Oregon State Steven Taranto 1 min read. Top storylines from wild season Dennis Dodd 7 min read. Alabama, Ohio State lead early top 25 Dennis Dodd 7 min read. Projected No. The Ducks have been rolling over opponents left and right, with Arizona being just the latest victim. Stanford looked like they were gonna beat the Ducks but Oregon blew them completely out of the water in the second half. If Oregon loses, they could conceivably remain in the national title game because of the space between them and TCU.
If that happens, then nothing changes. Yliniemi would miss the kick and the game remained tied. Both teams failed to find a spark on their next possessions, continually having to punt back and forth. Midway through the second quarter, the rain rolled back in as a light drizzle, only worsening as the game progressed. The Beavers would take possession with seven minutes remaining, and maintained possession for the remainder of the half by milking the clock on a long drive.
Each team had struggled defensively all year, yet it proved to be a huge defensive battle in the first half. The Beavers would led by only three with no penalties the entire half. Sun had turned to clouds early in the game, clouds had turned to drizzle as the first half progressed, and drizzle turned to pouring rain by halftime.
Both teams came out fired up to begin the second half, but something about the pouring rain extinguished the flames of both teams.
Heavy rain turned to hale at times, and neither team could manage a thing to begin the third quarter. The wind was blowing the rain eastward as the third quarter wore on, and both teams continually struggled. A potential late third quarter touchdown pass from Harrington to Parker in the end zone was just overthrown, and Seigel would miss a field goal to come as close as possible to any third quarter points.
The score remained , Oregon State; sending the game into the one of the most dramatic fourth quarters in Civil War History. Oregon State had possession of the ball to end the third quarter, and faced a third down to begin the fourth being backed up in Oregon territory. Unable to move the ball, Oregon State would punt early in the fourth quarter. Arguable the best punt return in Oregon Football history, Howry made the most of his first two blocks near him.
Howry ran directly down the center of the field with his famous speed, sprinting through the -O- at midfield and outracing every potential tackler to the end zone for a 70 yard touchdown.
Once they had the lead, the Ducks poured on the defense in a downpour for the ages. The house was delirious and electrifying, only making it harder for OSU.
Raining and blowing harder than it had all day, the hale was now coming. Simonton was stuffed by the Oregon Defensive Line on all three runs to go three-and-out and force OSU to punt the ball right back to the Ducks. For the first time all game, Oregon was unstoppable on offense. From their own 20, the Ducks began a nine minute drive. Morris ran right through the Oregon State defense en route to another yard performance to begin the drive from the 20 to the Two plays later, Harrington threw a perfect strike to Howry down the middle, who made a sliding catch directly at midfield for the first down.
Morris continued the job, carrying twice to get another first down at the OSU Oregon gradually made their way into the end zone and faced Third and 2 from the Morris took the handoff running right and just made it beyond the OSU 10 for the first down to keep the drive alive to milk the clock to under five minutes. On first down, Morris continued his hot streak, running up the middle and powering his way forward using his blocks from Josh Line and Jim Adams.
Morris appeared to be down around the three, but used his strength for on the second effort to plow through OSU defenders and fall forward into the end zone for the score. In 12 plays, Oregon had gone 80 yards and eaten up nearly eight minutes, having all the momentum at that point with a two score lead.
Many thought Oregon was in full control, but it was the Civil War. Oregon State was not about to give up, and showed they were ready to fight until the end. On third and 15 from the Oregon 25, Smith threw an impressive strike to a receiver in double coverage who managed to reel in the ball for the score.
Oregon State went for two and converted to pull within three. Oregon State's Ryan Katz was the top passer of the day, throwing for yards and two touchdowns. He suffered two tough interceptions, but he played admirably considering a brutal hit on the game's opening drive that briefly forced him out of the game. Running back Jacquizz Rogers ran the ball 22 times for 87 yards.
As time expired, chants of "BCS" echoed through the Corvallis crowd.
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