Beavers' second half is the pits.Byline: BOB RODMAN rod·man n. One who carries and employs a leveling rod under the supervision of a surveyor. The Register-Guard PHOENIX - A team that can't run the football is not likely to win football games. And that is exactly what happened to Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. State on Thursday night, as the Beavers managed just 8 yards on the ground as Pittsburgh pounded them into a 38-13 Insight Bowl disaster. An announced crowd of 40,533 at Bank One Ballpark - the baseball home of the Arizona Diamondbacks This article is about the baseball team. For other uses, see Diamondback. The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of the National League. - watched as the Big East Conference's Panthers hit the home run against the Beavers in the first meeting between the two programs. Pitt's defense limited 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. tailback tail·back n. Football The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage. tailback Noun Brit a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction Steven Jackson For Carolina Panthers American football fullback, see . For the basketball player, see . Steven Rashad Jackson (born July 22. 1983 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American football running back for the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. to 34 yards, 104 fewer than his Pac-10 leading average. His 19 carries were 15 fewer than the 34 he had been averaging in the past five games of the regular season. Meanwhile, the Panthers' Brandon Miree Brandon Miree (Born April 14, 1981 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American football fullback who currently is a free agent of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Alabama, but then transferred to the University of Pittsburgh. roughed up the Oregon State defense for 113 yards and a touchdown. "When they put nine guys in the box, it's a tough task to run," said Jackson Jackson. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,446), seat of Jackson co., S Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1857. It is an industrial and commercial center in a farm region. , whose apparent 59-yard run on the first play of the second half was nullified nul·li·fy tr.v. nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing, nul·li·fies 1. To make null; invalidate. 2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of. by an OSU holding penalty. "That's when you need big plays in the air. "Unfortunately, we didn't do it." The Insight Bowl was Oregon State's third postseason appearance in coach Dennis Erickson's four seasons. It also was OSU's second bowl defeat in that stretch, and it was Erickson's fifth bowl loss in his past six postseason games. "That was a rear-end kicking," he said. "There is no other way to put it. It did surprise me because I thought we could run the football against most people. We couldn't tonight." And the Beavers, who had been averaging a Pac-10 Conference-leading 160 yards rushing, didn't. "They had a great defensive scheme," OSU offensive guard Mike Kuykendall said. "We had established ourselves as a run team, and all we got was eight yards." But that was not all of the struggle for OSU, which finished the season at 8-5. Derek Anderson
Derek Lamont Anderson (born July 18, 1974 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats. , the OSU quarterback, won the game's sportsmanship trophy but had little else to be happy about. The sophomore, who set a single-season school record for touchdown passes with 25, was sacked sack 1 n. 1. a. A large bag of strong coarse material for holding objects in bulk. b. A similar container of paper or plastic. c. The amount that such a container can hold. 2. three times, completed just 21-of-41 throws for 319 yards and was intercepted once. It was a costly interception. With the game tied at 10 a couple of minutes into the third quarter, a flea-flicker - Anderson's toss to Jackson and Jackson's return flip to Anderson Anderson, river, Canada Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic - backfired for the Beavers. Anderson's looping throw was picked off by Tez Morris and returned 36 yards to the OSU 23-yard line. A Rod Rutherford-to-Larry Fitzgerald pass put the ball at the Oregon State 1, and Rutherford Rutherford (rŭth`ərfərd), borough (1990 pop. 17,790), Bergen co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of the New York City–N New Jersey metropolitan