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Duck offense returns to beat WSU
By Stave Mims
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The return to form of Danny O'Neil. and the
return of some familiar faces to the Orison offense,
kept the Ducks postseason hopes alive with a 4fi
23 win over Washington State Saturday
O'Neil put the six interceptions he threw last
week against Washington out of his mind and had
another spectacular performance for Oregon fho
junior quarterback completed of 27 passes for
327 yards, three touchdowns and no inters options.
O'Neil said he put the Washington game out of his
mind last Saturday, anti proved that to he true
against the Cougars.
"Danny proved he can bounce back from adver
sity." Oregon head coach Rii h Brooks said "I
didn't have any reason not to expect Danny O'Neil
to play very, very well today."
Oregon's backfield got additional boosts from
the return of running back Ricky Whittle and full
back Juan Shedrick. Whittle had carried the ball
only eight times in the last three games but had
lb carries on Saturday in place of Sean Burwell.
who sprained his ankle in the first half. Whittle
was everywhere for the Ducks on Saturday, rush
ing for 52 yards, catching five passes for 77 yards
and returning two kickoffs for 77 yards
"Sean Burwell was hurt, and they needed some
body to catch those balls." Whittle said "i had to
step up and take the reins from him sine e he was
hurt."
Shedrick gave the Dm ks a boost with ten yards
rushing, but more important was the inspirational
role he played.
"It was very electric." Whittle said about the
return of Shedrick. "We know he has lo lie in there
because of the things he does."
Shedrick missed the last three games after suf
fering an elbow injury against California and
wasn't expected lo see time on Saturday. Brooks
said he decided to play Shedrick on Thursday after
the team doctors examined him
Thf game was not decided until the fourth quar
ter when Oregon put 21 points on the hoard The
Ducks held a tentative 25-17 lead nine seconds
into the fourth quarter A holding penalty gave the
Ducks a se< ond down and -1 yards at their own 12
yard line, hut O'Neil found Whittle on a short pass
that the sophomore took 30 yards for the first
down
Whittle gained 1 l yards on the next play fol
lowed by another short pass by O'Neil, this tune to
Cristin Me I.emore, that the receiver turned into 0
23- vard gain to the Washington State 23-vard line
Whittle powered his wav 11 yards on the next
play, and two ploys later running hat k Dino
l’hiiyow scored from three yards out behind hhx ks
by center Tom Curran, guard brie Barnes and
Shedrick
Phllyaw is another one of the Ducks who
stepped up his performance Saturday The junior
college transfer run the ball only twice and caught
two passes on offense, hut he turned around and
played defensive bat k. a position that has been
decimated by injuries
Washington State came right back after the
Philvnw touchdown to score on a four-yard tout h
down pass to Keith Reynolds, cutting Oregon's
lead to 32-23 with fi:55 left in the game.
Washington State appeared to make the big play
ol the game when the ensuing kit kolf was short,
and Washington State recovered it at the Oregon
24- yard line However, the Cougars were offsides
on the play and had to kick again
“We had our hands team on the field," Brooks
said. "The ball bounced backwards I was not
pleased, hut 1 was very pleased when I saw the tel
low flag ."
Oregon got the resulting kit koff and rather than
try to run out the clock. Oregon went on tin* offen
sive O'Neil found Mi I.emore on the second play
of the drive for a gain of 35 yards to Washington
State's 15-yard line. Two plays later. Mcl.nmore
took a reverse from O'Neil and tossed <i five-yam
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Oregon running back Ricky Whittle high-stepped his way to 52 yards
rushing In Oregon’s 46-23 win over Washington State Saturday.
Ducks party past WAZZU
By Dave Charbonneau
If Saturday's game between
Oregon and Washington Statu
wore a campus party, it would
have been a successful one:
bvnryhody was s< oring
The [lucks distributed the
wealth in their 4h J.t win over
the Cougars Saturday at Aut/en
Stadium All six of Oregon's
touchdowns were scored by
someone different as the Ducks
kept Washington State's highly
touted defense off balance the
entire day.
"We have a lot of weapons on
offense. I think that's very obvi
ous." head coach Rich Brooks
said "I'm really pleased the hall
is being spread around because
it makes it difficult for defenses
to zero in and take our offense
away by concentrating on one or
two people
The Ducks piled up 430 yards
against the Cougar defense,
which came into the game
ranked sixtfi in the nation,
allowing only 274 yards a game.
Oregon quarterback Danny
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O'Neil destroyed Washington
Stall' s secondary throwing for
\17 yards and throw touch
downs A ftost of Duck running
hm ks combined for more than
100 yards rushing against the
No l rushing defense in the
nation (tho Cougars wore giving
up loss than fit) yards a gatin' on
tlu> ground).
Three Oregon receivers caught
tom hdown passes, and one
receiver threw for onti. Two run
ning fiacks ran for tout hdowns,
another was on thn receiving
end of a score and two Ducks
had thtur first touchdowns in
Oregon uniforms
Thu Ducks threw bomhs. ran a
couple trick plays, tossed a few
screens and quite simply embar
rassed the Cougars' defense,
putting a severe dent in their
howl game aspirations.
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