WEEK 8
(4-2) 
VS #22 (3-2) 
GAME PREVIEW
Coach Dodge is 0-2 vs the Ducks and 6-9 Lifetime against Top-25 teams, so this was a bigtime matchup.
Coach Dodge wasn't the only excited about this week's matchup Starting RB Donte Williams and CB A. Patterson both transfered in from Oregon looking to become stars for the Cougars after being put in a reserve role by Coach Chip Kelly.
GAME RECAP
This game was full of big plays on both sides of the ball. Oregon's RB L. Seastrunk showed why he is a Heisman Canidate as carries the ball 11 times for 107 yds in the 1st half including a 66 yd TD run in the 1st Quarter. All American QB Bryan Bennett played great as well completing 10/15 passes for 159 yds but his 1 INT returned 82 yds by CB N. Washington was a turning point for the Cougars as they took the 21-10 lead at the half. QB C. Halliday played great going 10/17 for 146 yds and 2 TD's both to WR B. Ratliff in the final minute of the half.
Oregon would fight back in the 2nd half as Bennett finds WR K. Lowe for 2 TD's, but WSU's D. Williams supplied 2 big runs (55 yds and 33 yds) setting up a 7 yd TD run as the Cougars took a 31-24 lead into the 4th Q.
Williams would end the night with a season/career high 161 yds on 27 carries, but it was his former teammate L. Seastrunk who would take home player of the game honors as he goes 58 yds in the 4th Quarter after a C. Winston fumble to tie the game (31-31) Out of FG range, WSU was forced to go for it on 4th and 6 with 1:45, but C. Halliday pass was picked off. The Cougar "D" would play well forcing Oregon to kick a FG with 34 seconds to play. Out of timeouts, Halliday would lead his team down the field and with 4 seconds to play, Parrish would rush on to the field to try and tie the game, but the clock would expire before the kick was off, and the Ducks would hold on for the win.
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TEAM | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
#22 Oregon (3-2) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
Washington State (4-2) | 0 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
| Oregon Boxscore |
| PASSING | RATING | C/ATT | YDS | TD/INT | AVG |
| B. Bennett | | 21/28 | 295 | 2/1 | |
| D. Hawkins | | 4/4 | 52 | | |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
| L Seastrunk | 17 | 195 | 11.4 | 2 | 66 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
| J. Wright | 6 | 79 | | | |
| L. Seastrunk | 5 | 49 | | | |
| K. Lowe | 3 | 53 | | 2 | |
| Washington State Boxscore |
| PASSING | RATING | C/ATT | YDS | TD/INT | AVG |
| C. Halliday | | 23/40 | 307 | 2/1 | 13.3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
| D. Williams | 27 | 161 | 5.9 | 1 | 55 |
| C. Halliday | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | | 29 |
| C. Winston | 2 | 1 | | | |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
| B. Ratliff | 8 | 114 | | 2 | |
| M. Wilson | 8 | 103 | | | |
| DEFENSE | TACK | SACK | INT | PDEF | TD |
| MLB R. Franklin | 10 Solo | | | | |
| CB N. Washington | | | 1 | | 1 (82 yds) |
POST GAME COMMENTS
I am very frustrated. I felt like we played a great game minus the fact Seastrunk had some huge runs and Bennett seemed to connect on every pass minus the 1 big INT. Washington has been huge for us with back to back big plays in games (Kick return last game)
I really felt like the O-line did a great job of opening up holes for Williams. Winston's fumble was like a dagger to the heart as it was what allowed them the chance to tie the game. Also not being able to stop the clock to ste up the Field Goal killed us. We probalby should've just thrown for the endzone but I thought we had enough time to get the unit out there for the kick.