TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2021
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Colorado nips Beavers in double OT
said Becker, a freshman, after
navigating his way through
BOULDER, Colo. — Cole the homecoming crowd that
Becker was more impressed rushed the fi eld when his last
fi eld goal sailed high through
with his counterpart’s big
the uprights.
fi eld goal than he was with
But what about Hayes’
his own game-winner in
60-yarder, which is the lon-
double overtime.
Oregon State kicker Ever- gest in the FBS this season,
the longest in Oregon State
ett Hayes missed a 38-yard
fi eld goal in the second over- history and tied for the lon-
gest ever at Folsom Field.
time after nailing a school
“That was incredible,”
record 60-yarder at the end
Becker said. “I think, if I’m
of regulation, and Becker’s
43-yarder gave Colorado a 37- right, he hadn’t hit 50-plus in
his career. When he lined up
34 win over the Beavers on
for 60, I was like no shot. I’m
Saturday night, Nov. 6.
standing on the bench, it was
“That’s the moment all
young kickers dream about,” good from 65, and I was like,
By ARNIE STAPLETON
Associated Press
‘That was a kick!’”
Colorado (3-6, 2-4 Pac-12)
won for the fi rst time in four
multi-overtime games in the
program’s history and the
Buffaloes denied bowl eligibil-
ity for Oregon State (5-4, 3-3),
which remains in search of
its fi rst six-win season since
2013.
The teams exchanged
touchdowns in the fi rst
overtime with Brendon Lewis
scoring on a 9-yard quar-
terback keeper for Colorado
and running back B.J. Baylor
snaring a high direct snap
with his left hand and trot-
ting into the end zone.
Baylor, the conference’s
leading rusher, gained 98
yards on 22 carries but the
Buffaloes were pleased be-
cause they were without their
top tackler in injured line-
backer Nate Landham and
several others stepped up.
Colorado actually out-
gained the Beavers on the
ground 222 yards to 220
thanks to Jarek Broussard’s
151 yards on 24 carries,
including a 49-yarder that set
up a go-ahead touchdown late
in the fourth quarter.
For the game to even go
extra time required an in-
credible fi nish by the Beavers.
Hayes missed a 51-yarder
with 32 seconds remaining,
but the Beavers had all three
of their timeouts and they
forced Colorado to punt the
ball, which Anthony Gould
returned 26 yards to the Bea-
vers 49 with 5 seconds left.
With fi ve defenders at
the goal line, Chance Nolan
threw a 9-yard pass to Gould,
who stepped out of bounds
at the Buffs 42 with 1 second
remaining.
With his holder at the
50-yard line, Hayes eas-
ily cleared the crossbar, his
60-yarder breaking the school
record of 58 yards set by
Chris Mangold in 1982 and
tied by Alexis Serna in 2006.
It also tied Mason Crosby’s
record, set against Iowa State
on Oct. 16, 2004, for longest
fi eld goal at Folsom Field.
“I was like, ‘Wow!’ I think
he defi nitely has the length,”
Colorado coach Karl Dorrell
said. “And it was right down
the pike. And what I did was
I looked at our sideline just to
see what their thoughts were.
It wasn’t like they hung their
head. They just said, ‘We’re
going overtime.’”
“The mindset was just, ‘Go
out there, score again,’” Lewis
said. “And we did.”
No. 7 Oregon avoids stumble, rallies to top Washington 26-16
create a cushion after taking
a 9-3 lead.
Carson Bruener inter-
cepted Brown’s pass on
Oregon’s opening drive and
returned it 50 yards to the 7.
In less than three minutes
Washington had a 7-0 lead
after McGrew scored on a
1-yard run and the Huskies
added a safety shortly after
for a 9-3 lead.
But Washington failed to
extend the lead. Washington
punted twice on fourth-and-
short near midfi eld. Morris
was intercepted in Oregon
territory trying to force a
pass into triple coverage.
And McGrew was stopped
on a fourth-and-1 run at the
Oregon 23 late in the second
quarter.
“So frustrating. You have
a team like that on the ropes
in our stadium and all those
big plays that we’re mak-
ing, the defensive stops that
we’re making,” Lake said.
“Extremely frustrating.”
