GAME REPORT.

Byline: The Register-Guard

UCLA 34, OREGON 26

STARS OF THE GAME

Oregon - Terrence Whitehead, junior running back, Los Angeles. Whitehead netted 124 yards on 14 carries, giving him 1,034 yards for the season, making him the 10th different Oregon running back to surpass 1,000 yards in a season. Whitehead ranks ninth on the single-season UO list and now has 2,043 career yards, moving past Saladin McCullough (2,028) into ninth on Oregon's career rushing list.

UCLA - Chris Markey, freshman running back, Luling, La. Markey, playing in place of injured Maurice Drew and sharing time with Manuel White, netted a career-high 131 yards on 23 carries as the Bruins netted 227 rushing yards.

KEY STAT

Third-down conversions - The Bruins were 10-of-18 on third downs, including one of the game's biggest plays, the 83-yard touchdown pass from Drew Olson to Junior Taylor on third-and-nine. By contrast, Oregon converted only 2-of-11 third downs.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

`It's not the 10-0 vs. 10-0 Civil War you're looking for, but there are definitely some ramifications. Winner goes to a bowl game, loser stays home for Christmas." - Oregon quarterback Kellen Clemens.

GAME NOTES

The crowd of 58,334 was Oregon's 36th consecutive sellout in Autzen Stadium and the second-largest crowd since the stadium was expanded, eclipsed only by the 59,023 vs. Michigan last year. ... The loss was only Oregon's second home loss in November under coach Mike Bellotti, dropping the Ducks to 18-2 at home during that month; the previous loss was to Washington two years ago. ... Oregon kicker Jared Siegel moved into a tie with USC tailback Charles White on the Pac-10 career scoring list with 320 points. ... With his fifth 100-yard rushing performance of the season, Terrence Whitehead has the most such games by a Duck since Onterrio Smith had seven in 2002; Whitehead has rushed for more than 100 yards in four of Oregon's last seven games. ... With his seventh touchdown reception of the season, Dante Rosario equaled Greg Herd (1971) for the most touchdowns by a UO fullback in a single season. ... The Bruins, with 227 yards rushing, have six 200-yard rushing games this season, including three of the last four. ... Justin Phinisee's 73-yard punt return for a touchdown was the longest by a Duck since Keenan Howry's 79-yarder vs. UCLA in 2002, and the first punt return TD since Steven Moore vs. Michigan last season.

OREGON INJURY REPORT

CB Aaron Gipson, sprained ankle, questionable for next week; TE Tim Day, aggravated existing calf injury, questionable; WR Demetrius Williams, turf toe, did not play.

SCOREBOARD

UCLA ... 14 7 10 3 - 34 Oregon ... 7 3 10 6 - 26

FIRST QUARTER

OREGON 7, UCLA 0 - Rosario 21 pass from Clemens at 13:35. Siegel kick. DRIVE: 73 yards in five plays, 1:25. KEY PLAYS: Whitehead 15 run, Colvin 52 pass from Clemens on third-and-21 from the UO 27.

OREGON 7, UCLA 7 - Brown 43 interception return at 5:42. Medlock kick.

UCLA 14, OREGON 7 - White 3 run at :08. Medlock kick. DRIVE: 68 yards and seven plays, 2:52. KEY PLAYS: Cowan 12 pass from Olson, Markey 15 run, Markey 29 run to the UO 3.

SECOND QUARTER

UCLA 21, OREGON 7 - White 4 run at 9:16. Medlock. DRIVE: 94 yards in 11 plays, 4:42. KEY PLAYS: White 10 run, White 9 run, Olson 9 run, Markey 50 pass from Olson.

UCLA 21, OREGON 10 - FG Siegel 30 at 3:30. DRIVE: 55 yards in 11 plays, 5:46. KEY PLAYS: Whitehead 15 pass from Clemens, Whitehead 15 run, Rosario 14 pass from Clemens on fourth-and-two from the UCLA 31.

THIRD QUARTER

UCLA 24, OREGON 10 - FG Medlock 52 at 2:36. DRIVE: 43 yards in seven plays, 2:36. KEY PLAY: Markey 24 run.

UCLA 24, OREGON 17 - Clemens 8 run at 9:25. Siegel kick. DRIVE: 80 yards in eight plays, 2:59. KEY PLAYS: Whitehead 45 run to the UCLA 34, Strong 8 pass from Clemens on third-and-five from the UCLA 29, Shaw 13 run to the UCLA 8.

UCLA 24, OREGON 20 - FG Siegel 38 at 4:36. DRIVE: Six yards in four plays, 2:20. KEY PLAYS: Oregon recovers UCLA fumble at UCLA 27, Whitehead 8 run to UCLA 21.

