MONDAY
November 13, 1995
SPORTS WEEKEND
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD
Oregon (16) 17
Arizona 13
Southern Cal (11) 28
Oreqon St 10
Washington 38
UCLA 14
Anzona St 38
California 29
Stanford 36
Washington St. 24
Air Force 38
Army 20
Nebraska 41
Kansas 3
Rutgers 45
Tulane 40
Ohio State 41
Illinois 3
Northwestern 31
Iowa 20
WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
the (Ire gon w evhall team dropped a
(Htir of games to Washington ami
Washington Start’ this weekend
! Karl Kesko p%n ed the men’s cross
(country team at the District VIII meet
by placing first individually
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NFL SCORES
San Francisco 38
Dallas
Ni*w England
Miami
Cincinnati
Houston
Detroit
Tampa Bay
Seattle
Jacksonville 30
Ducks’ dismantling of Desert Swarm leads to 17-13 win
■ FOOTBALL: Oregon's
rushing attack gams 195
yards against the Pac-10's
No 1 defense
By Mark McTyre
Assistant Sports Editor
Thu Oregon football team
moved one stop closer to finish
ing the season with a 9-2 record
— the liest I Kick Finish since 19-tH
— with a 17-13 victory over the
Arizona Wildcats Saturday.
The Ducks dismantled Desert
Swarm via the legs of tailbiu k
Kicky Whittle as he racked up 11)7
yards on the ground and another
27 yards receiving leading to a
touchdown Whittle raised his nil
purpose yardage total to 1.M7 yds
for the season, breaking Sean Bur
well's record of t ,6 11 in 1990
At the start of the game, it didn't
look like the Ducks' offense would
be able to move the ball as Ari
zona's defense kept quarterback
Tony Craziani and company silent
in the first quarter, giving the Wild
i ate' offense good Held position
The Wildcats' first scoring dri
ve began at their own 45-yard line
after an Oregon punt. After three
plays that gained the Wildcats
mint yards, quartarbm.k Dnn White
cornier ted with tight end Milre
I.uckv on a 40-yard pass on fourth
down and one at the Oregon 4f4
yard line Four plays later Arizona
scored on a Gary Taylor one-yard
touchdown run
The Arizona offense got the hall
hack again prior to the end of the
quarter off of an interception by
its defense at the Wildcats' tt> yard
line The drive ended on a 50-yanl
field goal by kii kur Jon Prasuhn
lu the s*s ond quarter, the Dm ks
finally found a way to beat the
defense that had shut them down
throughout the opening quarter
and that way was called Whittle
On the eight-play touchdown dri
vi«, Whittle had something to do
with four of tht'in. In the drive, the
tailback compiled six yards on thn
ground and 18 through thn air
Whittle scored thn touchdown on
a one-yard carry.
Oregon would scorn again
before the t mi luaion of the half,
tying the game on a 19-yard field
goal by ku kar Joshua Smith
In the third quarter, thn Wild
cats strut k first, breaking thn to
ll) tie with a 17-yard field goal
after a 10 (day urge stalled
On thn ensuing kn koff, the
Ducks started at their own 17-ynrd
lint- At tht! Imginningof the oight
play. Bit yard touchdown drive,
tho Oregon offense looked to its
back Raid to things started
Tho first play wont to Whittlo
for throw yards and then on sin
ond down Gra/iani hit fullback
A | h'lks on nn night yard screen
p iss for a first down The Dm ks
wont Ink k to Whittlo on tho dri
ve's next play ns ho rumbled for
t't yards
After using other members of
tho offense to gain yardage, the
game-winning sc:ore came on a
five-yard pass to Jelkx
Eugene beats
Toreros in
home opener
■ HOCKEY: Led by Darren
Naylor’s hat trick, the Snowcats
wm their franchise opener
By Mark McTyre
As;. i!itni Sports (Mot
The Eugene Snowcats kicked off the
North American Professional Hockey
League's (NAL) inaugural season in
winning and brawling fashion on 1 ri
day with a &-6 vie torv over the visiting
Mexico City Toreros at Lane County Ice
Arena.
Entering th« game, Eugene heed
coach Dave Dupas said that his team
was expecting a game filled with con
frontations He was right
In the first period, the saving "I went
to a fight and a hockey game broke out"
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Friday night's game, the Eugene Snowcats franchise opener, was highlighted by a full line brawl near the end of the first period Eugene
goalie Scott Humphrey and Toreros' defenseman Link Gaeli were both ejected following the fight. Eugene beat Mexico City 9-6.
Ducks turn in a dominating performance at regional meet
■ CROSS COUNTRY: Oregon heads for the
NCAA Championships in Iowa next weekend
By Pete Schneider
Sports R&porte*
Tlit* Orttguu wuiiitn\ uun"» country i1* gviin§ full stiuirn
abend to the National Championships after a dominating
perfonnani e at the District VII Meet
The fourth-ranked Ducks assured themselves an invi
tation to the NCAA championships with perhaps the
best team outing of the season. Oregon scored :i7 points,
with four runners placing in the top 10. The Ducks, who
prevailed at the Pacific-10 Conference meet by a slim
margin two weeks ago, easily t ruised to .i'vk tori on Sat
urday in the 20-team race. Stanford ended up H points
behind the Ducks in second place, followed by Arizona
(75). Washington (80). and UCLA! 1h:i).
"We wanted to beat Stanford ami Arizona at region
als so that we could go into nationals feeling confident,"
saiti senior Melody Fairchild, who finished fifth in indi
viduals competition. "We )>eat them by such a huge mar
gin that we proved to the Pac-10 that we are the best on
the west const We're ready ti> go to nationals and con
cern ourselves with doing well there."
Oregon and Stanford received automate bids to the
NCAA meet with their first and second place finishes
Arizona and Washington are now on the hobble for
selection to the big meet, but have to wait until Tues
day for an at-large bid.
In the individual competition on Saturday. Arizona's
freshman phoneme Amy Skieresz rm ed to victory by six
seconds over Oregon senior Jenna Carlson Junior Mile
na Glusat. finished eighth, and freshman Marie Davis
(ninth) joined Carlson and Fairchild m the top ten for the
Ducks
Several Oregon runners are hitting their stride at just
the right time Glusac has been hampered with an assort
ment of ailments this season, including a mysterious
fatigue related illness She seems to be over her sick
nesses and ready to return to her two-time All-American
form.
Davis, who had a break out performance at the Pac-10
meet, continued her improvement for her first top-ten
finish of the year Junior Niamh Zwaggerman and sopho
more Rosy Gardner also turntid Improved performances,
finishing 15 and 20, reaper .lively.
"I think wo ant running our host at tint und of tint soa
son," Oregon head <oat h Tom Hoinonen said "Rosy.
Niamh and Milena who all felt they < ould run Ixiltor
than they did at the Pnc-10 meet did run hotter. We
were clearly better at the regional* than at the Poc !0
meet We wanted to take another step forward at the dis
trict meet and we did. We also wanted to go into the
NCAA meet on a roll and we re doing that, too "
The Ducks can only savor their victory last weekend
for a moment, and then they must turn their attention
to the National Championships next Saturday in Ames,
Iowa Hoinonen believes that the team's performance
last Saturday has established Oregon as one of the teams
to treat next week in Iowa
"I think we're up there with the biggest of the big guns
— the teams that have been there the Inst couple of
years." he said "We’re coming off two very good per
formances. knowing that we are solid national champi
onship contenders,"
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