Long Beach Can’t Duck Oregon Punch

Derek Loville rushed for 154 yards and Bill Musgrave threw 3 touchdown passes as Oregon opened its season Saturday with a 49-0 romp over Cal State Long Beach.

Loville scored on runs of 8 and 1 yards as the Ducks rolled up their biggest victory margin in 15 years.

The junior tailback carried the ball 22 times and had runs of 24 and 36 yards, the two longest of his career. He gained 154 yards, a career best.

All of Musgrave’s touchdown passes came in the first half, when Oregon opened a 28-0 lead. Sam Archer caught scoring passes of 20 and 15 yards and Latin Berry caught a 7-yarder for another score. Berry also scored on a 1-yard run.

At one point in the first half, Oregon had a 163-1 advantage in total yardage.

Long Beach (0-2) moved past midfield only once.

Oregon Coach Rich Brooks, in the most lopsided victory of his collegiate coaching career, removed most of his starters, including Loville and Musgrave, at the end of the third quarter with the Ducks leading, 42-0. Redshirt freshman quarterback Bob Brothers scored Oregon’s final touchdown on a 38-yard option run in the fourth quarter.

Long Beach’s only threat came in the second quarter, when the 49ers drove to the Oregon 22. But Thom Kaumeyer intercepted Paul Oates’ pass at the 12.