Football Hosts No.4 UCLA
AINSWORTH MAKING MOVE ON OSU PASS RECEPTION CHARTS: Greg is the seventh leading receiver in the Pac-10 Conference with 47 receptions, an average of 5.3 catches per game...he also is tied for 46th nationally in receptions....against California, he caught 4 passes for 52 yards...he caught 3 passes at Washington, including a career-best 80-yard touchdown pass, which tied him for the fourth longest pass reception in OSU history...he also caught a career best 127 yards in receptions...he caught 4 passes vs. Arizona ...he caught seven passes at Stanford...Greg caught 5 passes for 85 yards at Utah State, including his first career touchdown pass...Greg was held to 3 receptions against ASU...Greg opened the 1998 season with 5 receptions against Nevada and followed that up with a career high 10 receptions against Baylor and 6 at USC...the 10 receptions vs. Baylor ties him for seventh place on OSU's single-game list with seven other players, including teammate Roddy Tompkins...Greg has caught a pass in all 20 games he has played in his Beaver career to date...Greg has moved into eighth place on OSU's career receiving list with 96 receptions...he needs 19 more receptions to overtake Dave Montagne (114) for seventh place on the Beavers' career list...Greg has 47 receptions on the season, which puts him 12th on OSU's single-season receiving list...he needs only three more catches to pass his 1997 total of 49.
CAREER LEADERS NO YDS AVG. TD SEASON LEADERS NO YDS AVG. TD
7--Dave Montagne (1984-86) 114 1,282 11.2 3 9-Brian Taylor (1987) 49 364 7.4 1
8--Greg Ainsworth (1997-98) 96 1,110 11.6 2 Greg Ainsworth (1997) 49 600 12.2 0
9--Jeff Kolberg (1969-71) 92 1,346 14.8 11 11-Vern Burke (1963) 48 792 16.5 9
10--Lee Overton (1973-76) 90 1,308 14.5 8 12-Greg Ainsworth (1998) 47 510 10.9 2
Roddy Tompkins (1996-98) 90 1,265 14.1 6 13-Roddy Tompkins (1997) 46 538 11.7 3
SMITH PUTS BIG PLAY BACK INTO OSU OFFENSE: Jonathan Smith has put the "Big Play" back into the OSU offense...Smith, a walk-on redshirt freshman quarterback, had a day he will remember for the rest of his life in OSU's 35-34 setback at Washington two weeks ago...Smith, playing in only his third Beaver game, entered the contest in the second quarter and again midway through the third quarter and proceeded to shatter OSU's single-game passing record...after his record breaking performance at Washington, he started against California...since he has been OSU's quarterback, the Beavers have produced 16 offensive plays over 25 yards...here is what Smith accomplished in his last two outings:
Vs. Washington
469 yards passing---OSU record, old record 461 yards by Erik Wilhelm vs. Akron in 1987; 7th best mark in Pac-10 history
459 yards total offense--second best game in OSU history behind Wilhelm's 480 yards; 10th best mark in Pac-10 history
90-yard touchdown pass to Roddy Tompkins, 3rd longest pass play in OSU history
80-yard touchdown pass to Greg Ainsworth, matches 4th longest pass in OSU history
37-yard pass to Tim Alexander
35-yard pass to Greg Ainsworth
33-yard touchdown pass to Tim Alexander
27-yard pass to Tim Alexander
26-yard pass to Roddy Tompkins
25-yard pass to Tim Alexander
Vs. California
30-yard pass to James Battle
29-yard pass to James Battle
28-yard pass to Roddy Tompkins
27-yard pass to Tim Alexander
(OSU also had 4 runs over 25 yards)
RODDY TOMPKINS: Roddy Tompkins had the greatest pass receiving day of his career to date during the first game he did not start, after starting 29 straight games in his three-year OSU career...he caught 9 passes for 210 yards, including a 90-yard TD pass, against Washington in his 30th career game...he produced 210 yards receiving against the Huskies, which is the second best mark in OSU history and the 210 all-purpose yards is the 13th best mark, and the 90-yard TD reception against Washington is the third longest pass play in OSU history, and second longest TD pass...he returned as a starter against California and has now started 30 of his 31 games as a Beaver...he caught 2 passes for 37 yards vs. California...for only the fifth time in his Beaver career, Roddy failed to catch a pass in a game (Arizona) and was completely blanked statistically...Roddy has caught a pass in 25 of the 31 games he has played for OSU...he caught 2 passes for 46 yards at Stanford...at Utah State he caught 2 passes for 14 yards...Roddy posted his best performance of the season at Arizona State with 8 receptions for 77 yards...he opened the 1998 season with 3 receptions against Nevada and followed with 1 catch against Baylor, a 14-yard touchdown, and 2 receptions at USC for 9 yards...he also caught a TD pass against Baylor as a freshman in 1996...he has 90 career receptions for 1,265 yards, and 1,440 all-purpose yards in his career...he is tied for 10th on OSU's career reception list with Lee Overton...three more receptions moves him into ninth place...Roddy's top individual game for receptions was 10 vs. UCLA in 1997.
