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Oregon State
Ducks' Season Ends in Corvallis
11/20/04 | Football
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Derek Anderson threw for 351 yards and four touchdowns Saturday to give Oregon State a 50-21 victory over Oregon that made the Beavers bowl eligible.
The archrivals both entered the Civil War needing a win to qualify for a bowl berth. While Oregon State awaits a postseason invite, the Ducks headed home with their first losing season since 1993. They have not missed the postseason since 1996, when they finished 6-5.
Anderson also ran for a score for the Beavers (6-5, 5-3 Pac-10) in the 108th edition of the West Coast's longest running rivalry, dating back to 1894.
The home team has won the Civil War for the past eight seasons.
Anderson completed 24 of 41 passes, with Mike Hass catching nine throws for 154 yards and two touchdowns. Alexis Serna kicked five field goals of 20, 19, 32, 23 and 31 yards.
Kellen Clemens was 13-of-29 for 126 yards and three touchdowns for the Ducks (5-6, 4-4). He also was intercepted three times.
On the game's first series, Anderson hit Joe Newton with a 19-yard pass to put the Beavers on Oregon's 9, but Oregon State settled for the first of Serna's field goals.
The Ducks went up 7-3 on Clemens' 4-yard scoring pass to tight end Tim Day, who played only briefly last week in Oregon's 34-26 loss to UCLA because of a calf injury.
After Anderson's 28-yard touchdown pass to Hass put Oregon State back in front 10-7, the Beavers faked a field goal at fourth-and-10 on the Oregon 26, and holder Colt Charles completed a 17-yard pass to Bill Swancutt. Serna ended the drive with a 19-yarder.
Marcel Love caught Anderson's 10-yard touchdown pass to make it 20-7, before Oregon came back with Clemens' 12-yard TD pass to Demetrius Williams.
Anderson dove a yard into the end zone for a 27-14 Beavers' lead at halftime. His shoe flew off during the play and sailed across the end zone.
Clemens added another TD pass to Day, this time for 2 yards as Oregon closed in, but Oregon State pulled away with Anderson's 16-yard scoring pass to Newton, and a 30-yarder to Hass.
Serna widened Oregon State's with a pair of field goals in the fourth quarter.
The victory capped a turbulent week for Oregon State.
Beavers starting receiver Anthony Wheat-Brown was suspended earlier this week with three other players following an assault on an Oregon National Guardsman outside a Corvallis nightspot last weekend.
Redshirt freshman defensive end Joe Rudulph was charged with fourth-degree assault, harassment and disorderly conduct. Rudulph allegedly struck Staff Sgt. Gabriel Sapp during an altercation.
In addition to Rudolph and Wheat-Brown, Oregon State also suspended reserves Whitfield Usher and Ryan Rainwater. Only Rudulph faces formal charges in the case.
While the Civil War is the longest-running rivalry on the West Coast, it's not the oldest. That distinction belongs to the Big Game between Stanford and California, which dates back to 1892. The game has been played 107 times, with the No. 4 Golden Bears winning Saturday's edition, 41-6.
Oregon has not won in Corvallis since 1996.
