Loss of key kick returner
hinders Beavers’ attack
Beaver kickoff returner
Harvey Whiten suffered
a concussion after a hard
hit in the second quarter
By Mindi Rice
Senior Sports Reporter
Oregon State safety Harvey
Whiten lay motionless on the field
for 15 minutes in the second quarter
Saturday.
After Oregon's second touchdown
of the day, Whiten returned the ensu
ing kickoff for 16 yards before line
backer Jerry Matson stepped in front
of Whiten and leveled him.
"Anytime you see a teammate lay
ing on the field like that, it's not a
good sight," Oregon State safety
Lawrence Turner said. "We already
had that happen to us. Just to hear the
guy on the PA say he was all right
made us feel a lot better."
Whiten was taken off the field on a
stretcher and then to Sacred Heart
Medical Center. During the third
quarter, public address announcer
Don Essig told the crowd that "all
arms and legs are in motion." Whiten
returned to the field and joined his
teammates with two minutes left in
the game after it was determined he
suffered a concussion.
"We were glad to see him back on
the field at the end," head coach Mike
Riley said.
Earlier this season, cornerback Ja
maal Jackson suffered a spinal bruise
during a practice.
Beavers' kicker Kirk Yliniemi suf
fered a sprained ankle in the third
quarter Saturday. He was side-armed
by Oregon's Kenny Washington on
Washington's 48-yard kickoff return.
Yliniemi tumbled to the ground as a
few teammates hopped over him
while in pursuit of Washington.
Sophomore John Dailey handled
kicking duties for the rest of the game.
Linebacker Jonathan Pollard also
sprained an ankle in the game.
Officiating complaints
After Riley left Oregon State's
postgame interview room, the players
began the complaints.
After telling reporters what went
wrong on the Oregon State side of the
football, where the Beavers had aver
aged 461 offensive yards per game but
had 327 on Saturday, linebacker
Richard Seigler and tight end Tim Eu
hus started taking shots at the game's
officiating.
"There's no way Oregon State could
put a run together when calls like that
are made," Euhus said. "If someone
calls it the wrong way and some of
those calls are made up."
The Beavers finished the game
with nine penalties for 86 yards
while Oregon was called for two that
totaled 30 yards.
"I'm not going to comment on
(the officiating) because that's
something that I can't change," Sei
gler said. "But I think everybody
could definitely see that the flags
were flying in only one direction
and that was toward the Beavers.
"You know, they were out there cel
ebrating and taunting and doing
whatever they wanted, and the refs
seemed to be not calling anything. For
some reason, it's been like that my
whole career at Oregon State."
Rewriting lists
Quarterback Derek Anderson
broke his own single-season total of
Adam Amato Photo Editor
Oregon State’s James Newson caught five passes for 86 yards Saturday.
fense and single-season passing
yardage records with 271 passing
yards and 233 total offensive yards
Saturday.
Anderson beat his previous record
of3,082 offensive yards with a new
mark of 3,154 yards. He also eclipsed
his 2002 record of 3,313 passing yards
with 3,250 this season.
Beavers go bowling
A postseason bowl game destina
tion is currendy unknown for the
bowl-eligible Beavers, but the likely
place for Oregon State is the Las Ve
gas Bowl on Dec. 24.
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at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.
FOOTBALL
continued from page 7
The 14-point win Saturday was a
180-degree turn from a month ago.
Oregon is now 8-4 after the win
over Oregon State (7-4 overall, 5-3
Pac-10), keeping the Beavers winless
in Eugene since 1993.
Oregon knows it earned the trip be
cause of a convincing, all-around ef
fort against the Beavers, ranked first in
total offense and total defense in the
Pac-10 entering the game.
"Guys took it upon themselves to
be dedicated and turn this season
around," Mitchell said. "Guys took it
upon themselves to get better."
Oregon made a statement in the win.
The Ducks (5-3 Pac-10) stood up to
some of the conference's most prolific
players; the Pac- 10's leading rusher, Jack
son, and its leading passer, Anderson.
Jackson's longest run of the after
noon was for 22 yards and Ander
son threw for 271 yards on 21 of 45
passing. Both were far below their
season averages.
"I was very pleased with my team's
effort," Oregon head coach Mike Bel
lotti said. "These kids battled and
made it happen.
