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Quarterback Joey Harrington executes a solid game against USC after struggling in the first half of the season.
Emerald
Modest Harrington
earns Pac-10 honor
■ Oregon’s junior
quarterback puts up
career numbers
against USC
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
Joey Harrington finished
Monday’s practice and then
reflected on his recent hon
or as Pacific-10 Conference
Player of the Week for his
performance against South
ern California.
What he said was hardly
self-indulgent.
“We won,” said the junior
quarterback, who had the
best game of his career.
“That’s how I think about it.
We won a football game,
and we’ve got to win this
week.”
Until the showdown with
the Trojans, Harrington had
completed just 47 percent of
his passes this season. In
Los Angeles, he connected
67 percent of his passes for a
career-high 382 yards. He
also set a career high with
four touchdown passes.
“I felt comfortable out
there, and things finally
started to click,” Harrington
said. “But I played well be
cause of the fact that I had
such great protection up
front. I felt very comfortable
from the start of the game,
and the receivers were mak
ing some great catches out
there.
“I did play better than I
had been, but I had a lot of
help out there.”
The important question is
this: Can Harrington repeat
his performance against Ari
zona on Saturday? If stats
are any indication, the an:
swer would be yes. Arizona
is No. 1 in the Pac-10 in de
fending the run, but it is
ninth in stopping the pass.
“I said all along that I
thought he was capable of
playing better than he had,”
Oregon head coach Mike
Bellotti said.
“Part of that was related
to his passing accuracy. He
did a great job in that game
of throwing the ball with
great accuracy, great touch,
great zip when he needed it.
It was probably one of his
best games. I hope he has
many more like that in his
future.”
“I come out to play every
week. That’s what I do,”
Harrington said.
Fran kef power
Oregon place kicker Josh
Frankel made all four of his
extra point attempts
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CONFERENCE
(( He did a
great job in
that game
of throwing
the ball
with great
accuracy,
great touch,
great zip
when he ■
needed it.
Mike Bellotti
Oregon head
coach
Track coach Dellinger
inducted to Hall of Fame
Legendary
coach Bill
Dellinger joins
the National
Track and Field
Hall of Fame
By Robbie McCallum
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Hall of Fame — it is the elite group that legendary
coaches and athletes dream of entering at the end of
their careers.
One of Oregon’s most storied athletes and coaches is
being inducted to the National Track and Field Hall of
Fame Dec. 2 in Albuquerque, N.M.
Bill Dellinger, a former Duck athlete, Olympian and
coach of 25 years, is being honored by the USA Track
and Field Committee, along with three others, for his ac
complishments in the sport.The distinguished coach
suffered a stroke Aug. 2 and has consistently improved
in health as each week has passed.
Dellinger, an Oregon native, won two NCAA titles
while at Oregon from 1953-56. After a brief stint in the
Air Force, Dellinger made three Olympic appearances.
He won a bronze medal in 1964 in the 5,000 meters.
Dellinger began his coaching career in 1965 at nearby
Thurston High School, then moved to Lane Community
College.
In 1968, Dellinger accepted an assistant coaching po
sition at his alma mater under another Oregon coaching
legend, Bill Bowerman. Dellinger became only the third
Oregon track and field coach ever in 1973.
While at Oregon, Dellinger tutored such running leg
ends as Steve Prefontaine, Alberto Salazaar, Rudy Cha
pa, Bill McChesney and Matt Centrowitz. During that
time, Oregon has won four NCAA cross country titles
and one track and field championship.
Dellinger retired at the end of the 1998 cross country
season. He became the interim coach at Wake Forest and
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Ducks buckle down for Civil War,
prepare for other Pac-10 battles
■ Oregon is coming off a tough
weekend against UCLA and USC,
but gets a breather this weekend
with only one game on the
schedule
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon soccer team is thanking
the Pacific-10 Conference scheduling
department right about now.
A week after going on the road to
face UCLA and Southern California —
two of the Pac-lO’s best teams — the
Ducks will come home this Friday to
take on Oregon State, a team they
haven’t lost to in four years.
The weekend after taking on the
Beavers, the Ducks will face two criti
cal home matches when they take on
Washington State and No. 4 Washing
ton at Pape Field. Oregon will then
face Stanford and California in the Bay
Area to close out its season.
“Whenever Oregon plays against
Oregon State, it’s always special,” Ore
gon head coach Bill Steffen said. “It’s a
nice rivalry.”
Better than the Beavers
Oregon has had the upper hand in
the soccer Civil War, winning all four
of the matchups between the in-state
rivals. The Ducks have outscored Ore
gon State 12-2 during that stretch and
have shut out the Beavers twice.
Last season, the Ducks beat Oregon
State 4-0 behind scores by now-sopho
more Julie McLellan, now-junior for
ward Chalise Baysa and others.
Feed them to the Dawgs
UCLA and USC ripped apart the
Oregon schools last weekend, outscor
ing the Beavers and Ducks 19-3 in the
four games. Now the Los Angeles
schools will take on Washington and
Washington State in one of the biggest
weekends on the Pac
10 schedule.
Washington, like
UCLA and USC, is un
defeated in conference
play. All three teams
have only one loss on
the season, but the
Trojans and Bruins each have a Pac-10
tie after the teams played to a standstill
two weeks ago. The Huskies have a 10
game home winning streak and are
leading the Pac-10. But this weekend’s
matches will determine who will take
the league lead.
The Los Angeles schools won’t be
able to overlook Washington State ei
ther, because the Cougars surprised
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When
ever Oregon
plays
against Ore
gon State,
it’s always
special. It’s
a nice
rivalry.
Bill Steffen
coach
Oregon soccer
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