ACADEMIC AWARDS: Each week during the 1998 football season, U.S. Bank honors a member of the Oregon State football team as the U.S. Bank Academic Player of the Week. Junior right guard Aaron Koch (3.65 GPA) was honored the week of the Nevada game and sophomore center Dustin Janz (3.10 GPA) earned the honor for the Baylor game. Redshirt sophomore guard Jared Cornell from The Dalles (2.92 GPA) earned the honor for the USC game. Keith Heyward-Johnson, a sophomore cornerback from Woodland Hills, CA, earned the honor for the ASU game with a 2.78 accumulate GPA. Senior place kicker Jose Cortez, a native of El Salvador, received the honor for the Utah State game. He posted a 2.97 GPA in his first quarter at OSU last fall in Liberal Studies. Senior wide receiver Tim Alexander was honored the week of the Stanford game. Alexander, from Sarasota, Florida, currently has a 2.89 GPA in the College of Home Economics and Education. He is a housing and interiors major. Sophomore defensive tackle Ryan Atkinson was selected for the Arizona game. Atkinson, from Santa Barbara, CA, earned a 3.16 on 21 hours during spring quarter to make the OSU Athletic Honor Roll. Atkinson is a UESP major. Sophomore punter Mike Fessler from Tigard, by way of North Carolina, earned the honor for the Washington game. Fessler had a 3.12 in winter quarter and a 3.42 in spring quarter to make the OSU Athletic Honor Roll for two straight quarters. He is in the College of Home Economics and Education and is a housing and interiors major. Special teams player Gabe Schmidtke, a junior from Tucson, Arizona, earned the honor for the California game. Schmidtke is a general science major and he posted a 3.01 GPA in the fall and a 3.57 in the spring, to earn a spot on the OSU Athletic Honor Roll and the University Honor Roll, respectively. He has an overall 2.98 GPA with 118 hours passed.