Defensively, we made a lot of key
stops. Igor Olshansky played well
the whole game up front, and I
think Kellen (Clemens) really came
of age today."
Clemens finished the game with
just 125 yards passing, but was second
on the team in rushing. Me finished
the afternoon with 64 yards on 12 car
ries, with most of those yards coming
by design.
If Clemens wasn't scrambling be
cause of Oregon State pressure, he was
tucking the ball in and running. And
he ran and ran and ran.
"There were more designed QB
runs this week then there had been in
previous weeks," Clemens said.
Clemens threw three touchdowns,
one each to Demetrius Williams, Ter
rence Whitehead and Dante Rosario.
The first came on a 15-yard loft to
Whitehead that evened the score at sev
en, just four minutes after the Beavers
took an early first-quarter lead.
On the first play of the second
quarter, Clemens found a wide-open
Williams in the back of the end zone
fora 19-yard toss.
Ending his scoring contribution,
Clemens finished the day with a 15
yarder to Rosario with 3:20 left in the
third quarter.
'They made some third down con
versions that kept the drives alive,"
Oregon State head coach Mike Riley
said. "They were very successful on
first downs."
Defensively, the Ducks held their
own. They got to Anderson for six and
a half sacks — three and a half by Ol
shansky and three by defensive line
man Devan Long.
Steven Moore returned after miss
ing three games due to a bum ankle
and picked off two key passes in the
fourth quarter.
"If we play our game, we can beat
anybody," Moore said.
With the win, the Ducks guaran
teed themselves a third-place finish in
the Pac-10. USC must play Oregon
State on Dec. 6, so nothing will be set
in stone until then.
However, it is almost certain Wash
ington State will earn the trip to the
Holiday Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 30.
Oregon and California tied for the
third spot in the conference, but be
cause the Ducks beat the Golden
Bears, the Sun Bowl is expected to ex
tend an invitation to Oregon.
That leaves Oregon State going to
the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 24 and for
Washington and UCLA to scrap it out
for the Silicon Valley Football Classic.
"That's the hardest part is to find out
where you're going," Mitchell said.
For now, Bellotti said the Ducks
will take three or four days off. They'll
hit the field again after Thanksgiving
and get ready for a yet-to-be-named
opponent.
They'll focus on improving, getting
better on the small things.
A month from now, they'll come
back and do it all over again.
They'll do it at a bowl.
For the seventh straight time.
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SPORTS BRIEF
Mitchell named top player
Linebacker Kevin Mitchell was
named the Ducks' Most Outstanding
Player at Oregon's annual football
awards banquet on Sunday.
Mitchell gathered 103 tackles this sea
son — his senior year — becoming the
first Oregon player since Joe Farwell to
gather 100 or more tackles in three straight
seasons. Farwell did it from 1990-92.
He is the first defensive player to
be named team MVP since Matt
Smith shared it with Joey Harring
ton in 2000.
Mitchell was also awarded the
Bob Officer Award, which is given to
the player that provided significant
contributions despite physical ad
versity or injuries.
Senior quarterback Jason Fife was
named the most inspirational play
er. Other awards handed out at the
banquet include: Junior Siavii
(most improved player), Dante
Rosario (top newcomer), Keith
Lewis (Ironman Award — most
playing time throughout the season
— and top special teams player),
Igor Olshansky (top defensive line
man), Dan Weaver (top offensive
lineman), Sarnie Parker (player with
most significant impact) and Matt
Floberg, who received the senior ac
ademic/attitude award.
Five wrestlers take top spots
Five Oregon wrestlers took top
three finishes at the SOU Best of the
West Open in Medford on Saturday.
Luke Larwin took second in the
165-pound weight class, while Joey
Bracamonte finished third in the
same weight class.
Shane Webster, who competed unat
tached, finished second in the 174
pound weight class.
Ending the day, Joey Lucas ended his
turn in the tournament third in the
125-pound weight class and Elias Soto
finished third in his class.
"We are a young team and we are
making some of the mistakes you make
when you are young," Oregon head
coach Chuck Kearney said. "Our objec
tive and goal is to improve and not
make those mistakes."
Oregon will practice the next two
weeks before hosting rival Oregon State
on Dec. 13 at McArthur Court. A night
lata; top-ranked Oklahoma State comes
to Eugene. Both meets begin at 7 p.m.
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