Oregon State
Oregon
Beavers Fall In Civil War Matchup, 25-14
November 20, 1999 | Football
Nov. 20, 1999
By LANDON HALL
Associated Press Writer
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Reuben Droughns rushed for 197 yards and a touchdown as Oregon clinched a second-place tie in the Pac-10 by holding off Oregon State 25-14 Saturday night in the 103rd Civil War.
Oregon (8-3, 6-2) finished with the same conference record as Washington, but the Huskies likely are headed to the Holiday Bowl in San Diego since they beat the Ducks. Oregon probably will go to the Sun Bowl.
Ken Simonton had two short touchdown runs to lead the Beavers (7-4, 4-4) back from a 22-0 deficit.
Simonton, who scored four touchdowns in the rivalry last season, was stopped cold for most of the game, finishing with just 63 yards on 24 carries. But his touchdown runs of 5 and 3 yards pulled the Beavers within 22-14 with 10:17 left.
The Ducks held the ball for the next 7:35, however, and the 73-yard drive was kept going by a successful keeper by quarterback Joey Harrington on 4th-and-inches. Nathan Villegas kicked a 20-yard field goal with 2:32 to play.
Droughns missed last year's Civil War after breaking his right leg against UCLA five weeks earlier. Without him, the Ducks rushed for just 38 yards and lost to the Beavers 44-41 in two overtimes.
But he was healthy and then some Saturday night, bowling over defenders and helping the Ducks outrush the Beavers 210-27.
Oregon won its 14th straight at home, tying the school-record streak set between 1932-36.
Both teams are heading to a bowl game in the same season for the first time since 1948, when Oregon played in the Cotton and Oregon State the Pineapple. Oregon State, which has a winning season for the first time since 1970, will play in either the Aloha or Oahu bowls in Hawaii on Christmas Day.
It will be the Beavers' first bowl since the 1965 Rose Bowl.
Oregon improved to 51-41-10 in the series, which began in 1894 and is the longest on the West Coast.
Simonton, a sophomore, finished the regular season with 1,329 yards, breaking the school single-season record of 1,309 by Bill Enyart in 1968.
