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2013 FOOTBALL ALMANAC
Game 1 - Sept. 1
201Z SEASON REVIEW
ARKANSAS STATE #5 OREGON
Arkansas State Oregon
34 57
Eugene, Ore. (56,144) Autzen Stadium 74 degrees, sunny EUGENE, Ore. - Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota culminated his first seven drives of his collegiate career into touchdowns and the Ducks extended a 50-3 advantage midway through the second quarter to post their eighth-straight win in a home opener. Mariota, who became the school’s first freshman quarterback to start the season opener since 1991, led No. 5 Oregon by passing for 200 yards and three touchdowns before exiting the game with 7:06 remaining in the second quarter, calmly completing 18 of 22 passes in his collegiate debut. ``The game in itself, it was fun,’’ he said. ``I can’t really explain it any more than that.’’ Sophomore De’Anthony Thomas caught two of Mariota’s scoring strikes and ran for another touchdown while collecting 125 all-purpose yards. Kenjon Barner, taking over as starter after the departure of running back LaMichael James, ran for 66 yards and two scores while remaining on the sidelines for the second half. Mariota and Thomas also were finished by halftime while Oregon coach Chip Kelly gave his backups some work. ``I would have liked to play a little bit more, but that’s the competition nature in me,’’ Mariota said. The loss spoiled coach Gus Malzahn’s first game as coach of the Red Wolves, who went 10-3 last season and won the Sun Belt Conference title. ``We had an idea about their offense. They execute it so well and they’ve got speed at every position,’’ Malzahn said. ``Obviously, we were expecting to do better than we did defensively in the first half.’’ Arkansas State senior quarterback Ryan Aplin threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns, including a 72-yard scoring pass to Julian Jones just before the half. Mariota redshirted last season and was something of a mystery because Oregon closes practices, but he beat out Bryan Bennett for the starter’s job in fall camp. The native Hawaiian had shown promise in the Ducks’ spring game with a touchdown pass and two scoring runs - including one TD rush of 82 yards. The Ducks wasted little time getting on the scoreboard, capping their first drive of the game with Barner’s 4-yard dash before adding the 2-point conversion to jump in front, 8-0, only 1:38 into the game. Barner, a senior, was James’ backup for the past two seasons. James, the school’s career leading rusher, left Oregon early for the NFL draft and was a second-round pick by the San Francisco 49ers. Mariota connected with Thomas with a 12-yard scoring pass to make it 15-0 four minutes later. Thomas made a splash last season when he set an Oregon freshman record with 18 touchdowns, rushing for seven, nine on receptions and two on kickoff returns. Before the first quarter was over, Josh Huff pulled down a 4-yard touchdown pass from Mariota and Barner added a 17-yard scoring run to complete the run of 29 unanswered points. Brian Davis kicked a 43-yard field goal for the Red Wolves early in the second quarter.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
13:22 09:19 07:57 02:27 13:57 12:57 10:45 07:06 03:20 10:46 01:53 11:36 08:48 04:30
ORE ORE ORE ORE ASU ORE ORE ORE ASU ASU ASU ORE ASU ASU
0 10 10 29 21 0
14 7
34 57
Record: (0-1) Record: (1-0)