TIM ALEXANDER--Tim has touched the football only 76 times in 1998 and he has already moved into 10th place on OSU's single-season all-purpose running list with 1,168 yards...he added 128 all-purpose yards against California while only touching the football 9 times...Tim put up impressive numbers in a game against Washington...Tim accounted for 187 yards in all-purpose running while touching the football 11 times for an average of 17.0 yards per play...he caught 5 passes for a career-best 130 yards, including a 33-yard TD pass on the last play of the game to give OSU a chance at a victory over the Huskies...Washington won 35-34 as the 2-point conversion failed...he returned 4 punts 25 yards and 2 kickoffs 32 yards...he also had pass receptions for 37, 27 and 25 yards...Tim was held to 74 all-purpose yards by (Arizona)...Arizona elected to only kickoff one time to Tim...Tim was limited to only 81 all-purpose yards at Stanford as the Cardinal made a concentrated effort to kick away from Tim on all kickoffs...he caught 5 passes for 60 yards and returned 2 punts for 21 yards...Tim accounted for 174 all-purpose yards at Utah State, the fourth best in his career and second best this season...he added his second longest kickoff return, a 61-yarder and his third longest, a 43-yarder...Tim leads OSU in all-purpose running with 853 yards, an average of 121.9 per game, good enough to rank sixth in the Pac-10...Tim added another dimension to his portfolio by returning punts for the first time in the Utah State game...he had 18 yards in punt returns, 119 yards in kickoff returns and 37 yards on three pass receptions for his 174 all-purpose yards against Utah State... Tim caught a career best 9 passes at Arizona State, plus he added 130 yards in all-purpose yards...Tim produced a career high 234 yards in all-purpose running at USC, which ranks as the seventh best single-game mark in OSU history...he returned a kickoff 100 yards against USC to match an OSU, Pac-10 and NCAA record....his 202 yards on six kickoff returns vs. USC is the second most in OSU history for one game, topped only by Dwyane Owens' 237 yards vs. USC in 1990...Tim has accumulated a total of 2,618 career all-purpose yards to move into eighth place on the OSU career list...Tim entered his senior year in a new role as OSU's starting flanker after being the Beavers' starting quarterback the past three seasons...Tim started the 1998 season in a position where he could become the first Beaver player in history to record over 1,000 yards in rushing, passing, total offense, all-purpose yards and receiving if he has a big year as a wide receiver...Tim completed the 1997 season as OSU's leading passer (1,745) and rusher (288) and leader in total offense (2,033)...his passing totals ranks fourth on the Beavers' all-time season list and his total offense figure ranks fifth in the all-time season list...Tim currently ranks third in career total offense (3,908), sixth in career passing (2,500), 12th in career rushing (1,408) and eighth in career all-purpose running (2,618)..he needs 1,072 yards in total offense to catch former Heisman Trophy winner Terry Baker (4,979)...he needs 14 more rushing yards to move into 11th place in career rushing...he needs 441 yards passing to catch Steve Endicott for fifth in career passing... (Nevada) Tim had 58 all-purpose yards against Nevada, including one pass reception for 11 yards, giving him 3 pass career receptions for 47 yards...(Baylor) Tim caught 4 passes for 36 yards vs. Baylor and returned two kickoffs for 66 yards, including a career long 50-yarder...(Career Notes)--Tim has started 31 games in his OSU career and played in a total of 37 games...he has rushed for 1,408 yards on 340 carries, averaging 4.3 yards per carry in his career and has scored 10 rushing touchdowns...injuries have limited his playing time in his previous two seasons while running the wishbone...he has completed 218 of 502 career passes for 2,500 yards (.435 percentage) and 8 touchdowns...thus far in his career, Tim has accomplished the following: He had an 83-yard TD run vs. Northern Illinois in 1996 to equal the third longest run in OSU history, and he tied Terry Baker for the longest run in Parker Stadium history...he rushed for a career high 205 yards, including 201 in the first half, against Northern Illinois in 1996 for a Parker Stadium record...he has rushed for over 100 yards four times in his career, 117 vs. USC in 1994; 182 against Washington in 1995; 153 vs. Arizona State and 205 against Northern Illinois in 1996...the 205 yards rushing vs. NIU is the fifth best single-game effort in Beaver history and the 182 vs. Washington is the seventh best single-game mark...his 322 yards in total offense vs. Washington in 1995 is the 10th best single-game mark in Beaver history...his 205 all-purpose yards vs. NIU is the 13th best single-game effort in OSU history...his 219 yards in total offense vs. NIU is 22nd on the single-game, all-time best list...Alexander's 17.1 yard average per carry vs. NIU is a Parker Stadium record...his 234 all-purpose yards vs. USC is the seventh best single-game mark in OSU history and his 100-yard kickoff return vs. USC is a OSU, Pac-10 and NCAA record...