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Monday Best Bet NFL: Seattle Sea hawks at Kansas City, 6 p.m. ABC SPORTS EDITOR: JEFF SMITH Smittside@aol.com It was a Duck-eat-Dawg world at Autzen -1—:.,.^ - -_I . , Dan Brunell Emerald Despite three long punt returns by Keenan Howry that don’t count due to penalties, Oregon’s offense out-runs Washington’s by 118 yards. ■ Oregon is powered by tailback Maurice Morris and a stifling defense to knock of its second Top 10 team in a row By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald On the last day of Sep tember, the Oregon Duck football team took yet an other giant leap toward its ultimate goal of playing on the first day of January. Seven days after the Ducks beat up on then-No. 6 UCLA at home, there Oregon was again, beating up on then-No. 6 Washing ton at home. In front of the nationally known and regarded 46,153 rowdy fans at Autzen Stadium, the Ducks (4-1, 2-0) held on for the 23-16 victory over the Huskies (3-1, 0-1). A huge win against its bitter North west rival that thrusts Ore gon into the early driver’s seat of the Pacific-10 Con ference race for the Rose Bowl. On Sunday, it turned out to be a win that pro pelled the Ducks into being one of the prestigious top 10 teams in the country. Oregon jumped 11 places in the rankings from No. 20 to No. 9 in The Associated Press poll, and moved up 10 spots from No. 25 to No. 15 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ poll. The Huskies meanwhile dropped in the AP poll from No. 6 to No. 13. It is the first time that Oregon has been ranked in the single digits since Oct. 27, 1964, when the Ducks were ranked seventh in the AP. The win also was Ore gon’s 18th consecutive win at home, a feat that was commemorated by a T shirt that head coach Mike Bellotti brought into the post-game interview room immediately after the game. The shirt read: “Autzen Our House-18.” “The T-shirt is all about the streak, and we kept it alive, and I’m very proud and pleased with our team,” said Bellotti, whose team held an 11-minute advantage in possession time over the Huskies. But as Bellotti was quick to point out, Oregon played anything but a per fect game. “I think we made it a lit tle bit closer than we need ed it to be,” he said. Place-kicker Josh Frankel missed three field goals and an extra point and Oregon’s passing game was off for most of the af ternoon. Quarterback Joey Harrington only completed nine of 22 passes for a measly 119 yards, but he did throw for a touchdown and run for another in the first half. The offense was saved by tailback Maurice Mor ris, who again showed his true mettle in collecting 167 yards in 31 carries, de spite being plagued by a bi ceps strain and turf toe. “I feel a weight off my shoulders with him out Turn to Football, page 12 Don't hate them because they're not beautiful SCOTT PESZNECKER PEZ SEZ Not long after the Ore gon football team put the clamps on North west rival Washing ton Saturday afternoon, several Ducks were already voicing their dissatisfaction with their victory. Come again? Beating the No. 6 team in the nation? Jumping up to No. 9 na tionally in the Associated Press polls? Redemption from last season’s loss in Seattle? Getting the last word over a bitter oppo nent for two years to come? And Oregon is dissatisfied? For those who didn’t watch the game, the notion that any football team could be any less than elated about such a win is ludicrous. By knocking off the Huskies, only Southern Califor nia is a legitimate roadblock standing between the Ducks and Pasadena. A win such as yesterday’s should be regarded */ as a beautiful thing. But beautiful it wasn’t. The Oregon offense couldn’t operate in the red zone. Easy passes were dropped. Quarter back Joey Harrington, whose only loss as a starter was at the hands of Wisconsin earlier this Turn to PezSez, page 11 UO soccer plavs tough, falls short of beating No. 21 FSU In their first home game against a Top 25 team this season, the Oregon soccer team can’t stop Florida State’s Emma Breland and loses 1-0. By Peter Hockaday Oregon Daily Emerald On Sept. 8 of this year, the Ore gon soccer team traveled to North Carolina and, in one of its closest games of the year, got edged by now-No. 11 Duke 1-0. Funny how history repeats it self. The Ducks missed another chance to topple a Top-25, team on Sunday as they lost 1-0 to No. 21 Florida State at Pap6 Field. Florida State true freshman Emma Breland scored the lone goal, a chip shot eight minutes into the second half that floated over Oregon goalie Sarah Peters’ head. The goal was Breland’s seventh of the year, and was assisted by Sum mer Corum, another true fresh man. “Emma’s been scoring for us all year,” Florida State head coach Patrick Baker said. “She just got a little separation from her defend er, and the shot wasn’t hard, but ef fective.” Oregon had a tough time guard ing Breland all afternoon. The Swedish midfielder took seven shots, many of which were legiti mate chances. The rest of the Flori da State team took 10 shots alto gether. Meanwhile, the Ducks took 14 shots as a team, led by Crystal David and Mary Cascio’s three at tempts each. Oregon was stymied by Florida State’s defense all after noon, but also failed to convert chances when they did appear. The Ducks’ best chance at a score came 25 minutes into the match, when David led an attack downfield and dished the ball out side to a trailing midfielder. David received the ensuing cross pass, and her shot from 15 yards out went over the head of Florida State goalie Sarah Crawford, but bounced off the crossbar. Junior forward Chalise Baysa felt that the Ducks should do a much better job of finishing their scoring chances. “We work on shooting in prac tice,” Baysa said. “But we need to bring that from practice to the games.” But the Ducks did win the pos session game, using crisp passing and aggressiveness to keep the ball Tu rn to Soccer, page 11 We were keeping pos session and moving the ball well. Chalise Baysa Oregon forward yy
