University of Oregon
Portland State
Ducks Blank Portland State, 41-0
09/21/02 | Football
EUGENE, Ore.- Oregon coach Mike Bellotti doesn't believe the Ducks have played their best game yet.
It took a while for the ninth-ranked Ducks to warm up offensively Saturday before cruising to a 41-0 win over Division I-AA Portland State.
Onterrio Smith ran for two touchdowns and Jason Fife threw for two more in the victory.
"I'm happy with the fact that we're 4-0, but we weren't as consistent as I would have liked," Bellotti said. "I still don't think we played as well as we could have."
It was the first time the Ducks (4-0) shut out an opponent since November 1992, when they beat archrival Oregon State 7-0 during a driving rainstorm. Portland State (2-1) filled in for Michigan, which rescheduled its game for 2007.
Fife easily drove the Ducks 60 yards in nine plays on the team's first scoring drive, setting up Jared Siegel's field goal. But Oregon struggled through the rest of the period.
The Ducks didn't score again until there was 1:03 left in the quarter, when Fife threaded a 31-yard scoring pass to Samie Parker through heavy traffic.
Smith scored on runs of 25 and 3 yards and became the first Oregon player to gain at least 100 yards in the first four games of the season. He finished with 115 yards rushing.
"After being held down for so long with my hamstring injury, it felt good," Smith said. "When I got to the sideline, I told coach I was back."
Portland State was shut out for the first time since losing 46-0 to Idaho in 1996, the year the Vikings moved up from Division II.
"I don't think we were overwhelmed at all by the crowd or anything else," Portland State coach Tim Walsh said. "We were overwhelmed by our field position and the one thing we didn't account for was how windy it can get here and that didn't help us any."
Ryan Fuqua, who entered the game leading Division I-AA with an average of 174.5 yards rushing, carried 24 times for 88 yards.
"They're a top team in Division I, but a loss is a loss, whether it's by one point or a shutout," Fuqua said. "I wish we could have made it more interesting."
Fife went 13-of-20 for 179 yards, including the TD to Parker and another to tight end George Wrighster from 4 yards out in the fourth.
Reserve tight end Nate LiaBraaten scored the final touchdown on an 8-yard throw from backup quarterback Kellen Clemens.
Siegel also kicked the longest field goal of his career, just clearing the crossbar from 52 yards out with a strong wind at his back.
Portland State quarterback Juston Woods was 14-of-27 for 134 yards and two interceptions, while kicker Mike Cajal-Willis had a field-goal attempt blocked by Oregon linebacker Kevin Mitchell, who also sacked Woods for a fumble.
Fife had one turnover, fumbling after he was sacked in the third quarter by Vikings linebacker Tolo Tuitele.
By WILLIAM McCALL
Associated Press Writer
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Oregon 41, Portland State 0
Box Score (Final)
Portland State vs #9 Oregon (Sep 21, 2002 at Eugene, Ore.)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Portland State...... 0 0 0 0 - 0 Record: (2-1)
Oregon.............. 10 7 10 14 - 41 Record: (4-0)
Scoring Summary:
1st 10:55 ORE - Siegel, Jared 32 yd field goal, 9-60 4:05, PSU 0 - ORE 3
01:03 ORE - Parker, Samie 31 yd pass from Fife, Jason (Siegel, Jared kick), 6-60 2:21, PSU 0 - ORE 10
2nd 03:08 ORE - Smith, Onterrio 25 yd run (Siegel, Jared kick), 2-35 0:52, PSU 0 - ORE 17
3rd 11:06 ORE - Smith, Onterrio 3 yd run (Siegel, Jared kick), 1-3 0:03, PSU 0 - ORE 24
05:59 ORE - Siegel, Jared 52 yd field goal, 7-26 2:49, PSU 0 - ORE 27
4th 09:50 ORE - Wrighster, Geo 4 yd pass from Fife, Jason (Siegel, Jared kick), 10-88 4:06, PSU 0 - ORE 34
05:12 ORE - LiaBraaten, Nat 8 yd pass from Clemens, Kellen (Siegel, Jared kick), 9-65 4:07, PSU 0 - ORE 41
PSU ORE
FIRST DOWNS................... 19 21
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 39-103 39-180
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 130 219
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 29-15-2 24-17-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 68-233 63-399
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 1-8
Punt Returns-Yards............ 0-0 3-16
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 4-84 1-22
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 2-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 7-31.7 4-44.8
Fumbles-Lost.................. 3-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards............... 13-86 12-73
Possession Time............... 32:55 27:05
Third-Down Conversions........ 3 of 14 6 of 12
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 0-2 4-5
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 5-31
RUSHING: Portland State-Fuqua, Ryan 24-88; Hall, Hashim 4-35; Rubin,
Joe 3-13; Wiser, Joe 3-minus 2; Wood, Juston 5-minus 31. Oregon-Smith,
Onterrio 21-115; Amundson, Allan 9-49; Fife, Jason 6-12; Howry, Keenan 1-4;
Floberg, Matt 1-3; TEAM 1-minus 3.
PASSING: Portland State-Wood, Juston 14-27-2-134; Wiser, Joe
1-2-0-minus 4. Oregon-Fife, Jason 13-20-0-179; Clemens, Kellen 4-4-0-40.
RECEIVING: Portland State-Levin, Jesse 5-51; Williams, Jay 4-31;
Jackson, A 2-20; Muhammad, S 1-23; Hester, Tim 1-11; Fuqua, Ryan 1-minus 2;
Forgette, Miles 1-minus 4. Oregon-Howry, Keenan 4-45; Wrighster, Geo 4-29;
Parker, Samie 3-54; Williams, Demet 1-32; Willis, Jason 1-21; Day, Tim 1-14;
Daniels, Gary 1-12; LiaBraaten, Nat 1-8; Amundson, Allan 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS: Portland State-None. Oregon-Clayton, Steven 1-0;
Moore, Steven 1-0.
FUMBLES: Portland State-Wood, Juston 2-1; Fuqua, Ryan 1-0.
Oregon-Fife, Jason 2-1.
Stadium: Autzen Stadium Attendance: 56066
Kickoff time: 12:37 End of Game: 3:58 Total elapsed time: 3:21
Officials: Referee: O'Cain, Brian; Umpire: Meyerhoff, J;
Linesman: Newhouse, Dale; Line judge: Lozo, Blake; Back judge: Northcott, Jim;
Field judge: Becker, David; Side judge: Petkevicius, R; Scorer: Mowrer, Bob;
Temperature: 76 Wind: nne @ 20 Weather: Clear
