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
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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)
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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
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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
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