Tim Pyle
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end LaCorey Collins. But then
Harrington and the Oregon of
fense started rolling.
With 45,445 fans howling in the
early evening air, Harrington
found Collins for 16 yards and
then flanker Tony Hartley for 17
more. After an incompletion in
tended for wide receiver Mar
shaun Tucker, Harrington and the
Ducks had 26 seconds with which
to work and 43 yards to cover.
Harrington found his favorite
target Hartley for another 14
yards. And while securing his
seventh reception, which totaled
99 yards, Hartley also managed to
get out of bounds.
Twenty-one seconds.
Twenty-nine yards.
Harrington dropped back. He
threw. Incomplete for Tucker.
Fifteen seconds.
Still 29 yards.
Oregon huddled. Harrington
called a play that had been used
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“about three or four times” al
ready, but this time it was on the
opposite side.
Tucker, the junior-college trans
fer from Chula Vista, Calif., who had
come up half a yard short of being a
hero as time expired in the Ducks’
34-29 loss at UCLA on Oct. 9, would
be Harrington’s primary option.
Oregon got set with Tucker lined
up wide right. Harrington took the
snap. He dropped back. And he
lofted a beautiful 29-yard spiral to
the right comer of the end zone.
Meanwhile, Tucker got Arizona
State comerback Nijrell Eason to
bite on a fake to the inside and
broke right, toward the comer.
He turned.
He reached out.
And he caught what could very
well end up being the biggest pass
of the Ducks’ season.
Seventy-nine yards, eight plays
and Oregon only needed 49 of
those 58 seconds to secure the
epic 20-17 victory.
Deke Moen, the anchor of an of
fensive line that provided Har
rington with plenty of time dur
ing the final drive, was in awe.
“To come back like that and in
that kind of fashion, it’s just... it’s
something real special, ” Moen said.
Oregon head coach Mike Bel
lotti called the final drive “the
stuff legends are made of’ and
was overflowing with pride fol
lowing the dramatic conclusion.
“When you put together a drive
like that... there’s obviously a lot of
character involved,” Bellotti said.
“We have a great group of kids.”
A group that ultimately never
gives up.
Oregon football
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caught the ball... Touchdown.”
Touchdown. Jubilation. And Oregon’s Rose Bowl
hopes are alive and well, as long as the Ducks keep
winning.
“This is a great win,” tailback Reuben Droughns
said. “We needed this. [First-place] Stanford lost to
[second-place] Washington, which was great for us. So
if we continue to win, things are gonna go right for us.”
For the second week in a row, Droughns was a ma
jor part of what went right. The senior finished with
37 carries for 188 yards, increasing his season total
to 733 rushing yards despite having missed a full
game and parts of two others with a rib injury.
But even with that supreme effort from Droughns,
the Ducks weren’t able to pump the scoreboard like
usual against the Sun Devils (4-4, 3-2).
Arizona State’s defense, top-ranked in scoring de
fense among Pac-10 teams, held Oregon to just two
field goals until late in the third quarter when Har
rington and freshman receiver Keenan Howry
hooked up to give the Ducks a temporary 13-10 lead.
Fortunately for Oregon, its defense was equally stingy.
While the Ducks collected 502 yards of total of
fense, they held Arizona State to 365.
Oregon comerbacks Justin Wilcox and Brian John
son both made several big plays. Johnson had a sec
ond-quarter interception, and both players came
through with timely deflections.
Both players also left the game with injuries.
Wilcox’s dislocated shoulder was the most serious
of the Ducks’ injuries, which included several minor
concussions, head coach Mike Bellotti said.
Senior safety Brandon McLemore led Oregon with
14 tackles, while linebackers Matt Smith and Peter
Sirmon contributed typically strong performances
with 11 and nine tackles, respectively.
“[The defense] did exactly what we hope that they
do,” said Hartley, whose 99 receiving yards brought
him within 33 yards of breaking Cristin McLemore’s
Oregon career record. “They kept us in there and left
the door open for us.”
Because, it appears, as long as that door isn’t bolt
ed shut, the Ducks have a chance to win.
“I knew we believed it,” Bellotti said. “I’m not sure
how many of our fans believed it, but I think they do
now. These kids just won’t be denied.”
After the Sun Devils took a 17-13 lead with 1:05 left,
Harrington led an unshaken offense out to the 21-yard
line, where together the Ducks began to concoct spec
tacular, yet somewhat familiar, late-game heroics.
On the drive, Harrington connected once with
Howry, once with Collins, twice with Hartley and
once, for the game-winner, with Tucker.
“[Harrington] obviously added a spark, and that
last drive was probably the stuff that legends are
made of,” Bellotti said.
Harrington finished the second half 12 of 21 for
148 yards. Feeley finished the first half nine of 25 for
134 yards.
Harrington also had a distinct advantage on the
ground. He scrambled six times for 35 yards. Feeley
ran twice and lost three yards.
“[Harrington’s] a helluva quarterback,” Hartley
said. “ A.J.’s been doing a lot for us. It doesn’t matter
who’s in there. It’s just whoever’s on.”
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