Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, October 20, 1992, Page 8, Image 8

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Oregon Daily
Emerald Sports
AT&T gives award to Duck kicker
By Steve Mims
Emaiaid Spoils Repoi!»'
Oregon kickar Tommy
Thompson added another
awurd to Ins trophy case this
week when hr was named tin’
recipient of the AT&T Long
Distance "field goal" award for
tns performance in the Uuihs
2-4-:t loss to Washington Salur
day
Thompson, a junior from
Lompoc, f.’alif, kit ked a 5fi
yard field goal in the fourth
quarter of the Ducks' defeat to
claim the award Thu 50-yard
kit k is the second longest in
Oregon history, trailing only
Kov Oeiger's 57-yard knk in
t\»77 Thompson's kiik came
, afte r he missed a 51-yard at
‘ tempt earlier in the game
The award is Thompson's
third uf tho your. following iwu
Pacific-lt) Conference special
teams player <i! the week
awards
The Pat 10 first awarded
Thompson tin; spot ini ton ms
prize after the Ducks' lO-lll vit
lory over Texas l et h in Sep
ientbet Thtimpstrn kicked the
first three field goals of Ills ca
reer and an extra point against
the Ked Raiders, net minting lor
10 of (he Ducks' points
Two weeks later in the
Ducks’ :i()-20 victory over Ari
zona State. Thompson ton mat
ed on five of six field goals, in
cluding one from SI yards The
five field goals tied tho all-time
Oregon record for field goals in
a game
"Ho is tho most talented kick
er 1 have over toadied." Ore
gon head couch Rich Brooks
si)td "And ihul inc:!u(i«'s my
years in the NI L ”
Thompson signed with Ore
gon In the (illI ot 1940. follow
ing tin outstanding i areer .0
Lompoc High School
During his Ireshrmin cam
paign with the Du< ks, I honip
son averaged 4(M> yards per
pun! During the 1991 season,
Thompson's averaged dropped
to 37 <1 yards per punt, but his
71 punts were returned lor only
77 yards
This season Thompson has
connected on 11 of his 111 field
goal attempts and is ranked
15th in the country in punting
AT&T hus donated 400 dol
lars to the NCAA's Degree
Completion Scholarship fund.
Thompson will bo awarded an
engraved plaque in recognition
of die achievement
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Sunday's performances in
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both the men's and women's
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top JO rankings of teams in
the nation.
The men's team is ranked
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ning the Drentii Memorial,
defeating previously sixth
ranked Notre Dame The
Fighting Irish's second -place
finish at the race dropped
them six places to No \2
The womun's team is
ranked eighth in the weekly
coaches {Kill alter finishing
second to Wisconsin at the
Dronth Memorial. The Bad
gers remained No. 3.
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