Weekly Game Notes - Washington State - University of Oregon Athletics

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ON THE AIR
National Television: Pac-12 Networks with Roxy Bernstein (pxp), Anthony Herron (analyst) & Lewis Johnson (reporter). Radio: Oregon IMG with Jerry Allen (pxp), Mike Jorgensen (analyst) & Joey McMurry (sidelines). Satellite Radio: Sirius 137, XM 197.

THE SERIES
•Oregon leads the all-time series with WSU, 47-39-7, including a 25-19-2 advantage in Pullman. In the last Palouse meeting the Ducks won 38-31 in 2014 behind Marcus Mariota who threw for 329 yards and 5 TDs. Oregon has won three straight in Pullman.
•The Cougars snapped Oregon's eight-game winning streak in the series with a win in Eugene last season, despite Royce Freeman rushing for 246 yards and two TDs.

QUICK HITS
•JR RB Royce Freeman moved up three spots during the Nebraska game to 19th all-time in Pac-12 career rushing, while remaining 15th all-time on the conference career rushing touchdowns list. The Ducks' running back needs 491 yards to crack the top 10 in rushing, while needing 21 rushing TDs to become the Pac-12's all-time leader.
•Oregon has had a 1,000-yard rusher each of the last nine seasons, the longest active streak in the country. During that stretch, the Ducks have had 10 backs rush for over 1,000 yards.
•Freeman needs 49 all-purpose yards against WSU to move into ninth on the career list at Oregon.
•JR K Aidan Schneider is the most accurate kicker in Oregon history making 92.3 percent (36-of-39) of his field goal attempts.
•FR LB Troy Dye earned Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors after his performance against UC Davis in the Ducks' opener. Dye finished with 11 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and a sack. He also blocked a FG attempt.
•Dye was the first true freshman at Oregon to start the opener at linebacker in over 38 years.
•The Ducks have started 12 underclassmen (8 freshmen, 4 sophomores) on either offense or defense this season. The list includes two true freshmen, six redshirt freshmen, four offensive linemen and eight defensive players.
•The five Oregon offensive lineman listed as starters on this week's two-deep against Washington State have combined to start 49 games with SR RG Cameron Hunt accounting for 35 of those. RS FR C Jake Hanson, RS FR LG Shane Lemieux and RS FR RT Calvin Throckmorton have each started four games, while RS FR LT Brady Aiello has two starts to his name. The Ducks' backup offensive linemen have combined to start 34 games, with 26 of those coming from SR OT Zac Morgan who started those games while at Dayton (FCS).