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J anuary 3, 1996 • T he P ortland O bserver
DUCKS CLOBBERED IN COTTON BOWL
Colorado Scores 38-6 Victory On Wet, Cold Texas Field
John Hessler threw two touch­
down passes in a record 19-point
third quarter as seventh-ranked
C olorado took advantage of nu­
m erous turnovers and m istakes
by num ber 12 Oregon for a 38-6
victory in the Cotton Bowl in
Dallas.
Marcus Washington returned an
j interception 95 yards for a score for
J the Buffaloes, who were playing in
the Cotton Bowl for the first time
since 1938, the second year of the
game.
The Buffaloes used two fumbles
and a penalty by Oregon to set a
Cotton Bowl record for points in the
third period. Colorado won its third
straight bowl game and completed a
10-2 season under first-year coach
Rick Neuheisel.
“We were sluggish in the first half
from an offensive standpoint but the
defense found a way to keep us in the
game,” Neuheisel said. “Marcus had
a big play.... We came into the sec­
ond half and really took control.”
“I’m real happy for the team,' said
Hessler, who replaced the injured
Koy Detmer early in the season. "We
should be ranked in the top five.”
The Ducks (9-3) committed five
turnovers and were kept off the
scoreboard for the final 53 minutes.
Oregon was looking for the
first 10-win season in school an­
nals under first-year coach Mike
Bellotti but instead dropped its
fourth straight bowl game since a
victory over Tulsa in (he 1989 Inde­
pendence Bowl.
Colorado held a 13-6 lead when it
took the second half kickoff.
On the second play, Herchell
Troutman burst up the middle for 55
yards to the Oregon 9. Two plays
later, Hessler rolled out right and
found tight end Matt Lepsis in the
back of the end zone for a two-yard
scoring toss and a 20-6 advantage.
Ducks
quarterback
Tony
Graziani’s fumble was recovered by
Buffs safety Donnell Leomiti. Or­
egon forced a field goal try but had
13 players on the field for the kick,
gi ving a first do wn to Colorado, which
took the three points off the board
and resumed its drive.
From the 6, Hessler ran left and
pitched an option to Troutman, who
banged into the end zone 6:20 into
the period.
G raziani fum bled again on
Oregon’s next possession and defen­
sive end Greg Jones returned it 15
yards to the Ducks 17. Three plays
later, Hessler found Phil Savoy in the
left corner of the end zone with a 12-
yarder, giving Colorado a 32-6 lead
with 5:42 to play in the quarter.
During the second half, we never
really got our feet on the ground,"
Graziani said. "Like coach said, the
wheels fell off Buffs backup quar­
terback Ayyub Abdul-Rahman ran
five yards for a score with 1.09 to go.
Hessler was I l-of-26for 115 yards
and two interceptions. He also ran
for a score in the second quarter.
Troutman had 100 yards on 13 car­
ries for Colorado, which held a 313-
267 edge in total yards.
"The difference was Herchell
Troutman,” Ducks cornerback Alex
Molden said. “He hurt us, especially
in the third quarter.”
Graziani was !9-of-37 for 113
yards, two interceptions and two
fumbles. Ricky Whittle rushed for 50
yards on 12 carries.
"Their defense is good, but not
that good,” Whittle said. “They capi­
talized on our mistakes and I have to
give them credit for doing that. I
think we’ve faced better defenses in
the Pac 10.”
I he teams battled awful condi­
tions. The game was played in a
steady, misty rain in near-freezing
temperatures and there were empty
seats everywhere. It was Colorado’s
biggest bowl victory and Oregon’s
largest bowl defeat.
“ The weather is like this in Colo­
rado, ’ Buffaloes defensive end
lerrell Cade said. “I wasn’t expect­
ing it to be this cold. Yesterday we
were taking pictures in the sun and
today we woke up and it was cold and
gray outside.”
In the first half, the Ducks were
able to move the ball on the Buffa
loes’ defense, which surrendered 2 1.3
points per game this season.
But two long drives in the first
quarter bogged down and Oregon
had to settle for field goals of 25 and
33 yards by Joshua Smith. Colorado
bounced back late in the period and
Hessler completed an 80-yard march
with a one-yard sneak on the first
play of the second quarter, giving the
Buffs a 7-6 lead.
Oregon was marching toward a
go-ahead score when Graziani, un­
der a heavy rush, threw a pass right to
Washington, who sped up the right
sideline untouched to make it 13-6
with 6:31 left before halftime.
"When you’re down there and you
have a chance to score, it hurts,”
Bellotti said. It went the other way
and it was a two-touchdown swing.
The momentum of it was very tough
on us.”
"The quarterback basically gave
us a gift,” Washington said.
Hessler was harassed throughout
the first half, absorbing five sacks.
It was the first lime since 1940 and
just the second time everthat no team
from Texas participated in the Cot­
ton Bowl. In 1940, Clemson edged
Boston College, 6-3.
OEION “ PRIME TIME” SANDERS, DALLAS COWDOYS SUPERSTAR
Football superstar Deion “Prime
Sanders played baseball for the
football stars Jerry Rice and Steve
Time" Sanders, who recently signed
Atlanta Braves and football for the
Young for Pepsi’s All-Sport Body
a highly lucrative seven-year con­
Atlanta Falcons, the San Francisco
Quencher sports drink.
tract with the Dallas Cowboys foot­
49ers and, now the Dallas Cowboys.
