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10/24/09 | Football
Postgame Notebook
Saturday, October 24, 4:15 p.m. PDT
OREGON POSTGAME NOTEBOOK
Game 7 • No. 12 Oregon at Washington • Oct. 24, 2009
•Oregon is 4-0 to start Pac-10 play for the second time in 52 seasons (2000).
•The Ducks' defense allowed just its second and third touchdowns of the Pac-10 season against the Huskies, with both coming in the fourth quarter. The only other TD surrendered by the defense in conference play came late in the victory over Washington State.
•FR RB LaMichael James ran for a UO freshman-best 154 yards, including a season-long 56-yard touchdown.
•James moved up to second on UO's all-time freshman rushing list with 735 yards. The 100-yard rushing effort was his fourth this season.
•SR WR Rory Cavaille recorded the first blocked punt of his career, resulting in the first career TD by JR DE Tyrell Irvin.
•The blocked punt was the first resulting in a touchdown for UO since Jordan Carey scored off Keith Lewis' block vs. Michigan Sept. 20, 2003.
•SO ROV Javes Lewis intercepted his second career pass, both this season.
•Eight of SO TE David Paulson's nine catches have gone for 1st downs and UO has scored on eight of the nine drives in which he has a reception.
•UO is 7-of-7 on fourth down conversions in Pac-10 play.
•Oregon's Cliff Harris, a true freshman playing in his second career game, recorded his first interception.
•JR QB Jeremiah Masoli rushed for at least one touchdown for the 11th time in his last 13 games and now has 17 TDs in 18 career games as a Duck.
•JR DE Kenny Rowe has at least a partial sack in all but two games this season.
•The 3rd-quarter touchdown catch by JR WR D.J. Davis was his second career.
•The Ducks now have six non-offensive touchdowns in seven games (2 FR, 2 INT, 1 PR, 1 KR).
•The Oregon defense had its second goal line stand in as many games, both resulting in zero points.
•The Ducks made only their third trip to Husky Stadium this decade (2003, '07).
•SR FS T.J. Ward made his first appearance since Sept. 3 at Boise State and made a solo tackle on his first play of the game.
•Oregon scored in the first half for the first time in three road games this season.
•FR P Jackson Rice had three punts of 50 yards or longer, including a season-high 60-yarder.
•Polk became only the second player to rush for 100 or more yards against the Ducks in seven games this season (Ralph Bolden, Purdue, 123).
•The Ducks have won the past six meetings against Washington, their longest winning streak against UW in the 109-year rivalry.
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