University of Oregon
Arizona
Ducks Blast 'Cats, 48-10
09/13/03 | Football
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Demetrius Williams caught three touchdown passes -- two from Kellen Clemens and one from Jason Fife -- as Oregon handed Arizona its 12th consecutive Pac-10 home loss, 48-10 on Saturday night.
Fife threw for another score and ran for one, and the Ducks' defense shut down the Wildcats, who have been outscored 107-23 in consecutive home losses to LSU and Oregon.
Only a 53-yard touchdown pass from Ryan O'Hara to Brian Ealy with 3:42 to play prevented it from being the fourth-worst home loss in Arizona football history. Last week's 59-13 beating by LSU was the third-worst.
The Ducks (3-0, 1-0 Pac-10)) beat Arizona (1-2, 0-1) for the fifth time in a row, the last three in Tucson. Oregon has won nine of 10 against the Wildcats.
Embattled Arizona coach John Mackovic fell to 0-8 in home Pac-10 games and 3-14 in conference games overall in just over two seasons with the Wildcats.
Fans in the student section chanted "Fire Mackovic!" early in the game.
Williams, a sophomore who became Oregon's prime receiver after Samie Parker left with a sprained ankle in the first quarter, had five catches for 139 yards, including touchdowns of 3, 65 and 30.
The Ducks, who host No. 5 Michigan next weekend, led 20-0 and dominated the first-half statistics 210 yards to 42, 108-2 on the ground. Oregon led in time of possession through the first two quarters 33:48 to 11:12.
Oregon took a 3-0 lead on Jared Siegel's 29-yard field goal with 9:42 left in the first quarter after Kevin Mitchell recovered a fumble by Arizona's Mike Bell at the Wildcats 19.
Fife replaced the starter Clemens and directed the Ducks 66 yards on 13 plays. The drive stalled on the Arizona 7 and Siegel's 22-yard field goal made it 6-0 with 1:24 remaining in the first quarter.
The Ducks used up 5:17 of the second quarter on a 12-play, 51-yard drive, Fife scoring on a five-yard option play. The Oregon senior seemed stopped in the backfield, but he stepped past at least three would-be tacklers for the score to make it 13-0 with 8:56 to go in the first half.
Clemens returned and Oregon went 48 yards in nine plays, using up another 4:03. On third-and-goal from the 3, Clemens threw to Williams for the touchdown to put the Ducks up 20-0 with 1:02 left until halftime.
The Wildcats took the second-half kickoff and drove to the Oregon 27, aided by a third-down facemask penalty. Bobby Gill's 44-yard field goal cut the lead to 20-3.
The Ducks blew it open with touchdowns on their next four possessions, including Clemens' 65-yarder to a wide-open Williams and Fife's 30-yard sidelines pass to the sophomore receiver.
Clemens and Fife combined to complete 13 consecutive passes from late in the second quarter through the third.
Scoring Summary (Final)
University of Arizona Football
Oregon Ducks vs Arizona Wildcats (Sep 13, 2003 at Tucson, Ariz.)