(Season Notes) Tim is OSU's second-leading receiver with 37 receptions, which ranks 13th in the Pac-10 Conference...he leads the Beavers in all-purpose yards with 1,168, an average of 129.8 yards per game, a figure that ranks third in the Pac-10 and 36th nationally...he ranks 10th on OSU's single-season all-purpose yard presently with 1,168 yards and certainly is in a position to catch Brian Taylor's season record of 1,559 yards
ALEXANDER ON SEASON ALL-PURPOSE RUNNING CHART
Year Plays Rush Rec. P-Ret KO-Ret Total
6-Ken Carpenter 1949 169 689 186 176 244 1,297
7-J.J. Young 1993 151 955 32 0 229 1,216
8-Ray Taroli 1973 140 380 153 0 640 1,173
9-Pat Chaffey 1989 251 714 45 70 0 1,171
10-Tim Alexander 1998 76 3 441 114 610 1,168
ALEXANDER ON CAREER LISTS
RUSHING TOTAL OFFENSE
Player TCB YG YL NYG AVG TD Player PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL
10--Terry Baker,qb 299 1,921 418 1,503 5.0 16 1--Erik Wilhelm,qb 1,689 -331 9,393 9,062
11--Pat Chaffey,fb 365 1,467 46 1,421 3.9 18 2--Terry Baker,qb 753 1,503 3,476 4,979
12--Tim Alexander 340 1,817 409 1,408 4.3 10 3--Tim Alexander 842 1,408 2,500 3,908
PASSING ALL-PURPOSE Returns
Player ATT COM HI YDS PCT. TD Player PLAYS RUSH REC. PUNT KO TOT
5--Steve Endicott 456 227 38 2,940 .498 24 6--Dave Schilling 666 2552 207 0 0 2,759
6--Tim Alexander 502 218 21 2,500 .435 8 7--Pat Chaffey 489 1421 1293 0 0 2,714
8--Tim Alexander 415 1408 486 114 610 2,618
ALEXANDER ON SEASON LISTS
PASSING TOTAL OFFENSE
Player ATT COM HI YDS PCT. TD Player PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL
1-Erik Whilhelm (88) 442 275 9 2,896 .622 18 3-Erik Whilhelm (87) 464 -123 2,736 2,613
2-Erik Whilhelm (86) 470 283 17 2,871 .602 8 4-Terry Baker (62) 318 538 1,738 2,276
3-Erik Whilhelm (87) 423 226 21 2,736 .534 17 5-Tim Alexander 415 254 1,530 1,784
4-Tim Alexander 327 157 14 1,745 .480 6
BRECKTERFIELD ON RECORD RUN AT OSU: Inoke holds or is tied for four career defensive records at OSU and he is closing in on a fifth as he is in second place currently in career defensive points...he holds career records at OSU for sacks (18 1/2), tackles for loss (51 1/2), quarterback pressure plays (35) and he is tied for most forced fumbles with 7...he has 1,094 career defensive points and he needs 55 to overtake Kane Rogers' record of 1,148...he is tied for seventh in the Pac-10 in sacks with 6 and tied for sixth in tackles for loss with 12...he posted 32 defensive points against California, with 4 solo tackles, 4 assisted tackles, 2 quarterback pressure plays and a sack and tackle for loss...Inoke posted 22 points vs. Washington, with six tackles, a tackle for loss and a quarterback pressure...he had 19 defensive points against Arizona with 3 solo tackles and 2 tackles for loss...Inoke produced only 12 defensive points against Stanford as the Cardinal elected to double team him throughout the game...Inoke did add one tackle for loss and a quarterback pressure play against Stanford...he added a pair of quarterback sacks at Utah State to take the career lead in sacks with 17 1/2 (he now has 18 1/2)...he was OSU's second-leading point producer against Utah State with 38 points...he also had three quarterback hurry plays against Utah State and one at Stanford ...Inoke added a quarterback hurry play against Arizona State to give him 28 career quarterback hurry plays following the Sun Devil game and that hurry broke a career mark of 27 1/2 which had been held by Esera Tuaolo in 1987-90...Inoke recorded a career best 3 sacks vs. USC in his best outing of the 1998 season and he recorded a team high 58 defensive points against the Trojans...it was the seventh time in his 39-game career at Oregon State he has led the Beavers in defensive points...he added 15 points at ASU, but, in addition to his record breaking quarterback hurry, he forced a big fumble that foiled a Sun Devil scoring opportunity at the OSU 10-yard line...Inoke had his streak of 28 straight games started halted against Nevada as he served a one-game suspension for violating team rules...Baylor--Inoke produced 27 defensive points against Baylor...Inoke also posted three quarterback pressure plays against Baylor...Inoke was picked as a preseason All-Pac-10 selection by six preseason magazines, Lindy's, Street & Smith, Athlon, Preview Sports, Bob Griese's College Football, The Football News and The Sporting News...The