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Sports San Diego Continued from Page 20A up the middle for 19 more, giv ing the Aztecs a first down at their own 44-yard line with 53 seconds to play. Santos threw the ball out of hounds to stop the clock at 47 seconds, then went back to pass again, looking toward the right sideline. But defensive end Matt Brock flushed Santos out of the pocket, and the senior signal-caller turned upfield After carrying the hall all the way down to the Oregon 33, Santos appeared to fumble the ball out of bounds, right in front of the Oregon coaches. The of ficials determined, however, that Santos fumbled inten tionally to stop the clock, and whistled him for an illegal for ward pass Oregon defensive coordinator Denny Shuler was right on top of the play with Brooks on the sideline, and he agreed with the call. ‘‘There’s no question he threw it; as soon as it happened Rich (Brooks, Oregon head coach) called it,” Shuler said Santos had a different ver sion. "When 1 went to the sideline, someone knocked the ball loose from behind. No way did 1 do it intentionally,” he fumed after the game. The penalty carried with it loss of down, and suddenly the Aztecs were faced with a third and-16 from their own 39. Another Santos incompletion made it fourth down, and when linebacker Bjarne Jensen made a solo open-field tackle on Hewitt three yards shy of the first down to preseve the second-half shutout, the outcome was sealed. After the first 30 minutes, vic tory was anything but certain SDSU racked up 244 yards of of fense on its way to a 20-16 halftime advantage, and the Aztecs’ anemic ground game produced 74 yards to keep the Duck defense off balance. The Ducks, who had hoped to get the running game on track against a defense that had sur rendered an average of over 250 yards a game on the ground, managed just 46 yards rushing in the first half. Only the big-play passing of Musgrave kept the Ducks close. Billy the Kid gunned touchdown strikes of 33 yards to senior J.J. Birden and 30 yards to Green, and wound up with 147 first-half passing yards on just six completions All the Ducks' points came after SDSIJ turnovers The Ducks had six first-half possesions, three of which end ed with Jan Cespedes punts, and Musgrave suffered his first interception of the season to kill another at the SDSIJ 25-yard line. Green was the intended receiver on the interception, but tight end loe Meerten also was in the area. Green, unsure the pass was intended for him, was slow to react. The ball hit him in the hands, bounced up, and Aztec safety Lyndon Early came up with it to kill the drive. Green would later atone for that mistake, and then some The Rocket Man finished with four catches, good for 70 yards and two TDs. He also caught a two-point conversion pass from Musgrave after his first score, and that play set up the game winner later on. “When I lined up, (Moses) was on the outside, and I think he was thinking about the two point conversion, when I went to the corner.” Green recalled “I gave him a move that way and he took it, then he slipped and it was all over.” In the locker room at the half. Shuler told his troops to tighten things up. but stayed with his Turn to Aztecs, Page 30A an° FURNISHINGS POSTERS 4 JEWELRY Formerly PAPER TRADERS ANNEX 164 W Broadwav ^Downtown Mall) 343-3622 I rh.iln bt I Van M twain Defensive end Mall Brock (92) gels SDSV quarterback Todd Santos in his sights. Sanlos eluded the rush and scrambled 22 yards to the Oregon 33 yard line, but officials charged him with an il legal forward pass to nullify the gain SUMMER COMPUTER SALE! /AMIGA 500 Tlw i699 LEADING EDGE* Model MD" tft ulMt •mj" IBM (,onx>Nrt# Syatom WYSE286 AT as low *1975 Authorized Sales WYSE • Toshiba • Amiga • Delta • and Service Leading Edge • Novell • Panasonic firoet Prices Products Service i SMppWt Delta Vtllaae Mall (Haiti* El Taritat) 342-1298 -asm. Recreation Centei /Nr l I hope these books get to who lost them S 1 Fall Hours Mon.-Thurs. 9 am to 11 pm Friday 9 am to 12:30 am Sat.-Sun. Noon to 11 pm welcome Students Your Recreation Center will be open everyday all term. E&bFTT'i We are also the campus lost and found. LOCATED GROUND FLOOR IN THE EMU
