2001 DUCKS, BY THE NUMBERS.Byline: The Register-Guard 1: In the Pac-10 Conference. 2: Highest ranking ever in both polls. 3: Career bowl wins by No. 3, QB Joey Harrington John Joseph "Joey" Harrington Jr (born October 21, 1978 in Portland, Oregon) is an American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. He was originally signed to be a backup to Michael Vick following the trade of Matt Schaub, however, he entered the season as starting . 3: Harrington's final ranking in Oregon career passing and career total offense, with 6,911 yards passing and 7,121 yards total offense, trailing only Bill Musgrave Bill Musgrave is the current quarterbacks coach for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. Musgrave was born November 11, 1967 in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was a standout athlete at Grand Junction High School and was named the Colorado High School Athlete of the Year in 1985. and Danny O'Neil. 4: Harrington's finish in the Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach voting, best-ever by an UO athlete. 5: Final ranking of tailback Maurice Morris Maurice Autora Morris (born December 1, 1979 in Chester, South Carolina) is an American football running back for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted in the second round (54th overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft out of the University of Oregon. on the all-time UO rushing list with 2,237 yards in two seasons. 10: Fourth-quarter comeback wins in Harrington era. 10: Stories, height of the "Joey Heisman" billboard in N.Y. 11: Wins, most in school history. 11: Sacks allowed by the UO offensive line, best in the Pac-10. 12: Oregon turnovers, tied for the fewest in the nation (six interceptions, six lost fumbles) against 28 takeaways. 15: Career interceptions by Steve Smith, including three in the Fiesta Bowl, tied for third with Chris Oldham on the UO all-time list. 16: Points, Oregon's combined margin of victory over Wisconsin, USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , WSU WSU Washington State University WSU Wayne State University WSU Wichita State University WSU Wright State University WSU Weber State University WSU Western State University College of Law WSU Winona State University WSU Walter Sisulu University , UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX and OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. . 22: Points, Oregon's margin of victory over Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl. 23: Straight wins at Autzen Stadium, the streak snapped by Stanford on Oct. 20. 27-3: Harrington's career mark as quarterback-of-record. 39-41: Oregon's scoring success in the red zone (95.1 percent), including 36 touchdowns. 59: Career touchdown passes by Harrington, tying Ryan Leaf for No. 7 in Pac-10 history, and third in UO history behind O'Neil (62) and Musgrave (60). 78: Career touchdowns produced by Harrington, a UO record. 79: Yards, Harrington's career-long touchdown pass to Samie Parker in the Fiesta Bowl. 133: Career pass receptions by Keenan Howry, third on the UO list with a season remaining. 285: Yards rushing by Onterrio Smith vs. WSU, a school record. 307: Tackles by Oregon's linebackers, none of whom started last season, including 111 by former walk-on Wesly Mallard. 446: Team rushing yards vs. WSU, another school record. 1,000: Yards rushing, a milestone surpassed by Maurice Morris (1,078) and Onterrio Smith (1,058), Oregon's first 1,000-yard rushers in the same season. 275,556: Season attendance at Autzen Stadium, an all-time high. 89.7 million: Dollars, cost of expanding Autzen Stadium, which began after the regular season. - Ron Bellamy |
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