Scoring Summary
Washington State 3 0 0 7 10
Oregon 7 21 3 21 52
TEAM STATISTICS
WSU UO
First downs 15 24
Rushes-yards 20-30 44-228
Passing 275 259
Return Yards 175 164
Comp-Att-Int 25-40-2 17-26-0
Punts 5-44.8 3-24.3
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards 11-75 9-86
Time of Poss. 25:22 34:38
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Washington State
Rushing
Att Yds Avg TD Lng
Burnett 13 25 1.9 0 7
Hawkins 1 7 7.0 0 7
Mencke 3 5 1.7 0 11
Arzu 1 2 2.0 0 2
Birnbaum 2 -9 -4.5 0 0
Passing
C-A Yds Int TD Lng
Birnbaum 13-20 118 1 0 24
Mencke 12-20 157 1 1 25
Receiving No Yds Avg TD Lng
Henderson 7 51 7.3 0 22
Williams 4 71 17.8 0 24
Taylor 4 49 12.3 0 21
Nettles 4 46 11.5 0 25
Zubedi 3 34 11.3 0 20
Burnett 1 15 15.0 0 15
J. Shavies 1 8 8.0 1 8
Hopkins 1 1 1.0 0 1
Tackles
Tac Ast Tot
Gleason 11 2 13
Holden 4 5 9
Meier 6 2 8
Ratcliff 5 3 8
Newman 4 4 8
Emmerson 3 5 8
Gibbons 5 2 7
Trufant 5 1 6
Kongaika 2 2 4
Thompson 2 1 3
Decamera 2 0 2
Riley 2 0 2
Easter 1 1 2
F. Shavies 1 1 2
Lindell 1 1 2
Hollimon 1 1 2
Matson 1 1 2
Marong 0 2 2
Camarena 0 2 2
Oregon
Rushing
Att Yds Avg TD Lng
Droughns 23 123 5.3 1 15
Latimer 3 55 18.3 1 35
Ho-Ching 11 41 3.4 0 12
Cooper 3 8 2.7 0 7
Line 2 1 0.5 0 1
Harrington 2 0 0.0 1 8
Passing
C-A Yds Int TD Lng
Harrington 15-24 239 0 3 52
Feeley 2-2 20 0 0 11
Receiving
No Yds Avg TD Lng
Howry 4 68 17.0 1 28
Hartley 4 39 9.8 0 11
Tucker 3 21 7.0 0 19
Peelle 2 12 6.0 0 10
Droughns 1 52 52.0 1 52
Latimer 1 28 28.0 1 28
Collins 1 16 16.0 0 16
Ho-Ching 1 13 13.0 0 13
Tackles
Tac Ast Tot
Moore 6 2 8
M. Smith 5 3 8
Fletcher 5 3 8
S. Smith 4 3 7
Patu 5 1 6
Sirmon 4 1 5
Johnson 4 0 4
Naggi 3 0 3
Callier 3 0 3
McLemore 3 0 3
Sabol 2 1 3
Barker 2 0 2
A-44,090.
How they scored
First quarter
Washington State 3, Oregon 0
Rian Lindell 25-yard field goal. Four plays, minus 2 yards, 1:40. Anthony Matthews got around the right side and blocked Kurtis Doerr’s punt deep in Oregon territory. But with the ball on the 6-yard line the Cougars went backwards and were forced to kick the field goal.
Oregon 7, Washington State 3
Derien Latimer 28-yard pass from Joey Harrington. Josh Frankel kick. Six plays, 65 yards, 2:49. Harrington was able to find the soft spots in the Cougar secondary and went to work with an 18-yard pass and then the touchdown to Latimer right across the middle.
Second quarter
Oregon 14, Washington State 3
Latimer 35-yard run. Frankel kick. Eight plays, 81 yards, 5:01 . On a fourth and 1 at the 35, the Cougars’ Jesse Ratcliff could not wrap up Latimer as he busted through the line and into a wide open field.
Oregon 21, Washington State 3
Reuben Droughns 4-yard run. Frankel kick. Two plays, nine yards, :43. Michael Fletcher picked off Steve Birnbaum at the 43-yard line and returned it to the 9 to set up the score.
Oregon 28, Washington State 3
Keenan Howry 28-yard pass from Harrington, Frankel kick. Six plays, 64 yards, 2:49. On a third and 14, the Cougars failed to cover the middle as Harrington found Howry wide open for the score.
Third quarter
Oregon 31, Washington State 3
Frankel 18-yard field goal. Fifteen plays, 82 yards, 7:46. The Ducks stuck to the ground and punished the Cougar defense with the hard-running Droughns to set up the score.
Fourth quarter
Oregon 38, Washington State 3
Droughns 52-yard pass from Harrington. Three plays, 54 yards, 18 seconds. After the Cougars failed to convert on a fourth down, the Ducks took over and took it quickly into the end zone.
Oregon 45, Washington State 3
Harrington 8-yard run, Frankel kick. Eight plays, 40 yards, 4:04. Following an interception by Paul Mencke the Ducks went to work with Herman Ho-Ching on the ground before finishing the drive off with a naked bootleg around the right side.
Oregon 45, Washington State 10
Josh Shavies 8-yards from Paul Mencke, Lindell kick. Nine plays, 71 yards, 1:30. With the second and third string defense in the game, the Cougars were able to drive down the field and score.
Oregon 52, Washington State 10
Nathan Naggi 47-yard fumble recovery, Frankel kick. With less than 10 seconds remaining, Naggi picked up a fumble from WSU wide receiver Collin Henderson and took it the distance. Attendance: 44,090