Oregon Daily
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1994
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 96, ISSUE 60
Oregon 17, Oregon Stale 1 *
CIVIL WAR
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Victory:
Ducks beat
Beavers and
win the
Conference
Chris Mett
QfQQOfi D&tiy Eftyfrotcl
It's finally over. Oregon fans (an now take a
breather after the Dm ks put the finishing touch
es on their gem of a season, not only earning
their first trip to the Rose Howl in 17 years hut
winning the Par-10 outright in the process
The Ducks finished the season 9-3, marking
the first time an Oregon team has won nine
games since 1948 And while I l.LAs win over
use: would have put the Ducks in the Rose
Howl regardless of Saturday's Civil War out
tome. the 17-13 coma-from-behind victory over
Oregon State makes the thought of Pasadena in
January that much better
"It wouldn't have meant as much if we
wouldn’t have beaten our arch-rivals to go to the
Rose Bowl," Oregon linebacker Rich Ruhl said.
Everything eventually fell into place for the
Dm ks in 1994 after a rocky start to say the least
Oregon won its last six games and eight of its
last nine to turn around a season seemingly on
a one-way trip to a second-straight postseason
less campaign.
"A nine-win season — there have not been a
lot of those in Oregon football hlstorv." Oregon
head coach Rich Hrooks said "I think this team
has etched themselves into the history books at
the University of Oregon."
Oregon will Ik* making its first trip to the pres
tigious bowl commonly dubbed the “Gramldad
dy of Them All" since a 1958 match up with
Ohio State and will be making only its fourth
Rose Howl appearance ever.
"The biggest bowl of them all. and the Oregon
Dui ks are going to it." Oregon its eiver Dameron
Ricketts said. "The nation is shot ked, every
body is shocked."
What makes this title all the sweeter fur the
Ducks is the fact that they, an Oregon team,
have won the conference title outright only once
before.
"We don't have to share the championship
with anybody.” Hrooks said. "That's really
nice."
"Oregon teams aren’t supposed to go (to the
Rose Howl), and no one expects them to go,"
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Oregon head
football coach
Rich Brooks Is
lifted by play
ers celebrat
ing Saturday's
Civil War win
OAHY QHASS/1"*,**!
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University students Kate Oyer and Gordy Seeley arrived at the Casano
va Center at 9 p.m. Saturday night to be first in line for tickets.
Students camp out for Rose Bowl tickets
Pasadena: Many of fhe University
football backers brave freezing weather
to wait for Rose Bowl tickets
Abe Estlmada
Oregon Daffy Crrmtak}
Immediately after the University's Rose Bowl
clinching victory over rival Oregon State, Gordv
Seeley and Kate Dyer put on Five layers of (lothiug,
gathered their down sleeping hags and headed
straight to the Casanova Center to buy tickets.
"It was a spur of the moment decision," said See
ley , o senior majoring in advertising. "It was actu
ally her idea to come out because we knew they'd
lie lining up (for tickets)."
Seeley and Dyer got to the doorway of the Casano
va Center at 9 p in. Saturday night. Nobody else was
there,
"it was just us and two security guards for two
and a half hours." Seeley said ''Cars would honk
and drive by and we'd wave to them."
As the temperature dropjxtd into the twenties Sut
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(lav morning. Se«ley
and Dy«r worn jotnad
i>v four more fans tnirly
unough to survnc tln>
frigid weathdr
Bui bv Sunday night, aver 2500 Du« k fans
Itesieged (hti Casanova Center eager for tickets and
a trip south to Pasadena. As the sun was going
down, car loads of green and yellow faithful con
tinued to pull into tht! parking lot of Autzen Sia
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