area; inc. 1881. Several pre-Revolutionary houses remain there. broke the tie with his short touchdown run. Leading 17-10 with 3 1/2 minutes left in the third, the Panthers delivered the blow the Beavers were unable to overcome - Shawn Robinson's 66-yard punt return In American and Canadian football a punt return is one of the punt receiving team's options to respond to a punt. A player (usually a second or third string wide receiver or running back) positioned many yards from the line of scrimmage will attempt to catch or pick up the ball for a touchdown. It was Robinson's first career punt return for a score and the first punt return for a touchdown in Pitt bowl history. "That punt return was definitely the turning point," said Walt Harris
Walt Harris (born November 9, 1946 in South San Francisco, California) is an American football coach. , the Pitt coach who has led the Panthers to four bowls in his six seasons and has won two straight. "That's been done to us all year, and now we finally did that to someone else. "Oregon State played really tough for a long time, but that punt return really broke their backs." Erickson agreed. "That was the real turning point," said Erickson, whose team managed just the second Kirk Yliniemi's field goal in the second half, a 31-yarder in the final seconds of the third period. His first kick, in the second period, was good from 50 yards, equaling his career best and setting an Insight Bowl record. That long kick gave Oregon State a 10-7 advantage, its first and last lead of the game. David Abdul's 45-yard field goal - which followed a short OSU punt from its 2 - with no time left in the first half evened the score for the break. In the battle of the game's big receivers - Pitt's Fitzgerald and OSU's James Newson - Newson was the clear winner, with 10 receptions for 165 yards and a touchdown. Fitzgerald had five catches for 88 yards, including the game's first touchdown when he corralled a 40-yard fling from Rutherford on the first offensive series of the game. Oregon State countered with an Anderson-to-Newson toss that covered 65 yards, though it appeared Newson had hit the ground at the 50 before returning to his feet and legging it into the Pitt end zone. It would not be nearly enough. "They had a better game plan," said OSU linebacker Nick Barnett Nicholas Alexander Barnett (born May 27, 1981 in Barstow, California) is an American Football linebacker who currently plays for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. The Packers drafted him out of Oregon State University in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft with the 29th overall , who had a team-high nine tackles, along with defensive end Noah Happe. "They executed and made plays." Pittsburgh, whose four losses during the season were by a total of 24 points, padded its ninth victory of the season with a 14-point fourth quarter on touchdown runs by Miree and reserve quarterback Tyler Palko Tyler Palko (born August 9, 1983 in Imperial, Pennsylvania) is an American football quarterback. He is the former starting quarterback for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers. High school career Palko attended West Allegheny High School in Imperial, Pennsylvania. . "That is a real physical team," OSU defensive end Bill Swancutt Bill Swancutt (born September 4, 1982 in Salem, Oregon) is an NFL defensive end for the Baltimore Ravens. He was selected in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft out of Oregon State University. External links
"They've got such big backs. We're not used to seeing them in the Pac-10, not the 230- to 240-pound backs." PITTSBURGH 38, OREGON STATE 13 STARS OF THE GAME OREGON STATE - James Newson, junior wide receiver, Stockton, Calif. As he was all season, Newson was the go-to receiver for the Beavers, catching 10 passes for 165 yards and scoring Oregon State's only touchdown on a 65-yard reception in the first quarter. PITTSBURGH - Claude Harriott Claude Harriott (born April 8, 1981) is an American football defensive end who currently plays for the Detroit Lions. , junior defensive end, Belle Glade Belle Glade, city (1990 pop. 16,177), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., near the southern tip of Lake Okeechobee; inc. 1928. Belle Glade is a trade and processing center for a truck farm, sugarcane, and cattle-producing area. It has a large migrant-worker population. , Fla. Harriott had four tackles for loss, including a pair of sacks, accounting for 22 yards in