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Morris ends UO career in style
■Tailback Maurice Morris
reaches 1,000 yards and helps
the Ducks beat the Buffs
with an amazing scoring run
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
TEMPE, Ariz. — Moments after
Maurice Morris’s jaw-dropping, 49
yard touchdown run, he was greet
ed by fellow tailback Onterrio
Smith.
Smith ran up to him, hugged his
friend and told him of an item he
was inspired to purchase.
“I told him that I was going to go
buy me a diary right after the game
and put him in there: ‘2002, Janu
ary 1st. Maurice Morris, 49-yard
unbelievable run,’” Smith said,
laughing. “I was going to put the
unbelievable as big as I could get it.
“Me, being the type of back that I
am, I love runs like that!”
Morris entered the Fiesta Bowl
needing 40 yards to reach 1,000 for
the season..Before his scoring run
in the third quarter, he was just two
yards shy.
So not only did the highlight
reel play push Morris past the
1,000-yard mark, but it gave Ore
gon the cushion it needed en route
to its 38-16 Fiesta Bowl victory
against Colorado.
Smith had reached the hallowed
four-digit mark against Oregon
State, and Morris’s team-high 89
yards gave him 1,049 total to mark
the first time Oregon has ever had
two 1,000-yard backs.
“I’m tremendously glad that he
got it,” Smith said.
Colorado wasn’t. Morris’s run
seemingly deflated the Buffaloes,
who only trailed 21-7 before the play.
John Stoops for the Emerald
Senior tailback Maurice Morris became the third Duck in program history to record
consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. He led Oregon v/ith 89 yards against Colorado.
Amid a cluster of Colorado de
fenders, Morris confused nearly
everyone on the field — his own
teammates included.
“I’m running down there, and
then I stop, thinking the play was
over,” offensive lineman Ryan
Schmid said. “The next thing I see
is Maurice taking off toward the
end zone, so I hit some guy, and
probably clipped him.
“It takes an incredible athlete like
Maurice to do something like that.”
Morris outran Colorado defen
sive back Medford Moorer. Then
he was tangled up briefly by Rod
erick Sneed. Sneed’s attempted
tackle caused Morris to lunge
backward, but as he fell, he rolled
over the back of linebacker Joey
Johnson and ran untouched into
the end zone.
“I didn’t hear no whistle so I got
up and started running,” Morris
said.
Morris’s teammates were thrilled
to see the hard-working senior go
out in style.
“I hope Maurice remembers
tonight for the rest of his life,”
Schmid said. “I know we’ll always
remember him.”
Contact assistant sports editor Jeff Smith at
jeffsmith@daiiyemerald.com.
Smith
continued from page 7
And to win the way they did?
Well, welcome to the big time,
Ducks.
The postgame emotions on the
field of Sun Devil Stadium had a
different feel than those from
Qualcomm Stadium after Oregon
beat Texas.
While the two on-field celebra
tions were similar in that they
both involved a stage with Bellotti
and Harrington accepting congrat
ulations and trophies, they dif
fered in one crucial way:
In San Diego, the Ducks took a
huge step that led to the sky-high
preseason expectations and con
tinued their climb up the college
football ladder.
But in Tempe, the Ducks ar
rived.
Sure, there’s still more room for
growth, with the national champi
onship not yet attained and the
Rose Bowl barely eluding Oregon
two years in a row.
Though what really matters is
that the Ducks were presented
with a program-changing oppor
tunity in the Fiesta Bowl — and
they didn’t waste it.
“I hope it leaves a mark to the
rest of the nation as to what kind
of team we are,” Schmid said.
Schmid doesn’t have to worry.
This will be a game that few will
forget, if not more for the BCS
madness and the wonder of
whether Oregon would have giv
en Miami a better game than Ne
braska did (which it clearly would
have).
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Although Miami claimed sole
possession of the national cham
pionship, the Ducks have a lot to
be proud of given that they were
the No. 2 team in the country in
the final polls.
Years from now, this season
will stick out in fans’, players’,
coaches’ and even reporters’
minds alike for the uniqueness
and freshness of big-time college
football fully introducing itself to :
the town of Eugene.
So before you start looking for
ward too quickly, pull the car over
to the side of the road.
Adjust the rear-view mirror.
And look back on all that was
accomplished and realize how
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