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Ducks have a Devil of a time, lose 44-10
By Brent De La Paz
Of the Emerald
Arizona State University, which
hadn’t lived up to its preseason billing of
being a contender for the national title,
unleashed a year’s worth of frustration
on an unprepared Oregon team Saturday
at Autzen Stadium.
When it was over, the Sun Devils rude
ly gave the Ducks a 44-10 drubbing that
was a reminder to anyone that ASU
could have been heading to the Rose
Bowl in January instead of the Disap
pointment Bowl in November.
The Ducks, who were thinking of a
possbile 7-4 record and bowl bid oppor
tunity after a 20-18 upset of UCLA last
week, forgot they still had to beat ASU in
order to achieve those lofty goals.
Oregon’s dreams became a nightmare
as the Sun Devils controlled the game
with a tenacious defense and a
sophomore quarterback who has the
merits of being a one of the best signal
callers the Pac-10 will see in a long time.
ASU quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst’s
passing wizardry completely shredded
the Oregon secondary for four
touchdown'.^ tosses. Van Raaphorst
played havoc with the Ducks’ defensive
backs throughout the game and was so
dominating that he turned the the con
test into a laugher midway throught the
third quarter.
Van Raaphorst, who passed for 532
yards last week against Florida State,
proved the FSU game was no fluke as he
combined with Doug Allen for three TDs
and an easy ASU win.
“We weren’t picking on anybody,”
said Van Raaphorst, who was responsi
ble for ASU’s fourth win against five
losses. “1 have just had great protection
the last two weeks.”
The sophomore quarterback, who was
just starting his fifth game of the year
because of injury, completed 18-28
passes for 280 vards in a performance
that was helper by the running of ASU
tailback Darryl Clack. Clack gained 167
yards on 28 carries, leading the Sun
Devils to 593 total yards on offense.
“We didn’t have the greatest day, but
you have to give Van Raaphorst some
credit,” admitted Oregon strong safety
Doug Judge, as Van Raaphorst hit Allen
for a 8-vard TD strike for the Devils' first
score.
ASU added a Luis Zendegas field goal
and another Van Raaphorst TD pass, and
a Paul Day score of 14 yards to jump out
to a comfortable 17-0 lead early in the se
cond quarter
“We just didn’t get it done in any way.
shape or form,” said Oregon coach Rich
Brooks, who saw his team drop to a .500
level (5-5) with Oregon State left on the
schedule.
Oregon, 2-5 in the Pac-10, cut the lead
to 17-3 at halftime when Matt MacLeod
kicked a 42-yard field goal. However,
that would be the closest Oregon would
get as Van Raaphorst came out firing
after intermission.
First, Van Raaphorst hit Allen for his
second score of the day, a 36-yard pass
play, that put ASU up 24-0. The clincher
was a Van Raaphorst-to-Allen 20-yard
TD catch that put the game out of reach,
31-3 with 5:47 left in the third.
“If Van Raaphorst had been playing all
year, it might have been them playing for
the Rose Bowl,” said Judge.
Meanwhile, Oregon’s offense was
sputtering against a fired-up ASU
defense. The Ducks’ best threat was
punter Mike Preacher who had eight
punts for a 43.9 average.
“We couldn’t block anybody,” said
Brooks who has never beaten ASU in his
career. “We had a total collapse of any
semblance of a good football team.”
Oregon ended up the day gaining only
145 total yards on offense, most of them
in the fourth quarter when backup
quarterback Mike Jorgensen directed the
Ducks on their only TD drive of the day,
a 23-yard pass to split end Scott Holman,
to end the scoring at 44-10.
“On a scale of one to 10, I think our
emotion was a negative three,” said
senior linebacker Todd Welch of the
Ducks, who looked flat most of the game.
“When a team performs so poorly, like
today, it is the fault of the head coach,”
said Brooks, taking the blame of his
team's showing. “We worked hard, but
our hearts weren’t in it.”
Oregon quarterback Chris Miller, who
was replaced by Jorgensen in the fourth,
had a frustrating day. Miller was 10 for
25 passing for 71 yards and three in
terceptions.
"They pretty much dictated what we
did on offense,” said Miller as ASU’s
defensive front smothered Oregon’s run
ning game. The Ducks gained only 31
yards rushing on 29 attempts.
Oregon tailback Tony Cherry
characterized the defeat that reminded
someone of the recent Keagan-Mondaie
presidential election.
"We collapsed,” said Cherry. “I think
w'e looked a little ahead of ourselves.”
The Ducks only have one thing to look
for next week, the season finale against
OSIJ at Corvallis in the annual Civil War
clash.
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