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It was a Duck-eat-Dawg world at Autzen
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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
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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
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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
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We were
keeping pos
session and
moving the
ball well.
Chalise Baysa
Oregon
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