Quite a Day’s Work for Dillon as Washington Routs Oregon

Corey Dillon rushed for 259 yards in 32 carries and scored three touchdowns to lead No. 23 Washington to a 33-14 Pacific 10 Conference rout of Oregon and strengthen his status as the leading rusher in the conference.

The performance came only a week after he gained 145 yards and scored five touchdowns in a 41-22 victory over UCLA. Not bad for a player who wasn’t even first string until the fourth game.

“I just say it’s all in a day’s work,” Dillon said. “I’m just out there working. Whatever comes along with going out there and working hard, I’ll take it.”

Washington, 5-2 overall and 4-1 in the Pac-10, took an early 21-0 lead, then blew the game open in the third quarter as the Ducks (3-5, 0-5) lost their fifth in a row.

Brock Huard completed 13 of 19 passes for 188 yards and a touchdown as Washington broke a two-game losing streak against its Northwest rival. Oregon hasn’t beaten the Huskies three times in a row since 1931.

Dillon, a 6-foot-2, 225-pound transfer from Dixie Junior College in Utah, scored on runs of one, seven and two yards in the first half. He set up John Wales’ 19-yard field goal with a 75-yard run in the third quarter, then had a 67-yarder later in the period.