Sporting News also calls Breckterfield the most underrated player in the Pacific-10...Inoke had another fantastic season for Oregon State in 1997...he finished the 1997 season with 331 defensive points the ninth best single-season mark ever at OSU...Inoke's final game of the 1997 season was his best overall performance of the season...against Oregon, Inoke had 8 solo tackles, 4 tackles for loss (27 yards), 2 quarterback sacks (19 yards), one quarterback hurry and one assisted tackles for 58 defensive points the 11th best single-game mark in OSU defensive history...he had 59 defensive points earlier in the 1997 season against San Jose State...Inoke, who plays like "his hair is on fire," according to UCLA coach Bob Toledo, dominated Oregon State's defensive point production chart in 1997...he led OSU in tackles for loss with 14, in sacks with 8 and caused fumbles with 3...he finished tied for fourth in the Pac-10 with 8 quarterback sacks and third in the Pac-10 with 3 forced fumbles... he entered the 1997 season having set two season defensive records in 1996...Breckterfield recorded a school-record 16 tackles for loss in 1996 as well as 17 quarterback pressure plays... Inoke's 365 defensive points in 1996 was the seventh best single-season total in Beaver history...Breckterfield ranked sixth in Pac-10 in tackles for loss in 1996 and he was tied for 17th in total tackles with 85
CAREER POINT LEADERS OSU CAREER RECORDS HELD BY BRECKTERFIELD
1--Kane Rogers (1992-95) 1,148 Most Sacks---18 1/2 Most Tackles For Loss--51 1/2
2--Inoke Breckterfield (1995-98) 1,094 Most Quarterback Pressure Plays--35 Most Forced Fumbles--7 (Tie)
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT BRECKTERFIELD
"He is the best defensive player in the Pac-10 Conference," Dick Tomey, Arizona head coach
"He plays like his hair is on fire," Bob Toledo, UCLA head coach
"Breckterfield is the most underrated player in the Pacific-10," The Sporting News
"Breckterfield is the heart and soul of the Oregon State defense," Jim Lambright, Washington head coach
JOSE CORTEZ: Senior place kicker/punter Jose Cortez had the best day of his career against California....Jose booted four field goals in the second quarter, including a career-best 55-yarder...the 55-yarder matched a 55-yarder by Kieron Walford against Stanford in 1976...his four field goals tied an OSU record for most field goals kicked in a game...Troy Bussanich had kicked four field goals in a game twice previously for the Beavers in 1989...his 55-yard field was the second longest ever kicked at Parker Stadium...his four field goals matched the most ever kicked at Parker Stadium and his four in the second quarter was the most ever kicked in one quarter at Parker Stadium...Jose has now kicked successfully 14 field goals on the season, which equals the OSU school record in one season...Bussanich also kicked 14 field goals in 1989 on 24 attempts...Jose has now scored 62 points on the season, which ranks eighth on the Beavers' single-season chart...he has scored 113 career points, which ranks 12th on OSU's career scoring chart...Jose has booted four of five field goal attempts over 50 yards this season...he had a fantastic game at Stanford...Jose matched a career best three field goals, including a career long 52-yarder on the last play of the first half, matching the sixth longest field goal in OSU history...he also booted a 42-yarder and a 22-yard field goal and once again allowed only a 9.8 average by Stanford on kick off returns as a result of his deep kickoffs...Jose came very close to matching an NCAA record when he successfully kicked two of three field goal attempts from over 50 yards against Baylor...booted a 51 and 50-yard field goal against Baylor, the first time in history a Beaver place kicker has booted two kicks of 50 or more yards in a game...he became the fourth OSU player in history to boot a field goal over 50 yards...his 51-yarder is the ninth longest in Beaver history...he also missed a 50-yarder which would have tied an NCAA record had he made it...Jose booted 28 and 33-yard field goals vs. USC and 46 and 36-yarders at Utah State, which was the fourth and fifth time in his career he has booted two or more field goals in a game...to date, Jose has kicked 25 of 39 (.641) career field goals and 38 of 40 (.950) PAT attempts and he has scored 113 career points...he has made his last 18 PAT kicks...in addition to his field goal exploits, Jose has been sensational in kickoffs so far this season...he has kicked off a total of 47 times in nine games and 22 of his boots, including all six at Utah State, have been touchbacks...22 of 25 kickoffs returned by opponents have been returned from inside the 10 or the end zone and opponents are averaging only 17.3 yards per return with a long of 51 yards.
