SPORTS
Musgrave vs. Detmer a big draw
By Ashley Conklin
EmeiakJ Sports Editor
Thu largest crowd to over see a sporting event
in the state could lie on hand Saturday at Autzen
Stadium when Oregon Hnd Brigham Young hook
up in a nationally televised game by ABC.
Last season's Oregon State-Oregon Civil War
game drew 4li,OH7 fans, the largest Autzen crowd
ever and the largest crowd to ever sr*e a sporting
event in Oregon However, that figure could like
ly las topped when the fourth-ranked Cougars
meet the Ducks
Oregon's Sjrorts Information Department said
late Tuesday only 200 reserved seats were left for
the 12 :1H p m. contest and all general admission
tickets were gone when the ticket office closed.
Approximately 2.000 standing room tickets
were still available after the ticket office closed
and student tickets were completely gone. How
ever, students will Ire able to purchase special
standing room tickets for St> when the ticket of
fice opens at 0 a m. today.
The excitement over Saturday's BYU-Oregon
game began building after last year's game when
the Cougars rallied to Ireat the Ducks 45-41 in
Provo. Utah Oregon led Tl-14 at one point and
quarterbacks Ty Detmer and Bill Musgrave put on
a record show for the (Cougar Stadium crowd.
Musgrave threw for 489 yards to set the current
Oregon single-name passing record while Detmer
hud 470 yards The 959 combined yards set an
NCAA record for two opposing players while
both set another NCAA record with 900 yards of
total offense.
Saturday's game promises to he another high
scoring shootout with two of the Irest quarter
backs in the nation leading the way
Detmer. the early-season Hntsman Trophy fa
vorite. leads an offense that tops the nation in
passing offense (438.8 yards per game) and is sec
ond in total offense (5t>2.8 yards per game) The
Cougars also average 42.5 points per game
The Ducks' offense fell off a little in this week's
NCAA statistics after their 22-17 loss to Arizona.
However. Oregon is still 17th in passing offense.
13th in total offense and also averages 38 points
per contest.
Musgrave lias already broken the Autzen Stadi
um record for most passing yardage and most to
tal offense with 443 and 408 yards, respectively,
in the Ducks' season-opener against San Diego
State.
This will be Oregon's first nationally televised
game since Nov. 5, 1988 when UCLA defeated
Oregon 10-fiat Autzen Stadium. Brent Musberger
and Dick Vermeil will call the action from Autzen
Saturday with Mark Jones reporting from the
sidelines.
Women fifth after first day
The women’s golf team,
hosting the Oregon Wom
en’s Golf Invitational at the
Royal Oaks Country Club in
Vancouver. Wash., was fifth
after the first day of competi
tion Monday.
The 54-hole tournament
continued through Tuesday
and will conclude today
Tuesday's results were un
available at press time.
Arizona, last year’s Pacif
ic-10 Conference runner-up
led after the first day. hold
ing a four-stoke lead over
UCLA, last year's NCAA
runner-up The Wildcats
shot a six-over par 302 while
the Bruins shot a 306.
The Ducks, led by Lynn
Yonemoto. were 34 strokes
of the lead Monday Oregon
fired a first-day 336 with
Yonemoto recording an 81.
Yonemoto was tied for 14th,
individually.
Leigh Hornung was the
next best Duck duffer with
an 83 lo tie for 23rd place
Monday. Starla Yamada.
Beth Manczak and Nancy
Crawford were all tied for
30th with 85s. Teammates
Uiura Bloyhl and Leigh Ca
sey also fired a 91 and a 93.
respectively. Bley hi was
■12nd while Casey was tied
for 43 rd.
Arizona's Debbie Parks
was the individual leader af
ter Monday’s play, firing a
two-under par 72. The Wild
cats had three other golfers
finish in the top 10.
Annika Sorenstam and
Metle llageman tied for
third with 70s while Wildcat
teammate Susan Slaughter
shoot a 78. tying her for
eighth. Slaughter was the
NCAA champion a year ago.
UCLA was led by Debbie
Koyama who finished sec
ond Monday, notching a 73.
Men s cross country team ranked sixth in poll
The Oregon men's cross
country team was again in the
nation's Top 20 poll this week
as the Ducks hold down the
number six spot.
Coach Bill Dellinger's team is
the top-ranked Pacific-10 Con
ference team in the poll while
two other Pac-10 schools
cracked the Top 20 rankings
Washington was ranked
eighth in the (Hill released
Tuesday while Arizona
checked in at number nine. The
Hig 10 Conference was the only
other conference with three
schools in the Top 20
Iowa holds down the number
one spot this week while Ar
kansas and Wisconsin are sec
ond and third, respectively.
After winning the Inner a Id
City Invitational in Seattle last
Saturday. Oregon will be back
in action this weekend, com
peting in the Mountain West
Classic in Missoula. Mont. The
Ducks' seven entries in the
meet are expected to be Colin
Dalton, Pat Haller. Andy Maris.
Rick Mestler. Mike Shannon.
Colden Baxter and Shannon
I minora.
Meanwhile, Oregon’s vol
leyball team again received
votes for the coaches NCAA .
poll and the Tachikara/AVCA
polls, but were unable to make
either Top 20.
The Ducks were one of five
schools receiving 10 votes or
more for the Tachikara poll
while being one of nine schools
that received votes but didn't
make the coaches poll.
Coach Gerry Gregory's team
returns to action this weekend
with matches against UCLA
and USC in lx>s Angeles. UCLA
is the top-ranked team in the
f'achikara poll and second in
the coaches poll.
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