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FOOTBALL ORfGON VS ARIZONA STATE ASU leads series 10-5 1994 OREGON 34 10 1993 Oregon 45 36 1992 OREGON 30 20 1991 ARIZONA STATE 24 21 1990 OREGON 27-7 1989 Oregon 27 7 1988 Arizona Slate 21-20 1987 ARIZONA STATE 37 17 1986 Arizona Slate 37-17 1984 Arizona Stale 44 10 1982 Arizona Stale 34 3 1981 ARIZONA STATE 24 0 1980 ARIZONA STATE 42-38 1973 Arizona Stale 26-20 1966 ARIZONA STATE 14 10 «•»»!•• k»«a it*M 1995 OREGON SCHEDULE Sept 2 Oregon 27 Ulan 20 10 Oregon 34 Illinois 31 16 Oregon 38 UCt A 31 23 Stanford 28 Oregon 21 Oct 7 Oregon 45 Pacific 7 14 Oiegon 52 California 30 21 Oregon 26 WSU 7 28 Arizona Slate 1 p m Nov 4 at Washington 12 30 p m 11 at Anzona 7pm 18 Oregon Slate 1 p m PAC 10 GAMES California at UCLA Stanford at Oregon Stale Arizona ai Washington St USC at Washington PAC 10 STANDINGS 6-1 5-2 6 1 5-2 4 2-1 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 5 1-6 OREGON RANKS USC 40 Washington 4 0 Oregon 3-1 UCLA 22 Stanford 2-2 Washington St 2-2 Arizona 1-3 Arizona St 1-3 California 1-3 Oiegon St 0-4 10th m rushing defense (104 4) nih in total offense (291 1) 15th in passing efficiency on defense 14th in scoring (34 7) 15th in passing (278 7) 24th m total offense (430 4) 10th in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll 12th m the CNN/USA Today Top 25 Poll WHO TO WATCH •Oiegon quarterback Tony Graziam is ranked ninth in the nation m total otfense (276 5) •Oregon flanker Cristm McLemore is ranked 19th in lecievmg yardage (91 7) •Arizona State quarterback Jake Plummer is 48th m the nation in total offense (192 9) m nr’5 * m EMC RAID Th# last lime Oregon faced Arizona Stale the Ducks’ rush defense was superb, holding the Sun Devils to 87 yards on the ground. Ducks and Devils to duke it out Saturday ■ PREVIEW: Oregon meets An/ona State in latest must-win game By Andrea DeYoung Thu Duds tin k llu* Sun Devils on Saturday, and are looking for another win in their quest for the Paciflc-10 Conforence Champi onship, Oregon is ranked loth in the nation by the Associated Press poll, with a tv 1 overall record Although Arizona State comes in with a 3-4 overall and 1-3 con ference record, Oregon does not see this game as an easy win Mead coach Mike Bellotti said that the Ducks cannot overlook Arizona State "We have to play good foot ball," Bellotti said. "We've talked about it ever since the Stanford game. We have to respect our opponents, stay hungry, and play foO minutes of football. That’s true no matter who we play. 'I fear Arizona State as much as 1 fear anybody else in this league I think they're capable of treating anybody and certainly 1 think it's going to take our best effort and I believe that our play ers understand that.” With many Ducks still injured, the team will have to step up and play a strong game in order to better their 3-1 Pac-10 record. Sophomore comerbar.k Kenny COMPARING OFFENSES Season Offensive Statistics A$U —y On Ofgjon f m 4 Rushing Offense Passing Offense _ Of soon OEmnsnx Wheaton is probably the most significant loss for the Ducks He underwent surgery on Monday to nqiuir tendons in hts right mid dle Huger and is not expected to return for at least a week. Senior defensive end Troy Bai ley, who has been out with a knee injury, is listed as ques tionable for the game Also list mi as questionable is sophomore fullback Aaron jelks, who has a stress fracture .Senior strong safe ty Dante Lewis is most likely out with a sprained ankle; and sophomore kicker Matt Belden, who has not played since injur ing his kicking leg in the first game, is listed as “strictly doubt ful;" according to Bellotti. As usual, the rest of the team will be exp«< ted to concentrate on doing what it takes to win the game against the Sun Devils. With key games against Wash ington and Arizona aiming in the next two weeks. Saturday’s game is almost a must-win game. But, Bellotti said, the key to a win would be to focus. "We've talked about the fact that obviously we have to play one game at a time," Bellotti said, "and the game that we play this weekend is Arizona State We've repeated that everyday to the team. We talked about the fact that we need to lie focused and if we are not able to focus then we will not accomplish what we want to do." Oregon will be watching out for certain Sun Devils |unior quarterback Jake Plummer is ranked -tHth in the nation in total offense Bellotti called him "maybe the most dangerous quar terback we'll face " junior wide receiver Keith Poole, averaging about 9t yards a game, is con sidered a "breakaway threat" by Bellotti. The Ducks hope to con tain not only Plummer and Poole, but also the running game "They're going to run the bail." Bellotti said. "They're a power team. In that sense, they create great play-action opportunities and we just hope to limit the run ning game.” After a poor offensive outing last week against the Cougars, scoring [joints will be important for the Ducks. Of the 28 points that Oregon scored versus Wash ington State, Gang Green scored 14 Senior tailback Kicky Whit tle. one of Oregon's most potent weapons, was double-covered by the Gougar defense and was held to season-low yardage. Uellotti found that the ineffe* tiveness of the [mssing helped the Cougars concentrate on attacking the running backs. This week, he says, things will be different "We're working every week as we do on a combination of fun damentals and a now scheme to present to Arizona State," Bel iotti said. "Most likely a differ ent way to attack them with similar plays and different harks "I think that some of the tilings that caused us not to complete those passes are correctable and some of the problems we hud with the running game are cor rectable. Those are things that we have demonstrated in the past and I feel that we can demon strate this week.” The defense will once again have to deal with a secondary shuffle. Only senior free safety Issac Walker has started all sev en games for the Ducks. Junior comerbacka LuiMont Woods and Ronnie Gipson and senior free Turn to PREVIEW, Pape 4B
