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Ducks turn rout into a thriller.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-AUG-03
Format: Online - approximately 795 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Ducks turn rout into a thriller.(Sports)(Oregon builds a pair of big leads but needs to hold off a fourth-quarter rally to record a season-opening victory at Mississippi State)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard

STARKVILLE, Miss. - It was headed for being a rout, and then it wasn't. It looked under control, but of course it couldn't stay that way.

After all that, about all Oregon could do was breathe a sigh of relief - not that getting a lungful was easy in this thick, muggy air - and head for a long flight home after a long Saturday night in Davis Wade Stadium ended with a 42-34 win over Mississippi State.

Not that the 52,856 who at one time were in the stadium were all around at the finish, nor probably much of that national TV audience.

The Ducks led 28-0 in the first quarter, but...

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