Barner, K. 4 yd run (Jordan, D. pass from Rice, J.), 7-73 1:38, ASU 0 - ORE 8 Thomas, De. 12 yd pass from Mariota, M. (Beard, R. kick), 7-67 1:43, ASU 0 - ORE 15 Huff, J. 4 yd pass from Mariota, M. (Beard, R. kick), 3-22 0:29, ASU 0 - ORE 22 Barner, K. 17 yd run (Beard, R. kick), 8-56 2:54, ASU 0 - ORE 29 Davis, B. 43 yd field goal, 12-56 3:30, ASU 3 - ORE 29 Thomas, De. 12 yd pass from Mariota, M. (Beard, R. kick), 5-67 1:00, ASU 3 - ORE 36 Thomas, De. 33 yd run (Beard, R. kick), 2-48 0:23, ASU 3 - ORE 43 Marshall, B. 3 yd run (Beard, R. kick), 12-53 2:39, ASU 3 - ORE 50 Jones, J. 72 yd pass from Aplin, R. (Davis, B. kick), 2-80 0:19, ASU 10 - ORE 50 Davis, B. 29 yd field goal, 14-74 4:14, ASU 13 - ORE 50 Jarboe, J. 6 yd pass from Aplin, R. (Davis, B. kick), 6-55 1:42, ASU 20 - ORE 50 Vaughn, R. 7 yd pass from Bennett, B. (Beard, R. kick), 13-68 5:17, ASU 20 - ORE 57 McCants, C. 38 yd pass from Aplin, R. (Davis, B. kick), 7-71 2:48, ASU 27 - ORE 57 Aplin, R. 1 yd run (Davis, B. kick), 6-75 2:06, ASU 34 - ORE 57
RUSHING: Arkansas State-Oku, David 12-81; Jackson, F. 7-72; Aplin, Ryan 12-37; Thornton, S. 1-17; Jarboe, Josh 4-13; McKissic, J.D. 1-6. Oregon Ducks-Barner, Kenjon 9-66; Marshall, Byron 24-64; Thomas, De’Anthony 3-64; Forde, Ayele 12-44; Bennett, Bryan 4-34; Mariota, Marcus 4-24; Bassett, Kenny 1-1. PASSING: Arkansas State-Aplin, Ryan 29-44-1-304. Oregon Ducks-Mariota, Marcus 18-22-0-200; Bennett, Bryan 10-17-1-108. RECEIVING: Arkansas State-Jarboe, Josh 13-66; McKissic, J.D. 4-28; Oku, David 3-21; Jones, Julian 2-80; McCants, Carlos 1-38; Griswold, D. 1-26; Kincy, Anthony 1-14; Murry, Kedric 1-11; Jackson, F. 1-8; Muse, Allen 1-7; Stockemer, T. 1-5. Oregon Ducks-Thomas, De’Anthony 4-55; Lowe, Keanon 4-34; Addison, Bralon 3-15; Kelley, B.J. 2-39; Stanford, D. 2-24; Vaughn, Rahsaan 2-22; Huff, Josh 2-22; Hawkins, Daryle 2-20; Lyerla, Colt 2-18; Brown, Pharaoh 1-16; Dungy, Eric 1-15; Butterfield, B. 1-11; Stanton, Blake 1-9; Barner, Kenjon 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS: Arkansas State-Scales, Chaz 1-5. Oregon Ducks-Boyett, John 1-25. FUMBLES: Arkansas State-Aplin, Ryan 2-1; Jackson, F. 1-1. Oregon Ducks-Addison, Bralon 1-0; Brown, Pharaoh 1-0. SACKS (UA-A): Arkansas State-Nelms, Nick 0-1; Jackson, S. 0-1. Oregon Ducks-None. TACKLES (UA-A): Arkansas State-Herrold, Nathan 6-5; Lee, Qushaun 6-1; Tryon, Andrew 6-0; Lorigan, Cole 5-0; Starson, Tim 4-1; Young, Sterling 3-2; Porter, Eddie 2-3; Jones, Don 3-1; Nelms, Nick 2-2; Carrethers, R. 2-2; Holmes, Tausean 3-0; Owens, Markel 2-1; Stone, Chris 2-1; Scales, Chaz 2-1; Victorian, J. 2-0; Wright, Ronnell 1-1; Jackson, S. 1-1; Humes, Chris 1-1; Blackmon, D. 1-1; Coleman, Kyle 0-2; Gandy, John 1-0; Oku, David 1-0; Draper, Amos 1-0; Girley, C. 0-1. Oregon Ducks-Hill, Troy 6-0; EkpreOlomu, I. 6-0; Dargan, Erick 5-0; Malone, Derrick 3-2; Mathis, Dior 2-2; Clay, Michael 3-0; Buckner, D. 2-1; Jackson, Brian 2-1; Cassell, Rahim 1-2; Armstead, Arik 2-0; Patterson, A. 2-0; Alonso, Kiko 2-0; Lokombo, Boseko 2-0; Mitchell, T. 2-0; Kelley, B.J. 2-0; Boyett, John 1-1; Scales, James 1-1; Hardrick, R. 1-1; Morrison, Nick 1-1; French, C. 1-0; Jordan, Dion 1-0; Hart, Taylor 1-0; Lyerla, Colt 1-0; Ebert, Jared 1-0; Coleman, Tyson 0-1; Wallace, A. 0-1; Ava, Isaac 0-1; Remington, I. 0-1; Kafovalu, David 0-1; Thompson, Grant 0-1. TEAM STATISTICS FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards
ASU 27 37-226 304 44-29-1 81-530 0-0 0-0 6-111 1-5 4-31.0 3-2 6-57 27:27 4 of 12 0 of 1 3-4 1-9
ORE 34 57-297 308 39-28-1 96-605 0-0 1-6 1-2 1-25 2-27.5 2-0 8-75 32:33 10 of 19 4 of 5 7-8 0-0