TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
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Beavers stun Trojans in LA, improve to 3-1
By DAN GREENSPAN
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Chance
Nolan threw four touchdown
passes and Oregon State beat
Southern California 45-27 on
Saturday night, Sept. 25.
Tyjon Lindsey had fi ve
receptions for 102 yards and
two touchdowns, B.J. Baylor
ran for 158 yards and the
Beavers (3-1, 1-0 Pac-12)
ended a 24-game losing
streak — dating to 1960 — at
the Los Angeles Memorial
Coliseum. It was their fourth
win in 49 road games (4-42-3)
in the series.
“I just love the feeling of
getting a big team win. It
doesn’t matter what I did, it
matters what we all did, and
I was just a small part of it,”
Lindsey said. “The praise goes
to the team. It’s a team effort,
and I love the way we handled
business here. It looked like a
complete team to me.”
Kedon Slovis threw for 355
yards with one touchdown
and three interceptions as the
Trojans (2-2, 1-2) lost their
second straight home game
as double-digit favorites. It
was the fi rst home game for
interim coach Donte Williams,
who replaced Clay Helton
two days after a 42-28 loss to
Stanford on Sept. 11.
“Well, tonight just wasn’t
our night,” Williams said.
“Oregon State, tonight they
outcoached us, they outplayed
us, and it will all get fi xed. I
promise you that.”
Oregon State used a
dominant run game and
Nolan’s precise passing to
methodically wear down
USC, scoring touchdowns on
fi ve straight drives starting
in the second quarter. That
included consecutive 92-yard
marches, the latter capped by
Tre’Shaun Harrison’s 36-yard
scoring grab with 44 seconds
left in the fi rst half that put
the Beavers up for good.
Nolan was 15-of-19 pass-
ing for 213 yards, though he
did throw his fi rst two inter-
ceptions of the season, and
added 57 yards rushing.
Oregon State ran for 319
bench to lead the Trojans’ win
at Washington State, Slovis
started but was hampered
by the same issues that cost
him against the Cardinal,
including dropped passes and
inconsistent protection.
“This is not gonna turn
around overnight,” Slovis
said. “We’re trying to build
something here, and Coach
Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images-TNS Donte has done a great job of
Chance Nolan (10) of the Oregon State Beavers avoids starting to hold guys account-
able and changing the culture
a tackle from Drake Jackson #99 of the USC Trojans
and building the culture.
during the second quarter at Los Angeles Memorial
You’re not gonna see it change
Coliseum on Sept. 25, 2021 in Los Angeles. Oregon
in one week, and we have a
State upset USC, 45-27.
lot of work to do, and the main
thing, the message we’re kind
‘em back, and the holes was
yards, repeatedly gashing
of having is we got to stay
USC’s defense with fl y sweeps just opening, so I give all the
together and stay up.”
and other runs to the perim- praise to the offensive line
Keaontay Ingram did offer
and the tight ends and the
eter. Those plays opened up
some pop in the ground game
play-action passes, with tight wide receivers for blocking.”
Inside linebacker Jack Col- for USC in the fi rst half, but
end Teagan Quitoriano left all
alone to catch Nolan’s opening letto added two short scoring he became less of a factor as
the game went on. He fi n-
runs on direct snaps, and he
touchdown.
ished with 79 yards rushing
picked off Slovis late in the
“When we fi rst got on
and two touchdowns.
offense, our offensive line just fourth quarter.
Dart will be week to week
With freshman quarter-
was dominating the whole
after he underwent surgery
back Jaxson Dart unavail-
game,” Baylor said. “Every
offensive possession, just the able because of a knee injury to repair his meniscus, Wil-
sustained after coming off the liams said.
offensive line was pushing
EOU suffers fi rst
loss of season
By DAVIS CARBAUGH
The (La Grande) Observer
LA GRANDE — No. 11
Eastern Oregon suffered its
fi rst loss of the year, losing
in brutal fashion to rival
College of Idaho. The Yotes
limited the Mountaineer’s
offensive output throughout
the game, winning 24-7 at
Community Stadium on
Saturday, Sept. 25.
The College of Idaho
totaled 419 yards to just 252
for Eastern Oregon, while
putting up 212 rushing yards
behind a standout perfor-
mance from running back
Nick Calzaretta. The senior
rushed for 122 yards and
hauled in 16 receiving yards.
The offensive output for
Eastern struggled through-
out the game, as quarterback
Kai Quinn constantly had to
rely on his legs to move the
ball. Quinn went 14-for-37
with 180 passing yards, while
rushing for 53 yards.
