Pacific 10 Roundup : Washington Gets Its Kicks Near the Finish to Beat Oregon, 19-13

Jeff Jaeger kicked four field goals, two in the game’s final 3 minutes 7 seconds, to lift Washington to a 19-13 Pacific 10 conference victory over Oregon Saturday before 44,383 fans at Eugene, Ore.

“For us to put pressure on defenses the rest of the way, we have to get a tailback game going,” Washington Coach Don James said. “We have to establish some outside pressure.”

The Huskies went ahead for good, 16-13, after Ron Milus returned an Oregon punt 52 yards. He fumbled at the end of the play, but teammate Eric Lambright recovered at the Ducks’ 22-yard line.

The drive stalled at the Oregon one, setting up Jaeger’s 18-yard field goal that broke a 13-13 deadlock with 3:07 to play.

After Oregon failed to move the ball on its next possession, the Huskies took over deep in the Ducks’ territory and padded their lead to 19-13 on Jaeger’s 34-yard kick with 1:11 to play.

The Ducks moved to the Washington 41-yard line in the game’s final seconds but could go no further.

Oregon led, 10-6, at halftime after Chris Miller lobbed an eight-yard scoring pass to Lew Barnes with five seconds left.

The Ducks’ touchdown came after the Huskies failed on a fake punt attempt.

“The kicking game won for us, but the kicking game almost lost it for us, too,” James said. “Our fake punt was a gamble that almost cost us the game. I’m not going to run that play ever again.”

Washington regained the lead with 8:20 left in the third quarter, scoring its only touchdown when Hugh Millen found Lonzell Hill alone over the middle on a 25-yarder.

Jaeger connected on field goals of 23 and 25 yards in the first half. Oregon’s Matt MacLeod kicked field goals of 38 and 39 yards.

It was the third straight win for Washington, 3-2 overall and 2-0 in the conference. Oregon, blown out by Nebraska, 63-0, a week ago, dropped to 2-1 in the Pac-10, 2-3 overall.

The Huskies have beaten the Ducks 11 of the last 12 games.

California 39, Missouri 32--Freshman Marc Hicks scored his second touchdown on a one-yard run with 2:22 to play to halt a Tiger comeback and give the Bears a victory at Columbia, Mo.

Missouri (0-4) came back to tie, 32-32, with four minutes remaining when fullback Eric Drain capped an 80-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown and quarterback Marlon Adler ran over for the two-point conversion.

Cal (2-3) took the ensuing kickoff and drove 71 yards for the winning touchdown. Hicks set up the winning score when he ran 16 yards around left end to the Missouri one. Hicks, who had 120 yards rushing, scored on the next play.

Missouri tried to come back again when Adler hit Warren Seitz on a long pass to bring the Tigers inside California territory. But Matt Grimes intercepted a pass by Adler with 1:26 remaining, and the Bears held on for the victory.

Cal took the lead for the first time in the game early in the second half as Wendell Peoples made it 26-21 when he scored on an eight-yard touchdown pass from Kevin Brown.

Missouri’s Darrell Wallace rushed for 196 yards.

San Diego State 41, Stanford 22--Todd Santos threw for five touchdown passes as the Aztecs beat the Cardinal at San Diego in the first football meeting between the schools.

Santos completed 18 of 24 passes for 320 yards for the Aztecs (3-1).

Stanford quarterback John Paye set a school record for completions in a game when he connected on 40 of 56 passes for 390 yards. The Cardinal fell to 1-3.