MONDAY
October 13,1997
ss&ss ' -
Sports
Emerald
Scores
UCLA (18) .39
Oregon.31
Utah State.16
Oregon St.24
Stanford (16).22
Arizona.28
Arizona State.35
USC.7
California.3
Washington (10) 30
Florida (1).21
LSU (14).28
Ohio State (7) ....27
Penn St. (2).31
Nebraska (3).49
Baylor.21
Florida St. (4) ... 51
Duke.27
Wake Forest.12
N. Carolina (5)....30
OREGON DUC
ITiJg.HHirilT—— _
Saturday’s Stars
Three UCLA running backs, Skip Hicks,
Jermaine Lewis and Keith Brown
(pictured), combined tor 253 yards
rushing.
Play of the Game
With the Ducks facing third and 11 on J
the UCLA 34-yard line down 27-24,
A.J. Jelks dropped a pass that woul
have given Oregon the first down
and kept the drive alive.
The Numbers
1 2 3 4 Final
Oregon 21 3 0 7 31
UCLA 17 3 7 12 39
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD
Oregon Smith 23*16-1 159 0
UCLA McNown 25-15-1 248 1
Rushing No. Yds TD Long
Oregon McCullough 20 133 1 71
UCLA Hicks 12 90 1 42
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
Oregon Haynes 6 45 0 12
UCLA Farmer 5 56 0 15
Pac-10 Standings
Pac-10 Overall
W L W L
Washington Stale 3 0 5 0
Washington 2 0 4 1
Stanford 2 i 4 2
Arizona State 2 14 2
UCLA 2142
USC12 2 3
Arizona i 2 3 3
Oregon 1 3 3 3
California 0 2 2 3
Oregon State 0 2 3 2
UCLA 39, Oregon 31
Another one slips away
For the third
week in a
row, blown
opportunities
hurt the
Ducks
By Chris Hansen
Assistant Sports Editor
It was more of the same Saturday after
noon from an Oregon Duck squad that at
times this season has looked so brilliant
and at others so inept.
Oregon squandered opportunity after op
portunity, both on offense and defense, and
for the third game in a row suffered a gut
wrenching defeat to move to 3-3 overall
and 1-3 in the Pacific-10 Conference.
It was also the third-straight loss to a
highly ranked conference opponent. The
No. 18 UCLA Bruins (4-2, 2-1) came from
behind in the second half to win 39-31, in
front of 42,314 people at Autzen Stadium.
It was the Bruins’ fourth-straight win after
starting the season with losses to Washing
Turn to LOSS, Page 13A
Questions just starting
to mount for Oregon
Ryan
Frank
The time had come for Dirk Koetter
to face the questions.
The Oregon offensive coordina
tor was standing with his back
against the wall, his face full of disappoint
ment and frustration after another agoniz
ing loss.
“Can you assess the play of your of
fense?”
Koetter threw his head back, let out a
long, deep sigh and said, “Not good
enough.”
After three straight losses, that has be
come a common theme with the Oregon
Ducks.
In the third episode of the Oregon saga of
playing well but just “not good enough,”
this one seemed to hurt the most.
For the third straight week, a tackle made
Turn to FRANK, Page 10A
IPP
-wJ
.....
' * V , * «
Skip Hicks did not play in the second half hut still rushed for 90 yards for the Bruins.
MICHAEL CRISP/Emerald
Oregon women finish third at Furman Invitational
The Ducks
beat 11 other
teams ranked
in the top 25,
including No.
3 Villanova
and No. 5
Colorado
By Joel Hood
Sports Reporter
The runners called it amazing.
Head coach Tom Heinonen called it one
of the finest team performances he has ever
had at Oregon.
In what some consider a preview of the
NCAA Championships in November, the
Oregon women’s cross country team ran to
an impressive third-place finish Saturday at
the Furman Invitational in Greenville, S.C.
Impressive because the No. 7 Ducks beat
11 other teams ranked in the nation’s top 25.
Also impressive because two of those teams
were ranked ahead of Oregon, No. 3 Vil
lanova and No. 5 Colorado.
“This was just a terrific team effort,”
Heinonen said. “We beat a couple of teams
ranked ahead of us in the polls, even though
we weren’t 100 percent. 1
think we might even be
better than we showed
this weekend.”
Despite two runners
hampered by nagging in
juries and two more bat
tling sickness, Oregon ran to its best team
finish of 1997.
Led by Marie Davis’ llth-place finish,
Oregon placed five runners in the top 35,
and the 33-second gap between the first and
fifth runner was the smallest of the season.
raj
COUNTRY
“I think that really says a lot about this
earn and what it’s capable of,” Davis said.
‘Each week is a stepping stone, and I think
«ve took a big step this weekend. ”
Davis has led Oregon in each of the team’s
hree races this season. Although stricken with
he flu, her time of 17 minutes, 26 seconds on
he 5K course fell just 42 seconds off the win
ring pace set by Stanford’s Julia Stamps.
However, Saturday’s third-place finish
ran also be attributed to her teammates.
Senior Kaarin Knudson and junior Liz
dowell saved their best finishes of the sea
son for the year’s biggest race. Knudson fin
shed 22nd overall in a time of 17:47, and
Turn toUO, Page14A
Stats
■ OREGON:
Davis 11 [
Knudson 22
Howell 25
Glusac 27
McMahon 31
■ TEAM:
Stanford (1) 39
Wisconsin (4) 89
Oregon (7) 107