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Peterson’s open-field speed combined with his strength and agility make him capable of reel ing off a big run on any given play. Fans will see him in action on Sundays in the near fu ture but he still has two years of eligibility left to perfect his game. Coming off an ankle sprain that sidelined him early in the season, Peterson returned to being his reliable self for coach Bob Stoops’ offense. Peter son had just less than 30 carries in each game he started and churned out more than 200 yards in two games this year including a 220 yard outing against Tlilsa. In the same game, he scored a season-high three touch downs. Peterson eclipsed the 100-yard mark in the final four games of the sea son. He saved his best game for last rushing for a season-high 237 yards in Oklahoma’s regular season finale 4 against Oklahoma State. e 1ft Peterson was allowed just un der 200 yards last year by the Oregon defense and will have to put up similar numbers in order to give the Sooners the edge on offense in the Holiday Bowl. — Scott J. Adams Placekicker Paul Martinez One of the biggest question marks heading into the season was the placekicking of Paul Martinez. The punter-tumed-kicker quickly an swered doubters by netting 11 of 12 field goal attempts in Oregon’s first two games. Early in the season it was Martinez who bailed out the Oregon offense which failed to finish drives with touch downs. Ten of his first 12 field goal attempts were within 40 yards, as the Ducks produced only five offen sive touchdowns in both games combined. Martinez tied the school record for makes and attempts (five of six) in the season opener at Houston and followed that by breaking his own record and tying a Pacific-10 Conference record with six field goals in as many attempts a week later against Montana. He garnered Pac-10 Conference Player of the Week honors after each game, as well as after Week 11, when Martinez kicked the game-winning field goal to help Oregon defeat Washington State. Despite a thigh injury that sidelined him for three games this season, Martinez has made 19 of 24 field goals, which currently marks him fifth in makes and percentage (79.2). Martinez didn’t qualify for any of the con ference statistics due to lack of games played; howev er, he would rank second in the conference in field goals made and percent age this season. Martinez also leads the Ducks in scoring with 81 points, tied for ninth on the school’s sin gle-season list. That would rank eighth in the conference if Martinez were eligible. No matter how difficult the situa tion, Martinez shows up. Oregon has to hope that if its offense stalls in the bowl game, Mar tinez will come up clutch once again. — Shawn Miller 2005 OKLAHOMA SCHEDULE September 1 TCU, L, 17-10 10 Tulsa, W, 31-15 17 @ UCLA, L, 41-24 October 1 Kansas State, W, 43-21 8 @ Texas, L, 45-12 15 @ Kansas, W, 19-3 22 Baylor, W, 37-30 (2 OD 29 @ Nebraska, W, 31-24 November 12 Texas A&M, W, 36-30 19 @ Texas Tech, L, 23-21 26 Oklahoma State, W, 42-14 2005 Oklahoma statistical leaders Rushing Att Adrian Peterson, tb 197 Jacob Gutierrez, tb 48 Kejuan Jones, tb 79 Passing Att Rhett Bomar, qb , 278 Receiving No. Malcolm Kelly, wr 26 Travis Wilson, wr 25 J.D. Runnels,