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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
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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.
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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
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