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Oct 12, 1996
Miller Boots Oregon With OT Field Goal, 27-24
Kevin Miller kicked a 26-yard field goal in overtime to liftStanford to a 27-24 victory over Oregon in a Pac-10 Conferencegame.
Orgeon had the first overtime possession but Stanford defensiveend Kailee Wong stripped the ball from quarterback Tony Grazianiand defensive tackle Carl Hansen recovered it.
Stanford (2-3, 1-1 Pac-10) took over at the Oregon 25-yard lineand Mike Mitchell rushed twice for 11 yards and a first down.The Cardinal ran three plays to the Oregon 11 and Miller kickedthe game-winner on 4th-and-5.
Stanford, which had lost consecutive road games to Wisconsin andWashington, leads the all-time series with Oregon, 41-20-1.
Oregon (3-4, 0-4) has lost four straight games.
Mike Mitchell's six-yard run gave the Cardinal a 7-0 lead justunder three minutes into the game. He carried 20 times for 121yards.
Saladin McCullough's three-yard run tied the score with 9:23left in the first. Joshua Smith kicked a 19-yard field goal tocap a 17-play, 97-yard drive and give the Ducks a 10-7 lead with8:25 left in the second.
Graziani hooked up with Damon Griffin on a 50-yard scoring pass,giving Oregon a 17-7 lead just 1:15 into the third. Grazianiwas 16-of-32 for 254 yards and Griffin caught two passes for 73yards.
Mitchell ran 42 yards for a score to pull the Cardinal within17-14 just over five minutes into the fourth, but Pat Johnsonran back the ensuing kickoff 95 yards to give the Ducks a 24-14cushion.
Chad Hutchinson found Damon Dunn with a 27-yard scoring pass,pulling the Cardinal within 24-21 with 8:02 to go in the fourth.Hutchinson was 27-of-41 for 365 yards and Dunn had eight catchesfor 115 yards.
Miller kicked a 25-yarder with 50 seconds left in regulation.
1 2 3 4 OT TOregon 7 3 7 7 0 - 24 Stanford 7 0 0 17 3 - 27 FINAL - OVERTIMEScoring Summary:STA - TD -10:36 left in the 1st Quarter 6-yard run by Mitchell (Miller kick good) (7 plays, 60 yards, 2:54 elapsed time) ORE - TD - 7:55 left in the 1st Quarter 2-yard run by McCullough (Smith kick good) (7 plays, 76 yards, 2:43 elapsed time) ORE - FG - 14:17 left in the 2nd Quarter 19-yard kick by Smith (17 plays, 97 yards, 6:35 elapsed time) ORE - TD - 13:32 left in the 3rd Quarter 50-yard pass from Graziani to Griffin (Smith kick good) (3 plays, 61 yards, 1:15 elapsed time) STA - TD - 9:34 left in the 4th Quarter 42-yard run by Mitchell (Miller kick good) (3 plays, 61 yards, 0:50 elapsed time) ORE - TD - 9:21 left in the 4th Quarter 95-yard kickoff return by Johnson (Smith kick good) STA - TD - 8:02 left in the 4th Quarter 27-yard pass from Hutchinson to Dunn (Miller kick good) (5 plays, 73 yards, 1:18 elapsed time) STA - FG - 0:50 left in the 4th Quarter 25-yard kick by Miller (8 plays, 56 yards, 2:00 elapsed time) STA - FG - Overtime 27-yard kick by Miller Team Statistics UO SUFirst Downs 23 25Rushing Yards 157 149Passing Yards 254 365Total Yards 411 514Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1Penalties/Yards 4/25 5/533rd Down Eff. 3/13 4/14Sacks by:#/yds 4/-27 1/-1Time of Poss. 29:38 30:22Individual LeadersRushing(attempts-yards-touchdowns)Oregon - McCullough (17-69-1), Parker (16-52-0), Graziani (8-27-0), Jelks (1-6-0), Winn (1-3-0)Stanford - Mitchell (20-121-2), Bookman (8-29-0), Comella (4-3-0), Salina (2-0-0), Hutchinson (5-(-24)-0) Receiving(receptions-yards-touchdowns)Oregon - Hartley (4-84-0), Spence (3-50-0), Parker (3-22-0), Griffin (2-73-1), Ricketts (2-6-0), Wilcox (1-12-0), Hodge (1-7-0)Stanford - Dunn (8-115-1), Kirwan (5-80-0), Clark (3-27-0), Bookman (2-38-0), Mitchell (2-28-0), Manning (2-19-0), Comella (2-14-0), Ritchie (1-18-0), Salina (1-14-0), Walters (1-12-0)Passing(attempts-completions-interceptions-yards-touchdowns)Oregon - Graziani (32-15-1-254-1)Stanford - Hutchinson (27-41-0-356-1)Defense(tackles-sacks-int)Stanford - Madsen (10-0-0), Draft (8-0-0), Hamilton (7-0-0), Pruitt (6-0-0)Punting(number-average-long)Oregon - Bidwell (7-42.9-55)Stanford - Miller (5-43.6-54)ATTENDANCE - 41,150Highlights:1st QuarterSTA - Stops Oregon, starts drive from Stanford 40STA - Bookman 15-yard scamper to Oregon 34STA - Hutchinson 11-yard pass to Kirwan to Oregon 6ORE - Graziani 55-yard pass to Hartley to Stanford 7STA - Miller's punt went 46 yards - to Oregon 1ORE - McCullough 15-yard run to Stanford 42ORE - Graziani 11-yard scramble to Stanford 312nd QuarterSTA - Hutchinson 15-yard pass to Clark to the 50STA - Hutchinson 30-yard pass to Bookman to Oregon 20ORE - Held Stanford on 4th and Goal and took over on downsSTA - Hutchinson 16-yard pass to Dunn to Oregon 34ORE - Held Stanford on 4th and 2 and took over on downsORE - Graziani 23-yard pass to Griffin to the 50STA - Smith blocks 37-yard FG attempt3rd QuarterORE - Onside kick recovered on Stanford 39ORE - Parker 13-yard run to Oregon 27ORE - Graziani 27-yard pass to Spence to Stanford 33STA - Smith interception in the endzoneSTA - Mitchell 16-yard run to Oregon 45STA - Miller misses 38-yard FG attempt4th QuarterSTA - Bookman 27-yard run to Oregon 43STA - Mitchell 20-yard run to Stanford 47STA - Defense holds Oregon on Oregon's 19STA - Hutchinson 49-yard pass to Kirwin on 4th and 12!!!OvertimeORE - Fumbles on 1st and 10