losses for OSU, and was named defensive player of the game. NOTES ... Pitt wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald Larry Darnell Fitzgerald, Jr. (born August 31, 1983 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American football wide receiver currently playing for the Arizona Cardinals. His younger brother, Marcus, currently plays wide receiver for Marshall University. recorded a TD reception in his sixth straight game, tying a school record set by Antonio Bryant Antonio Bryant (born March 9, 1981 in Miami, Florida) is an American football wide receiver in the National Football League who is a free agent after being released by the San Francisco 49ers on March 1, 2007. . ... The 50-yard field goal by OSU junior Kirk Yliniemi was an Insight Bowl record, besting the 46-yard effort by Cal's Robbie Keen in the 1990 Copper Bowl, and matched Yliniemi's personal best. ... James Newson's 165 yards in receiving set an OSU bowl record and were second-most in Insight Bowl history behind Shawn Foreman's 189 yards for West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. in 1998. ... Derek Anderson's 318 yards passing are an OSU bowl record as well. ... The Panthers' biggest loss in the regular season was by eight points to Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame . ... With 327 yards total offense, the Beavers finished the season with 5,375, breaking the OSU single-season mark of 5,212 yards set in 1999. ... Yliniemi's 31-yard field goal in the third quarter tied Jim Nielsen's OSU record for consecutive field goals at 15. ... Pitt running back Brandon Miree, who rushed for 113 yards, was named the offensive player of the game, and Anderson received the sportsmanship award. OSU INJURY REPORT No reported injuries. ERICKSON SAYS ... That was a real rear-end kicking. There's no other way you can put it. SCOREBOARD First Quarter PITT 7, OSU 0 - Fitzgerald 40 pass from Rutherford at 11:48. Abdul kick. DRIVE: 69 yards in six plays, 3:10 elapsed time e·lapsed time n. The measured duration of an event. Noun 1. elapsed time - the time that elapses while some event is occurring . KEY PLAYS: Rutherford 9 scramble To encode (encrypt) data in order to make it indecipherable without having a secret key to "unlock" it. The term came from the early days of cryptography which camouflaged analog transmissions with secret frequency patterns. for first down at Pitt 47, Slade 9 pass from Rutherford for first down at OSU 36. PITT 7, OSU 7 - Newson 65 pass from Anderson at 9:54. Yliniemi kick. DRIVE: 72 yards in three plays, 1:56 elapsed time. Second Quarter OSU 10, PITT 7 - FG Yliniemi 50 at 7:56. DRIVE: 58 yards in 10 plays, 3:53 elapsed time. KEY PLAYS: Euhus 43 pass from Anderson, after which Euhus recovered his own fumble for first down at Pitt 42. Clasen 10 pass from Anderson for first down at Pitt 30, Anderson's apparent fumble ruled incomplete pass An incomplete pass is a term in American football which means that a legal forward pass hits the ground before a player on either team gains possession. For example, if the quarterback throws the ball to one of his wide receivers, and the receiver either does not touch it, or tries at Pitt 32. OSU 10, PITT 10 - FG Abdul 45 at 0:00. DRIVE: 7 yards in five plays, 1:07 elapsed time. KEY PLAYS: Panthers start from OSU 32 after forcing OSU punt from end zone. Slade 9 pass from Rutherford, Miree 4 run for first down at OSU 19, Rutherford sacked by Swancutt on third down for 8-yard loss to OSU 27. Third Quarter PITT 17, OSU 10 - Rutherford 1 run at 12:08. Abdul kick. DRIVE: 23 yards in two plays, :26 elapsed time. KEY PLAYS: Morris' 36-yard interception return to OSU 23, Fitzgerald 22 pass from Rutherford for first down at OSU 1. PITT 24, OSU 10 - Robinson 66 punt return at 3:26. Abdul kick. PITT 24, OSU 13 - FG Yliniemi 31 at 0:36. DRIVE: 41 yards in 10 plays, 2:50 elapsed time. KEY PLAYS: Newson 15 pass from Anderson for first down at Pitt 40, Newson 12 pass from Anderson for first down at Pitt 24, Newson 14 pass from Anderson for first down at Pitt 7, Anderson sacked for 7-yard loss on first down. Fourth Quarter PITT 31, OSU 13 - Miree 7 run at 5:38. Abdul kick. DRIVE: 44 yards in seven plays, 3:14 elapsed time. KEY PLAYS: Furman 12 pass from Rutherford for first down at OSU 31, 15-yard face-mask penalty on OSU for first down at 14. PITT 38, OSU 13 - Palko 8 run at 3:02. Abdul kick. DRIVE: 18 yards in four plays, 2:11 elapsed time.. KEY PLAYS: Pitt fumble recovery of errant er·rant adj. 1. Roving, especially in search of adventure: knights errant. 