Launching popular new ads be­
ball team, chalked up a second coup
He is the latest in a long line of
hind brand Pepsi and Al Sport using
when he announced that he had be­
celebrity sports figures to become a
Shaquille O ’Neal and Ken Griffey,
come Pepsi-Cola Company’s latest
Pepsi pitch man. In the last several
Jr., respectively.
, warrior in the ongoing Cola Wars.
years, Shaquille O ’Neal, Bo Jack-
The seemingly unstoppable
Under a multi-year contract with
son, and Ken Griffey Jr. have served
Sanders made his much anticipated
Pepsi, the 28-year-old athletic phe­
as spokespersons for the soft drink
debut with the Cowboys in October
nomenon will act as a celebrity rep­
company.
during the team’s 28-13 defeat of the
resentative for the beverage compa­
Just as Sanders’s recent move
Atlanta Falcons, in a game where
ny, starring in Pepsi advertising and
for the San Francisco 49ers to the
Sanders demonstrated his versatility
promotions and making personal ap­
Dal las Cowboys took the sports world
by playing both defense and offense.
pearances on behalf o f the company.
by surprise, Pepsi also made sports
Bom in Fort Myers, Florida,
During recent weeks. Sports Il­
history when Cowboys owner Jerry
Sanders attended Florida State Col­
lustrated Magazine called Sanders
Jones announced that Pepsi had oust­
lege, where he distinguished himself
“the best defensive back in football,
ed Coke as the official soft drink of
in both football and baseball. It was
among the best o f all time” and The
Texas Stadium.
at Florida State that Sanders chris­
New York Times Magazine called
The Texas stadium announce­
tened
himself "Prime Time.” a nick­
him “the paradigm for a new kind of
ment was just one of an impressive
name that signified his belief that he
athlete,” one who is as at home at the
list o f major sports marketing wins
was the best defensive back in the
negotiating table as on the football
that Pepsi has scored this year, in­
nation. Form the start, Sanders envi­
field. The ever-present laptop com­
cluding:
sioned himself as more than a great
puter he carries with him on his trav­
Becoming the offici?! soft drink
sportsman, seeing himself as “some­
els is as much an extension of his
of Foxboro Stadium (home o f the
thing o f an entertainer , (like) a Jim
personality as is the trademark
New England Patroits); the U.S. Open
Carrey or an Arnold Schwarze­
headband he wears on his head
Tennis Tournament; the PGA; the
negger.”
Sanders holds the distinction of
NCAA, and NASCAR.
Sanders lives in Dallas, Texas,
being the first man to have played in
Announcing product endorse­
with his wife, Carolyn, and their two
both the World Series and in the
ment deals with tennis star Andre
children, Diondra, 5, and Deion
Super Bowl, both in January, 1995.
Agassi for Mountain Dew, and with
Luwynn Jr., 2.
Lose To
Ducks In
Far West
Deion Sanders
Painter Wins Chrysler Junior Golf Scholarship
Gresham, Oregon’sGeoffrey Tho
mas Painter has been awarded a
Chrysler Junior Golf Scholarship.
Painter, 17, is one of only 40
young Americans selected from thou­
sands of applicants to receive this
prestigious award, now in its second
^ycar. The Scholarship Program, the
/largest initiative of its kind, is oper­
ated in conjunction with the Ameri­
can Junior Golf Association (AJGA).
Winners were selected based on a
series of personal essays and parent,
teacher and/or mentor recommenda­
tions.
The applications were judged by
the Chrysler Junior Golf Scholarship
Advisory Board which includes PGA
Tour Player and Program Ambassa­
dor Tom Kite and representatives
IS PORTLAND READY FOR THE NHL?
In the Crease, a newly founded
non-profit organization, has recently
begun a crusade to bring a National
Hockey League (NHL) team to Port­
land. With the NHL’s desire to put a
¡team in the Rose Garden it is time for
■¿Portland's business community and
»^citizens to step and let Paul Allen
■Iknow Portland is ready to become a
“big league" sports town, by acquir-
¡v ing and supporting a NHL team
The NHL would love to place a
team in the recently completed Rose
Garden. Paul Allen, Trailblazer and
Rose Garden owner, is the obvious
candidate for ownership. Creating
public awareness and support is the
primary key to landing a NHL team.
In the Crease has contacted over for­
ty local business leaders asking them
to show Paul Allen the support he
will receive from the business com­
munity. Local community awareness
and support is being generated
through mailings, posters, leaflets and
telemarketing. The addition ofa NHL
team would surely benefit all of Port­
land, organizers said
from Chrysler, the AJG and Golf
B e a v e rs
Digest.
A insworth D rug
Kyle Milling scored 17 points and
Jamar Curry added 12 as Oregon
routed Oregon State, 75-50, Satur­
day for third in thè Ford Far Wes,
Classic.
Mississippi State beat Nebraska
to win the holiday tournament played
for the first time in the new Rose
Garden arena.
Jamal Lawrence and Michael
C arson each had nine points for the
Ducks (7-4), who opened up a six-
point halftime lead with an 18-9 run
in the first nine minutes of the second
half.
Milling added nine rebounds and
L urry had six assists as Oregon shot *
52 per cent from the floor and
outrebounded Oregon State, 43-36.
Markee Brown finished with 12
points and Rob Williams added 11
lor the Beavers (2-6), who shot a
dismal 24 per cent ( !6-of-65) from
the field.
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