UCLA 31, OREGON 20 - Taylor 83 pass from Olson at 2:57. Medlock kick. DRIVE: 84 yards in three plays, 1:39.

FOURTH QUARTER

UCLA 31, OREGON 26 - Phinisee 73 punt return at 7:42. Run failed.

UCLA 34, OREGON 26 - FG Medlock 50 at 2:08. DRIVE: 40 yards in 12 plays, 5:34. KEY PLAYS: White 5 pass from Olson on third-and-four from the UCLA 34, Markey 16 pass from Olson on third-and-10 from the UCLA 39, Markey 11 pass from Olson to the UO 32.

ATTENDANCE - 58,344.

Team

UCLA UO

First downs ... 22 15

Rushing ... 14 6

Passing ... 7 9

Penalty ... 1 0

3rd-down conversions ... 10 of 18 2 of 11

4th-down conversions ... 0 of 1 1 of 2

Rushing attempts ... 56 29

Yards gained rushing ... 280 169

Yards lost rushing ... 53 24

Net yards rushing ... 227 145

Average attempt ... 4.1 6.0

Passes attempted ... 22 29

Passes completed ... 12 15

Had intercepted ... 0 2

Sacks by: No.-Yds. ... 2-9 3-20

Net yards passing ... 215 192

Average attempt ... 9.8 6.6

Total offense plays ... 78 58

Total offense ... 442 337

Average attempt ... 5.7 5.8

Fumbles: No.-lost... 1-1 1-0

Penalties: No.-Yds. ... 7-40 3-25

Punts-Average ... 4-38.0 5-47.8

Punt Returns: No.-Ave. ... 2-17.5 2-39.5

Interceptions: No.-Ave. ... 2-26.5 0-0

Fumble Rtrns: No.-Ave. ... 0-0 0-0

Kickoff Rtrns: No.-Ave. ... 6-15.2 6-17.5

Total return yards ... 179 184

Possession time ... 32:08 27:52

Individual

Oregon

Rushing tc yg yl net avg. td lg

Whitehead ... 14 128 4 124 8.9 0 45

Shaw ... 1 13 0 13 13.0 0 13

Washington ... 2 5 0 5 2.5 0 5

Clemens ... 10 22 20 2 0.2 1 8

Rosario ... 2 1 0 1 0.5 0 1

Passing pc pa pl yg td lg sk

Clemens ... 15 29 2 192 1 52 2

Pass Receiving no. yds td lg

Rosario ... 3 52 1 21

Strong ... 3 35 0 17

Whitehead ... 3 24 0 15

Maxwell ... 2 13 0 7

Colvin ... 1 52 0 52

Weaterspoon ... 1 6 0 6

Kause ... 1 6 0 6

Washington ... 1 4 0 4

Punts no. avg. lp

Dittman ... 5 47.8 56

Punt Returns no. yds lg

Phinisee ... 2 79 73

Kickoff Returns no. yds lg

Washington ... 4 69 20

Shaw ... 2 36 19

Pass Interceptions

None

Missed field goals

None

Top Tacklers no. solo sk

Reed ... 12 5 0

Trucks ... 11 5 1

Nelson ... 10 5 0

Valenzuela ... 9 6 1

Matson ... 9 2 0

Solomona ... 8 5 1

Bates ... 5 4 0

Phinisee ... 5 2 0

Gipson ... 5 0 0

Tackles for loss

Valenzuela 3-8, Solomona 3-5, Trucks 1-11, Gilliam 1-1.

UCLA

Rushing tc yg yl net avg. td lg

Markey ... 23 134 3 131 5.7 0 29

White ... 21 87 5 82 3.9 2 12

Olson ... 9 59 20 39 4.3 0 14

Team ... 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 0

Kluwe ... 1 0 23 -23 -23.0 0 0

Passing pc pa pl yg td lg sk

Olson ... 12 21 0 215 1 83 3

Team ... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Pass Receiving no. yds td lg

Markey ... 5 84 0 50

Taylor ... 2 97 1 83

White ... 2 13 0 8

Pitre ... 2 9 0 10

Cowan ... 1 12 0 12

Punts no. avg. lp

Kluwe ... 4 38.0 41

Punt Returns no. yds lg

Bragg ... 2 35 29

Kickoff Returns no. yds lg

Perry ... 5 68 27

Markey ... 1 23 23

Pass Interceptions no. yds lg

Brown ... 1 43 43

Page ... 1 10 10

Missed field goals

Medlock, 50

Top Tacklers no. solo sk

London ... 10 4 1

Havner ... 9 7 0

Emanuel ... 7 4 0

Page ... 6 4 0

Brown ... 5 3 0

Tackles for loss

London 2-8, Morgan 2-2, Brown 1-2, Page 1-1, Walker 1-1.