2. Straying from the proper course or standards: errant youngsters. 3. OSU snap at Verb 1. snap at - bite off with a quick bite; "The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the intruder's pants" bite off bite, seize with teeth - to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" OSU 18, 10-yard face-mask penalty on OSU for first down at OSU 8. ATTENDANCE - 40,533 KEY STATS: OSU RUSHING YARDAGE yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. - The Panthers held the Beavers to 8 yards net rushing in the game, holding the Pac-10's leading rusher, Steven Jackson, to 34 yards on 19 carries, with a long gain of 9 yards. FIRST DOWNS - Reflecting Pitt's tough rushing defense, the Beavers made only three rushing first downs in the entire game, while earning 16 first downs by passing and 1 byone penalty; by contrast, Pitt got 10 first downs rushing, seven by passing and four by penalty. STAT SHEET Team Pitt OSU First downs ... 21 20 Rushing ... 10 3 Passing ... 7 3 Penalty ... 4 1 3rd-down conversions ... 5 of 13 8 of 18 4th-down conversions ... 0 of 0 0 of 2 Rushing attempts ... 41 32 Yards gained rushing ... 167 70 Yards lost rushing ... 50 62 Net yards rushing ... 117 8 Average attempt ... 2.9 0.3 Passes attempted ... 26 45 Passes completed ... 13 21 Had intercepted ... 0 1 Sacks by: No.-Yds. ... 3-19 5-38 Net yards passing ... 183 319 Average attempt ... 7.0 7.1 Total offense plays ... 67 77 Total offense ... 300 327 Average attempt ... 4.5 4.2 Fumbles: No.-lost... 0-0 2-1 Penalties: No.-Yds. ... 7-55 9-90 Punts-Average ... 7-41.0 6-40.2 Punt Returns: No.-Ave. ... 4-20.8 4-6.5 Interceptions: No.-Ave. ... 1-37.0 0-0 Fumble Rtrns: No.-Ave. ... 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Rtrns: No.-Ave. ... 4-15.3 6-25.3 Total return yards ... 181 178 Possession time ... 30:20 29:40 Individual Pittsburgh Rushing tc yg yl net avg. td lg Miree ... 20 118 5 113 5.7 1 23 Polite ... 3 11 0 11 3.7 0 6 Palko ... 1 8 0 8 8.0 1 8 Walker ... 2 3 1 2 1.0 0 3 Team ... 2 0 1 -1 -0.5 0 0 Murphy ... 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 Rutherford ... 12 27 41 -14 -1.2 1 9 Passing pc pa pl yg td lg sk Rutherford ... 13 26 0 183 1 40 5 Pass Receiving no. yds td lg Fitzgerald ... 5 88 1 40 Slade ... 3 36 0 18 Miree ... 2 35 0 26 Furman ... 2 17 0 12 Wilson ... 1 7 0 7 Punts no. avg. lp Lee ... 7 41.0 55 Punt Returns no. yds lg Rbinson ... 4 83 66 Kickoff Returns no. yds lg Cox ... 3 51 31 Spencer ... 1 10 10 Pass Intcptns no. yds lg Morris ... 1 37 37 Missed field goals None. Top Tcklers no. solo sk Cox ... 8 7 0 Moore ... 8 3 0 Hayes ... 8 3 0 Guzek ... 7 0 1/2 Hrriott ... 6 5 2 Hmphrs ... 6 2 0 Rbinson ... 5 4 0 Morris ... 5 2 0 Crchnis ... 4 2 1/2 Bnecke ... 4 2 0 Urschlr ... 4 1 0 Gilliard ... 4 1 0 Tackles for loss Hayes 3-3, Guzek 3-4, Harriott 4-22, Crochunis 2-3, Urschler 1-1, Gilliard 1-0, Stephens 1-3, Holthaus 1-1. Oregon State Rushing tc yg yl net avg. td lg Jackson ... 19 45 11 34 1.8 0 9 Wright ... 7 25 3 22 3.1 0 7 Anderson ... 6 0 48 -48 -8.0 0 0 Passing pc pa pl yg td lg sk Anderson ... 21 45 1 319 1 65 3 Pass Receiving no. yds td lg Newson ... 10 165 1 65 Euhus ... 3 72 0 35 Clasen ... 2 29 0 19 Kintner ... 2 25 0 13 Jackson ... 2 14 0 9 Farley ... 2 14 0 9 Punts no. avg. lp Tobey ... 6 40.2 54 Punt Returns no. yds lg Wllams ... 4 26 18 Kickoff Returns no. yds lg Ctanese ... 5 115 27 Carlyle ... 1 37 37 Missed field goals None. Top Tcklers no. solo sk Happe ... 9 3 2 Barnett ... 9 2 1 Mnning ... 8 2 1/2 Muwsen ... 7 2 0 Tuma ... 7 0 0 Edwrds ... 6 1 0 Roberts ... 5 3 0 Seigler ... 5 2 0 Swncutt ... 5 1 1 1/2 Lee ... 3 2 0 Wthrsby ... 3 2 0 Turner ... 3 1 0 Tackles for loss Swancutt 2-13, Happe 2-11, Barnett 2-11, Manning 2-8, Tuma 1-3, Meeuwsen 1-1, Edwards 1-1, Lee 1-1. CAPTION(S): Pittsburgh 38, Beavers 13 Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Pittsburgh punt returner Punt returner (PR) is a position on special teams in American football. Description The role of a punt returner is to catch the ball after it is punted and to give his team good field position (or a touchdown if possible) by returning it. Shawn Robinson jumps into the arms of his coaches after scoring on a 66-yard return in the third quarter. OSU's Jayson Jean-Baptiste ponders the Beavers' 38-13 loss. "That is a real physical team. We knew they were good, and they proved it." BILL SWANCUTT OSU defensive end |
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