Oregon Football
Loss: Defense can’t stop run, offense
held to seven second-half points
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ton State and Tennessee.
Oregon led 21-10 early in the
first quarter and 24-20 at the
halfway mark, but was only able
to muster one second-half score
as the Bruins ran off 19 unan
swered points starting in the
third quarter.
As has been the case with the
Ducks in their current three-game
skid, the loss did not come from
lack of opportunity. A missed
field-goal attempt by Joshua
Smith, a dropped first-down pass
at the UCLA 25-yard line by A.J.
Jelks and numerous big plays giv
en up by the Oregon defense all
factored heavily into the out
come.
“Again we had opportunities
similar to last weekend, and we
didn't take advantage of them,”
Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti
said. “We had a series on de
fense where we forgot how to
tackle. When that happens, you
lose the battle at the line of
scrimmage.”
The series that Bellotti referred
to occurred in the fourth quarter
with the Bruins leading 27-24.
UCLA started the drive on its
own 16-yard line, but after runs
of 21 and 26 yards by Jermaine
Lewis and a screen pass to receiv
er Jim McElroy that resulted in a
30-yard gain, the Bruins punched
it in for the score. They missed
the point after but still led by
nine with just under eight min
utes to play.
The Oregon defense allowed
265 yards rushing, including
runs of 42 yards by Skip Hicks,
43 yards by Keith Brown and
Lewis' two 20-plus runs.
Hicks had 90 yards rushing in
the first half, but did not play af
ter halftime with what was being
described as a bruised right knee.
“We’re just not making plays
when we have to,” said line
backer Peter Sirmon, who led
both teams with 11 tackles.
“Every game we’ve had the op
portunity to make plays when it’s
crucial that we make them, and
so far we're 0-3. It’s a little dis
heartening.”
The Oregon offense didn’t fare
too well in the second half either,
being shut out until the final
minute of the game.
Akili Smith started at quarter
back and played the entire game
up until the seven-minute mark
of the fourth quarter when he
was replaced by Jason Maas. As
effective as Smith was in the first
half, leading the Ducks on scor
ing drives of 65, 80 and 40 yards,
he was equally ineffective in the
second.
Part of that came from a sore
throwing shoulder he suffered af
ter a tackle in the first half. Smith
finished the day 16 for 23, 159
yards, one interception, one
touchdown run and 67 yards
rushing.
Another part of the problem
was a UCLA defense that limited
the Ducks to 151 yards of total of
fense in the second half.
“They made some adjustments
that we didn't pick up on,” a visi
bly frustrated Bellotti said. “They
had a couple of stunts that we
didn’t pick up on, which allowed
UCLA to get to [Saladin McCul
lough] before he could get start
ed.”
McCullough was limited to
nine carries and 22 yards in the
second half after rushing for 111
yards on 11 carries in the first.
One of those first-half carries was
a 71-yard touchdown burst
through the middle of the line
that gave Oregon a 14-10 first
quarter lead.
On the following Bruin posses
sion, Brandon McLeniore sacked
and stripped UCLA quarterback
Cade McNown of the football at
the Bruin 14-yard line, and
Michael Fletcher picked up the
ball and ran it in for the touch
down to put Oregon up by 11.
UCLA scored on its next drive
on a 10-yard scramble by Mc
Nown that was set up by Brown’s
43-yard run.
UCLA jumped ahead of Ore
gon for good on its second drive
of the third quarter. McNown,
who finished the game 15 for 25
for 248 yards one interception
and scored two rushing touch
downs, executed a play-action
pass to perfection and found
McElroy wide open in the end
zone for a 40-yard touchdown
pass.
Oregon would be in position to
score again, but on third and 11
from the UCLA 34, Smith’s pass
to Jelks was too low for the Ore
gon tight end, who was wide
open for the first down and prob
ably 10-15 yards more.
"I just dropped it,” a dejected
Jelks said. “I took my eyes off it
and thought about running too
soon. I feel that is one of the rea
sons that we lost the game.”
Jelks would somewhat redeem
himself, though, catching a
touchdown pass from Maas with
47 seconds remaining in the
game.
“We need to finish plays and
finish games,” Bellotti said. “I
can’t overemphasize that enough.
For the second week in a row we
had a tremendous opportunity,
and we let it slip away. I think
[the players] are upset, and I
think they are mad. Unfortunate
ly, the team that beat us probably
resides in this locker room.”
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