Oregon Ducks (3-0,1-0) vs. Arizona Wildcats (1-2,0-1)
Date: Sep 13, 2003 Site: Tucson, Ariz. Stadium: Arizona Stadium
Attendance: 40462
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
----------------- -- -- -- -- -----
Oregon Ducks........ 6 14 21 7 - 48
Arizona Wildcats.... 0 0 3 7 - 10
Scoring Summary:
1st 09:42 ORE - Siegel, Jared 29 yd field goal
4 plays, 7 yards, TOP 0:51, ORE 3 - ARIZ 0
01:24 ORE - Siegel, Jared 22 yd field goal
13 plays, 66 yards, TOP 3:51, ORE 6 - ARIZ 0
2nd 08:56 ORE - Fife, Jason 5 yd run (Siegel, Jared kick)
12 plays, 51 yards, TOP 5:17, ORE 13 - ARIZ 0
01:02 ORE - Williams, D. 3 yd pass from Clemens, Kellen (Siegel, Jared kick)
9 plays, 48 yards, TOP 4:03, ORE 20 - ARIZ 0
3rd 11:20 ARIZ - Gill, Bobby 44 yd field goal
11 plays, 53 yards, TOP 3:40, ORE 20 - ARIZ 3
08:00 ORE - Williams, D. 65 yd pass from Clemens, Kellen (Siegel, Jared kick)
6 plays, 87 yards, TOP 3:15, ORE 27 - ARIZ 3
05:43 ORE - Washington, K. 1 yd run (Siegel, Jared kick)
4 plays, 39 yards, TOP 1:13, ORE 34 - ARIZ 3
02:43 ORE - Williams, D. 30 yd pass from Fife, Jason (Siegel, Jared kick)
5 plays, 49 yards, TOP 1:46, ORE 41 - ARIZ 3
4th 11:47 ORE - Shaw, Ryan 7 yd pass from Fife, Jason (Siegel, Jared kick)
13 plays, 62 yards, TOP 3:57, ORE 48 - ARIZ 3
03:42 ARIZ - Ealy, Biren 53 yd pass from O'Hara, Ryan (Gill, Bobby kick)
10 plays, 97 yards, TOP 4:14, ORE 48 - ARIZ 10
RUSHING: Oregon Ducks-Vincent, Chris 21-77; Shaw, Ryan 12-54; Fife,
Jason 6-30; Washington, K. 10-23; Rosario, Dante 3-11; Williams, D. 1-6;
Taylor, Kellen 1-5; Clemens, Kellen 1-2; Cheney, Erik 1-2. Arizona
Wildcats-Farmer, C. 11-42; O'Hara, Ryan 2-5; Steptoe, S. 1-3; Bell, Michael
9-minus 2; Costa, Nic 2-minus 14.
PASSING: Oregon Ducks-Clemens, Kellen 11-17-0-168; Fife, Jason
11-15-0-115. Arizona Wildcats-O'Hara, Ryan 11-27-0-113; Costa, Nic 5-9-0-33.
RECEIVING: Oregon Ducks-Williams, D. 5-139; Day, Tim 3-40; Parker,
Samie 3-36; Taylor, Kellen 3-19; Maxwell, Marcus 2-13; Vincent, Chris 2-11;
Rowley, Luke 1-9; Shaw, Ryan 1-7; Rosario, Dante 1-6; Carey, Jordan 1-3.
Arizona Wildcats-Ealy, Biren 7-90; Relford, Lance 2-25; Farmer, C. 2-10;
Harris, Gilbert 1-17; Williams, Ricky 1-10; Jefferson, Mike 1-1; Limon,
Pedro 1-minus 1; Jones, Sean 1-minus 6.
INTERCEPTIONS: Oregon Ducks-None. Arizona Wildcats-None.
FUMBLES: Oregon Ducks-Phinisee, J. 1-0; Rosario, Dante 1-1; Moore,
Steven 1-0. Arizona Wildcats-Bell, Michael 1-1.
Kickoff time: 7:10 pm End of Game: 10:34 pm Total elapsed time: 3:24
Officials: Referee: David Cutaia; Umpire: Tim Morris;
Linesman: Dan Antonietti; Line judge: Michael Feldman;
Back judge: Jim Northcutt; Field judge: M. Mothershed;
Side judge: R. Petkevicius; Scorer: Sean Fitz;
Temperature: 90 deg. Wind: NW 6 mph Weather: 14% humidity, clear
Team Statistics (Final)
University of Arizona Football
Oregon Ducks vs Arizona Wildcats (Sep 13, 2003 at Tucson, Ariz.)
ORE ARIZ
FIRST DOWNS................... 26 11
Rushing..................... 13 3
Passing..................... 12 6
Penalty..................... 1 2
Rushing Attempts.............. 56 25
Yards Gained Rushing.......... 214 83
Yards Lost Rushing............ 4 49
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 210 34
NET YARDS PASSING............. 283 146
Passes Attempted............ 32 36
Passes Completed............ 22 16
Had Intercepted............. 0 0
TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS......... 88 61
TOTAL NET YARDS............... 493 180
Average Gain Per Play....... 5.6 3.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 3-1 1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 10-81 8-92
Number of Punts-Yards......... 3-138 9-347
Average Per Punt............ 46.0 38.6
Punt Returns: Number-Yards.... 5-38 0-0
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards. 2-44 4-99
Interceptions: Number-Yards... 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards.. 0-0 0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 34:23 25:37
Third-Down Conversions........ 8 of 17 3 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 2 of 2 0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 6-6 0-0
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 3-24 0-0
