recipient for Red
Cross disaster relief after losing
nine players to the sidelines the
past two weeks.
“It’s not good,” Says Brooks
' who has holes to fill at the of
fensive tackle position after see
ing starter Steve Jenson and
backup .Brent Orick go out of
.IJSC with shoulder injuries.. “1
think it will probably definitely
affect us during the game."
;The Ducks also lost defensive
tackle Dave Maley for the
season. To add more bad news',
the Ducks have four players,
defensive tackle VV ill
Stipanovich, offensive- guard.
Ray Wheatley and linebackers
K ). Duffy and Dan Devaney
listed as questionable for Satur
day's game.
Things don’t get any easier
with the Huskies. 2-0 in the
Pac-10, who have a defense that
goes along with their number
one ranking. Washington’s
defensive crew has ai lowed a
mere-7,8 points a game, tops in
the nation. •
“If we don't beat ourselves,
we have a chance to be in the
football game,” says Oregon of
fensive coordinator Hob Toeldo
“There is no doubt they are the
best defensive group we have
faced this year."
The Huskies also lead the na
tion in making the oppostion to
turnover over the bail.
Washington has recovered 14
fumbles and intercepted 17
passes for an average of 3.67
turnovers a game.
The turnover statistic has
Oregon coach Rich Brooks
worried.
The rivalry between the two
Northwest schools should be
evident Saturday even though
the Ducks’ last win against the
Huskies was in 1980, a 34-10
demolishing in Seattle.
“The Huskie game is always a
good intense game,” says
Oregon middle linebacker Bob
Hudetz who had 20 tackles
against USC. “The ratings make
me hungrier to get after them.”
Defense has been the founda
tion for the Huskies’ success.
Washington’s main strength is
in their linebacking unit.
Linebacker Fred Small has a
team-leading five sacks while
teammate Tim Meamber has
three interceptions.
"They are a super team.”
says Oregon quarterback Chris
Miller. "We are going to have to
establish the line of scrimmage.
1 hope we can mix up the run
and pass."
Miller will have to beware ot
a sneaky Husky secondary that
picked off five passes from Stan
ford in a 37-J5 win last week.
Oregon’s defense will need to
stop a Washington offensive
machine that is averaging close
to 32 points a game.
Quarterback Hugh Millen has
improved consistently in his
first year at the helm by throw
ing to the talented duo of of
flanker Danny Greene and split
end Mark Pattison. Greene leads
the Huskies with 15 receptions
while Pattison has three
touchdowns catches to his
credit.
“The receivers are the two
best we have seen,’’ says
Brooks.
Tailbacks Cookie Jackson and
Jacque Robinson complement
the Huskies’ aerial attack.
Robinson, rebounding from a
disappointing 1983 campaign,
has rushed for 377 yards and
scored four touchdowns.
“They make big plays out of
ordinary plays,” says Oregon
defensive end Dale Doming.
Adding to the Ducks’ worries
will be place-kicker Jeff Jaeger.
Jaeger is leading the nation in
field goals kicked with 2.8 a
game.
Washington coach Don James
isn’t taking the Ducks lightly.
“1 think Oregon has probably
had as many skilled athletes as
they have ever had,” says
James.
James is particulary concern
ed with the Ducks’ explosive of
fense which has been averaging
21.5 points a game.
“We have a lot of respect for
their ability to make the big
plays,” says James. “The things
that they are doing is like Stan
ford. They do a lot of formations
and use the field better. They
make you play from sideline to
sideline.”
Being number one in the foot
ball polls hasn’t made a lot of
impact with James yet.
“We really aren’t too con
cerned with that ranking
business,” says James who has
said earlier thtt he would be
like to be ranked No. 1 on Jan. 2
after the final polls come out.
Kmerald file photo
University of Washington split end Mark Pattison and flanker
Danny Greene (80) signal the Huskies are No. 1 as the Ducks
travel to Seattle for Saturday's Pacific 10 contest.
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