The Yotes set the tone on
their fi rst offensive posses-
sion, with a steady fl ow of
rushing gains down the fi eld.
Yotes quarterback Jack Rice
fi nished the drive with a 39-
yard deep ball to Isaiah Veal
to put the fi rst points on the
board in the fi rst quarter.
The Mountaineers
bounced back, driving the
ball quickly down fi eld
behind several big runs from
Quinn. He found the end
zone on a 24-yard rush to
tie the game at 7-7 midway
through the fi rst quarter.
Unfortunately for the Moun-
taineers, this would go on to
be the team’s only score of
the game.
Both teams battled out
what became mostly a
stalemate, with both de-
fenses stepping up for most
Alex Wittwer/The (La Grande) Observer
Eastern Oregon quarterback Kai Quinn drops back in
the pocket during a game against the College of Idaho
on Saturday, Sept. 25. The Yotes limited offensive
production from the Mountaineers throughout the
game, defeating Eastern 24-7 at Community Stadium.
of the fi rst half. A fi eld goal
from Stan Mulderij gave the
Yotes a 10-7 lead early in the
second quarter, but he fi n-
ished the day one for three.
Eastern went into halftime
trailing 10-7.
In the second half, East-
ern’s offense stalled for the
majority of possessions late
in the game. Coming off a
fourth down stop by East-
ern’s defense with their back
on the wall at the Mountain-
eers’ seven-yard line, Quinn
was intercepted on the fi rst
play of the ensuing drive.
Cade Flint made the inter-
ception and ran it back fi ve
yards to put the College of
Idaho up 17-7 with 2:36 re-
maining in the third quarter.
Eastern had several offen-
sive possessions in the fourth
quarter that stalled out, al-
lowing the Yotes to hold their
lead. Rice later completed
a fi ve-yard pass to Connor
Gagain with just over two
minutes left in the fourth
quarter to give the Yotes a
commanding 24-7 lead.
The Mountaineers were
unable to sustain offensive
possessions in order to
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The Wildcats (0-4, 0-1)
EUGENE — Third-
closed to within 24-19 on
ranked Oregon had a
Drake Anderson’s 1-yard
fast start and a big fi nish
touchdown run.
against Arizona.
Oregon extended its
Anthony Brown threw
lead with Camden Lewis’
for 206 yards and three
touchdowns, and the Ducks 43-yard fi eld goal early in
the fourth quarter, then
handed the Wildcats their
added Brown’s 18-yard
16th straight loss with a
scoring pass to Spencer
41-19 victory on Saturday
Webb to make it 34-19 with
night, Sept. 25.
Oregon (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) 8:26 left.
Bennett Williams’ 68-
extended its winning streak
yard interception return for
at Autzen Stadium to 15
a touchdown on Arizona’s
games. The Ducks are the
lone undefeated team left in ensuing series sealed Or-
egon’s victory.
the Pac-12.
“I would say we had a
After Arizona got uncom-
lot of self-infl icted wounds
fortably close in the third
today, and even just mental
quarter, Oregon scored 17
errors,” Brown said. “So just
unanswered points to put
the game away in the fourth. cleaning that up as the sea-
“The fourth quarter was son goes on, and everything
should be fi ne.”
a real bright spot. But the
Brown found Jaylon
stuff in between is the stuff
Redd with a 63-yard touch-
that we continually have
down just more than a
to — we have to get better,
minute into the game. Then
bottom line,” coach Mario
Oregon intercepted Arizona
Cristobal said. “There’s too
many inconsistencies in the starter Jordan McCloud on
middle there that we should the Wildcats’ fi rst series.
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Associated Press
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the resilient effort on defense,
the Mountaineers struggled
to maintain drives and put
points on the board.
Coming into the game
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Coaches’ Poll, the Mountain-
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blow in today’s game. The
loss dropped Eastern’s record
to 3-1 on the year. Up next,
the Mountaineers will look
to bounce back on the road
against Southern Oregon on
Oct. 2.
The takeaway
Oregon State: With the ef-
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and a solid defense starting
to fi nd itself, the Beavers
have to feel like they can now
be a factor in the jumbled
Pac-12. At minimum, they
are on track to reach a bowl
game for the fi rst time since
the 2013 season ended with
a victory in the Hawaii Bowl.
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recruitment, inadequate
player development and a
lack of fundamentals were
repeatedly exposed by Or-
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