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Saturday, Oct. 2 10:15pm ET
Washington 34, Oregon 20 | |||||
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SEATTLE (AP) _ Marques Tuiasosopo threw three touchdown passes and the Washington Huskies opened their Pac-10 season with a 34-20 victory over No. 25 Oregon on Saturday night. Willie Hurst, Washington's No. 1 tailback, rushed for 161 yards on 30 carries, including a 4-yard touchdown run, and fullback Pat Conniff had a 9-yard scoring run in the third quarter. Tuiasosopo had seven turnovers in his previous two starts, but he didn't have a pass interception nor a fumble as the Huskies played mistake-free football before a crowd of 72,581. In the fourth night game in history at Husky Stadium, the junior quarterback completed 17-of-21 passes for 211 yards, including a 24-yarder to Gerald Harris for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter that put the Huskies (2-2) ahead 27-13. Tuiasosopo also passed for two touchdowns to tight end Jerramy Stevens, a 3-yarder in the first quarter and an 8-yarder with 2:15 to go. Oregon (3-2 overall, 1-1 Pac-10) lost to Washington for only the second time in six seasons after winning two in a row in Seattle. A.J. Feeley, Akili Smith's successor at quarterback for the Ducks, was 24-for-32 for 371 yards, including a touchdown pass. Under first-year coach Rick Neuheisel, Washington utilized a ball-control offense that kept the Ducks' offense off the field enough for the Huskies to win the game. The Huskies went 74, 80, 78, 71 and 71 yards for their touchdowns and controlled the ball 38:26 to Oregon's 21:34. Washington led 13-10 at halftime after being stung on the fourth play of the game by a 59-yard touchdown pass from Feeley to Keenan Howry with 1:55 gone in the game. The Huskies tied the score at 7 on Tuiasosopo's 3-yard TD pass to Stevens and Hurst put them ahead to stay with his 4-yard touchdown run with 8:27 left in the opening half. Ahead 13-10 at halftime, Washington took the opening second-half kickoff and drove for a touchdown with some help from the Ducks. Oregon's Sonny Cook was called for a personal foul for knocking down punter Ryan Fleming after Fleming punted. That gave Washington a first down and kept alive its 78-yard TD drove that ended with Conniff scoring. The Huskies played without cornerback Anthony Vontoure, who has two of the team's three interceptions in its first three games. Vontoure was suspended before the game for violation of team rules.
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