Oregon Ducks Look to Rebound Against Familiar Foe Washington Huskies

For all of the Ducks’ problems, they’re still very much an Oregon team with plenty of speed and a dominant running back – this year that’s Royce Freeman, who has 859 yards and nine TDs, including 246 and two against Washington State last week. Oregon football will enter the rivalry game with Washington as underdogs for the first time in almost a decade.

Backups Jeff Lockie and Taylor Alie were able to walk off the field winners at bottom-feeding Colorado but were unable to help rescue a reeling defense in last week’s loss to Washington State. If given the same opportunities against Oregon he’ll need to make the connection to force the Ducks honor the run game. Four seasons ago in Eugene in the season-opener for both teams, Jeremiah Masoli came off the bench and led the Ducks to a 44-10 win. For Oregon, a winning-mentality is going to be key. The Huskies surrender only 3.1 yards per rush.

Washington is coming off the most significant victory of coach Chris Petersen’s tenure, upsetting 17th ranked USC 17-12 in the Los Angeles Coliseum.

The No. 24 Oregon volleyball team fell in straight sets to No. 4 Washington at Alaska Airlines Arena, Friday, 25-20, 25-21, 25-16. Taking advantage of a loophole in the NCAA rulebook that allows graduate students to transfer without sitting out a season, Adams earned his degree at EWU and headed to Oregon.

Where: Husky Stadium, Seattle, Washington.

“That may be the case, but that’s just an excuse”, wide receiver Dwayne Stanford said when asked about the inconsistency at quarterback slowing down the blur offense. “Every single game is going to be a dogfight in this league, and we’ve got to buckle down and get ready for that”.

Oregon is averaging 318 rushing yards per game, which leads the Pac-12.

Freeman is one of nation’s top backs and Victor leads Pac-12’s top defense tackles (48).

1941 – The total number of passing yards Oregon has given up this season (in 6 games, or 323.5 yards per game).

“They’ve done a good job of putting together a good team”, defensive coordinator Don Pellum said.

Silencing a sold-out Husky Stadium tonight with a 12th consecutive win over the Huskies would go a long way in salvaging something in the second half of the season for Oregon, which played for a national championship on January 12. “Just the history behind us the last few years, if anyone beats us it’s a big win for them”.

Kreifels ended up getting a sideline lecture from coach Beau Baldwin and a one-game suspension.