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OregonDailyEmerald Sports Ducks hold off ASU _i Oregon builds another big first-half lead on its way to win By Steve Mims Oregon OatV t mettud This time Oregon was able to hold a lead. Barely. The Ducks (4-2 overall, 1-2 in the Pacific-10 conference) built up another big early lead Satur day night at Arizona State and then let the Sun Devils back in the game before bolding on to win 45-36. Oregon quarterback Danny O'Neil had another monster game for the Ducks, completing 25 of 41 passes for a career-high 364 yards and four touchdowns. O'Neil secured the win when hi! found tight end Willy Tate on a 14-yard touchdown pass with four minutes left in the game. Oregon's offense exploded early as the Ducks took a 31-7 lead late in the first half. O'Neil got the Ducks on the scoreboard when he threw a 34-yard touch down pass to Dameron Ricketts on the Ducks' first possession. Oregon kicker Tommy Thomp son stretched the lend to 10-0 on Oregon's next possession with a 35-yard field goal. Arizona State started true freshman fake Plummer at quar terback, and he looked impres sive early when he connected on all four pass attempts on the Sun Devils' second possession. The final completion was a 20-yard touchdown pass to Steve Bush. Oregon's Sean Burwell gave the Ducks great field position when he took the ensuing kick off 63 yards to the Arizona State 27 yard line. Four plays later Burwell took the bull over the right tackle from the one yard line to give the Ducks a 17-7 lead. O’Neil threw touchdown passes to Cristin Mcl.emore and Ricketts in the second quarter to give the Ducks a 31-10 lead at halftime. The lead and pace of the game resembled Oregon's game at California two weeks ago when the Golden Bears r recovered from a 30-0 deficit to boat the Ducks 42-41 The second half continued the pattern of the Cal game, ns Ari zona State recovered a fumble deep in Oregon territory and scored three plays later on a five-vard run by Mario Bates. Oregon was forced to punt on its next possession but Thomp son had the attempt blocked and Kendall Rhyne returned it 13 yards to cut Oregon's lead to 31 24 with 10:31 left in the third quarter. Burwell scored again from one yard out, lifting the Ducks lead back up to 38-24. hut Ari zona State got another touch down and a field goal to get within two points at 38-36 in the fourth quarter. When the Sun Devils got the ball back, they moved it to their own 42-yard line when Oregon linebacker Bryon Rockwell forced Bates to fumble, and the Dm ks‘ Alex Molden recovered it at the Arizona State 48 yard line. Five plays later. Oregon put the game away when O'Neil found Tate for the final points of the game. Tate, who has overcome nag ging injuries that limited him early in the season, finished the game with nine catches for 124 yards and the touchdown. Ri< k etts, a rodshirt freshman, entered the game with only two catches this year, but caught five passes Saturday for 78 yards and two scores. Oregon needed the passing game Saturday, as the Ducks wore able to gain only 73 yards on the ground. Burwell gained 50 of those yards, but needed 20 carries to do so Arizona State's ground game took some of the pressure off of Plummer, as the Sun Devils gained 142 yards, including 111 bv Bates The game was a must-win for each team, as the loser had lit tle hope for the year at 0-3 in the conference. The win put the Ducks at 1-2 in the conference and breathed new life into the season, giving the Ducks momentum heading into next weekend's game at Washington. 1 REBATES* From Chevron up,„$40 back on a set of a four Atlas* tires. !| Grt$g 00 back on an Atlas Premium Power battery. Get $5 00 back on lube-oil fllter service. Stop by our station during Chevron's "New Tire Celebration” rebates. But hurry, offer ends November 30, 1993. at Qwvron 1 van drpradiag m taf af Ada M c Mot U1 aod Alias OU HI Trademark. Kbm 'mppb <<* Sherlock's Chevron Chevron TZHSSZr 484-0446 Please Recycle This Paper Arizona beats Stanford to go 6-0 Tl'((SON. An/ (AP) • Steve Mi l-niighhn knew what it was like to have a gaum riding on his right foot Now tin' Arizona ku ker knows what it s like to win it. His 27-vnrd field goal ns time expired capped the llth-rnnked Wildiarta'oome-from-behind 27 24 victory .Saturday night over Stanford in a turnover-filled game Hut Mclamghlin, a junior who missed two last minute field goals a year ago that cost Arizona victories, may have hooted another kick just ns important 7.1 seconds earlier — a rugby-style punt. The ball rolled 55 yards to the Stanford 14 yard line with 1:16 remaining and the score tied 24-24 Three plays Inter, with 41) seconds to go, Akil Jackson sat ked Stanford's Steve Stenstrom and Spent er Wray recovered the fumbled hall at the Cardinal's H After three quarterhac k keepers, McLaughlin killed Ins first game-w inner to txiost Arizona to its twist -ever start at li t) (1-0 in the Pac-10) Stanford fell to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in the Pacif ic-10 Conference. "I've been in that situation before, and that most i ertainly helped me," said Mcl-aughlin. who also kicked <1 50 yard field goal in the third quarter to tic the game 17-17 after Arizona had trailed 17-0 early in the second quarter The Wildcats went ahead 7-117 late in the third peri ixl, Arizona i oach Dick Tomes , who had huddled his entire team around hint on the sideline after Stenstrom found juslin Armour fora lft-yard touchdown on the first play of the second quar ter, said "We needed a game like this because you find out what you're made of. There's not nun h difference between Stanford anil us.'' Arizona, the nation's leader in total and rush ing defense, gave up 347 total yards, but only ‘IH of those in the second half Hilary Roberts had pulled the Cardinal back into a 7-17-1 tie on a seven-yard torn hdown run, ending a 74-yard drive with 17 4,1 remaining Stenstrom completed 30 of 47 passes, but the Cardinal managed only eight rushing yards in 77 carries against the nation's strongest defense against the run Hut Arizona managed only 740 total yards Turn to ARIZONA. Page 1-1 •AAA*A********** WUNDERLAND —■£ “f«*— S«h STREET ^ 1 e PUBLIC MARKET | VIDEO W! q<»! L°^s 683-8464 . “ 1 VIDEO AOVENTURJ ' i VAU.I V WVf A Pi.A/A ; ‘ I 4n mi ua j RT ll »V¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥« | One coupon pet ptm-haso ■ :■ 1 lelivei, Illy : '.unpu . !,'<■ i y.Iv jKxpttes 12/3Q/93 I IJ 687-8600 SPEND A YEAR IN JAPAN! 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