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Tim Bobosky I Photo editor
Oregon tailback Jonathan Stewart rushed for a one-yard touchdown against Oregon State.
Stewart also returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown against the Beavers and has
rushed for 182 yards and six touchdowns this season.
Duck bowl record
comparable with
other top schools
BY JEFFREY DRANSFELDT
SPORTS REPORTER
Top-ranked USC and No. 2 Texas
have seemingly wrapped up berths in
the national championship held in the
Rose Bowl since midseason centering
all recent bowl game attention on the
Fiesta Bowl.
Seventh-ranked Oregon has been
tossed around for the Fiesta Bowl, but
so have two other venerable programs
in Penn State and Notre Dame. Oregon
shares a deeper connection than a pos
sible BCS berth with all three programs
as each has played in a bowl game in
12 of the last 16 years.
The other two schools to do that:
Texas A&M and Washington.
Oregon has made one Fiesta Bowl
appearance in that span, 2001, while
Notre Dame (1994, 2000) and Penn
State (1991,1996) both have two.
Three programs including Florida
State, Michigan and Tennessee have
played in bowl games each of the last
16 years.
Oregon maintained a stretch of
seven consecutive bowl appearances
from 1997-2003 and has never gone
more than a year without one since
the early 1990s.
Record breakers
With its new high-scoring offense,
Oregon has set numerous records this
season and more could fall in the bowl
game. Several records fell in Oregon’s
regular season finale against Oregon
State at Autzen Stadium on Nov. 19.
Wide receiver Demetrius Williams
caught his 10th touchdown of the sea
son against the Beavers to tie the sin
gle-season record with Tony Hartley,
Cristin McLemore and Bobby Moore.
Tailback Terrence Whitehead, with
81 yards rushing, moved into second
all-time with 2,781 as he ran past Sean
Burwell’s 2,758.
Comerback Aaron Gipson intercept
ed his sixth and seventh passes to tie
for fifth all-time with 13.
As a team, Oregon broke the single
season mark for receptions with 278.
The old mark of 260 was set in 1995.
National recognition
Oregon is holding its own statisti
cally in the nation.
Williams is 17th in receiving yards
per game with 93.82 and cornerback
Justin Phinisee is 20th in punt returns
with 12.04 yards per return.
Teamwise, Oregon is seventh for
passing offense with 310.1 yards per
game and 16th for total offense with
449.0. The Ducks are ninth in scoring
with 36.36 points per game. Oregon
is ninth in turnover margin with 1.09
turnovers per game. The Ducks have
maintained a solid passing game
with a J45.15 efficiency rating, good
for 19th in the nation.
Running Stewart
Jonathan Stewart showed his tal
ent not just as a running back but as
a kick returner with his second return
for a touchdown against Oregon
State. Stewart returned the kick 97
yards, which is the fourth-longest in
school history. Rushing-wise, Stewart
has gained 182 yards on 51 carries
with six touchdowns.
Home field advantage
Oregon sits sixth in the Pacific-10
Conference in home field attendance.
Through six games, Oregon has had
350,602 fans attend with an average of
58,434. USC is first with 452,872 for an
average of 90,574 at the L.A. Coliseum.
It should be noted that USC’s stadi
um capacity is 92,000 compared to
Oregon’s 54,000.
jdransfeldt@ daily emerald, com
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