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — By the time
the fi nal seconds ticked away,
most of the purple had va-
cated, leaving Oregon to once
again dance around the fi eld
and celebrate in the stands
of arguably its most-heated
rival.
On a windy, rainy night
the seventh-ranked Ducks
showed a bit more “prowess”
— the word of the week in
this rivalry — than Wash-
ington.
“Proud of the way our
guys came out and showed
our prowess in handling
inclement weather,” Oregon
coach Mario Cristobal said.
“We continued to play hard
throughout the entire game
making sure every critical
situation our team respond-
ed really well.”
Travis Dye rushed for a
career-high 211 yards and a
touchdown, Anthony Brown
ran for a score and passed
for another and Oregon
overcame a sluggish start to
beat Washington 26-16 on
Saturday night, Nov. 6.
A year after the border
rivals didn’t play due to a
COVID-19 outbreak within
the Huskies program, the
Ducks (8-1, 5-1 Pac-12) fell
behind early before running
off 21 consecutive points and
beat Washington for the sev-
enth time in the past eight
games played in Seattle.
“The ‘W’ means every-
thing to me. The perfor-
mance is just a plus,” Dye
said.
Brown threw a 31-yard
TD pass to Devon Williams
late in the fi rst half to take
a 10-9 lead at the break and
scored on a 2-yard run early
in the third quarter. Dye
capped the scoring streak
when he rumbled 19 yards
for a score on the fi rst play of
the fourth quarter to give the
Ducks a 24-9 lead.
Dye’s rushing perfor-
mance was the most yards
rushing by an Oregon run-
ning back against Washing-
ton since Jonathan Stewart
went for 251 yards in 2007.
Oregon had 215 yards
rushing and averaged 6.9
yards per carry in the second
half.
“When you can run the
ball down somebody’s throat,
Sean Meagher/The Oregonian-TNS
Oregon quarterback Anthony Brown Jr. (No. 13) avoids a sack as the No. 4 Ducks face the Washington Huskies in
a college football game at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington, on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021.
that’s the best feeling in the
world,” Dye said. “When
you have the confi dence in
your offensive linemen and
running backs where you’re
just running it, it is the best
feeling.”
Washington’s languishing
offense that had done noth-
ing all night suddenly went
the length of the fi eld and
pulled to 24-16 with 11:13 re-
maining on Sean McGrew’s
second TD run.
Oregon was able to grind
nearly nine minutes off the
clock even though they didn’t
score. The drive was helped
by a long run from Dye
and Brown hitting Johnny
Johnson III for 13 yards on a
third-and-10. It was John-
son’s only catch after he was
suspended for the fi rst half
following a targeting ejection
last week.
Washington (4-5, 3-3) got
the ball back with 2:14 left
and 90 yards to go but had
two dropped passes, an in-
completion and when coach
Jimmy Lake opted to punt
the snap went over Race
Porter’s head for a safety.
Sean Meagher/The Oregonian-TNS
Oregon running back Travis Dye (No. 26) celebrates after his touchdown to open the
fourth quarter as the No. 4 Ducks face the Washington Huskies in a college football
game at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington, on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021.
Lake said he opted to
punt because Washington
had two timeouts left and
felt the Huskies could get
the ball back with about 50
seconds left and better fi eld
position.
“We obviously weren’t
planning on a safety there
with our punt operation,”
Lake said.
Washington had won two
straight on the road, but its
offensive defi ciencies led to
several missed chances to
The takeaway
Oregon: The Ducks
fi nished with 329 yards
rushing, the second time this
season a team rushed for at
least 300 yards against the
Huskies. Michigan had 343
yards rushing in Septem-
ber. Between 2014-20 only
one team topped 300 yards
rushing against Washington.
Brown added 63 yards rush-
ing and Byron Cardwell had
55 yards. Oregon rushed for
465 yards against Washing-
ton in 2007.
Washington: Some type
of change needs to be made
to Washington’s offense.
They had no fi rst downs in
the fi rst quarter, and went
three-and-out six times.
The conditions were awful,
but the lack of potency and
consistency from the offense
has been a problem all year
and has left the Huskies in
the position of needing to win
two of its last three games to
become bowl eligible.
Up next
Oregon: Hosts Wash-
ington State this Saturday,
Nov. 13.
Washington: Hosts Ari-
zona State Saturday, Nov. 13.
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