COLLEGE FOOTBALL : Oregon Beats Cal to Exorcise Memories of 1993 Collapse

This time, Oregon made sure California’s comeback wasn’t successful.

Tony Graziani threw three touchdown passes to Josh Wilcox, and No. 15 Oregon answered Cal’s late rally with one of its own in a 52-30 victory Saturday.

“They kept scoring and so did we,” Graziani said.

The victory was the 11th in 12 league games for Oregon, 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the Pac-10, and ended a three-game losing streak in Berkeley. Included in that skid was the 1993 meeting, when Cal rallied from a 30-point deficit for a 42-41 victory, the third-biggest comeback in NCAA history.

“We exorcised some demons and ghosts last year at Autzen Stadium,” Oregon Coach Mike Bellotti said of the Ducks’ 1994 home victory over Cal. “Maybe we got rid of some more this year at [Memorial] Stadium.”

Ricky Whittle ran for 161 yards and two touchdowns, his eighth career 100-yard rushing game and fourth against Cal (1-5, 0-3).

The Ducks held Cal to one yard rushing in the first half and minus-one yard in the game.

Linebacker Jeremy Asher said he thinks Oregon’s “Gang Green” defense has resurfaced.

“We pretty much made them one-dimensional,” said Asher, who had a team-high seven tackles, three of them for losses.