JOSE ON OSU SEASON SCORING LIST JOSE ON OSU CAREER SCORING LIST
Year TD PAT 2-PAT FG PTS Years TD PAT 2-PT FG PTS
3-Pat Chaffey 1989 13 0 1 0 80 8-Dick Twenge 1946-49 20 0 0 0 120
4-Pete Pifer 1966 12 0 0 0 72 Vern Burke 1962-63 19 0 3 0 120
5-Sam Baker 1951 11 1 0 0 67 Dave Schilling 1969-71 20 0 0 0 120
6-Vern Burke 1962 10 0 2 0 64 J.J. Young 1991-94 20 0 0 0 120
Troy Bussanich 1988 0 26-26 0 12-16 64 12-Jose Cortez 1997-98 0 38-40 0 25-39 113
8-Jose Cortez 1998 0 20-21 0 14-20 62
THIS, THAT, ETC.
THE LAST TIME OREGON STATE...
Returned a punt for touchdown---Dwayne Owens, 97 yards vs. UCLA at Pasadena, 1992
Recovered a blocked punt for touchdown---Toalei Talataina vs. Nevada at Corvallis, 1998
Returned a kickoff for touchdown---Tim Alexander, 100 yards vs. USC, at Los Angeles, 1998
Returned a fumble for touchdown---Toalei Talataina, 60 yards vs. Nevada, at Corvallis, 1998
Returned a pass interception for touchdown---Basheer Elahee, 29 yards vs. San Jose State at Corvallis, 1997
Recorded a safety---1997 vs. San Jose State at Corvallis
Blocked a punt---Jamil Braithwaite vs. Washington at Seattle, 1998 (Ryan Fleming punter)
Blocked a field goal---Andrae Holland vs. Stanford at Palo Alto, 1998 (Kevin Miller kicker)
Blocked a PAT---Terrence Carroll vs. Stanford at Palo Alto, 1998 (Kevin Miller kicker)
Beat a ranked team---Defeated Washington State (ranked 22nd USA Today, 24th AP) in 1994 at Corvallis (21-3)
Lost to a ranked team---Lost to Washington (ranked 7th AP, 7th USA Today) 45-17 at Corvallis, Oct. 25, 1997
Scored a 2-point conversion---Roddy Tompkins (pass from Terrance Bryant) vs. Nevada at Corvallis, 1998
Scored a 2-point defensive touchdown---Never
Shut out an opponent at Parker Stadium--1975, Washington State, 7-0
Shut out an opponent--1983, Oregon, 0-0, at Eugene
Halfback completed a touchdown pass---DeShawn Williams vs. California at Berkeley, 1996 (Williams 14 yards to QB David Moran)
Lineman scored a touchdown---Starling Latu, OG, vs. USC at Corvallis, 1994.
Had a player score 3 touchdowns in a game---Akili King, TB, vs. California at Berkeley, 1996
Scored on its first offensive possession of the game---Stanford, Oct. 10, 1998, at Palo Alto
Had a player rush for over 100 Yards---Ken Simonton (207) vs. Stanford at Palo Alto, Oct. 10, 1998
THE LAST TIME AN OPPONENT...
Returned a punt for touchdown--Pat Johnson, Oregon, 74 yards at Eugene, 1997
Recovered a blocked punt for touchdown---Rashard Cook, USC, at Los Angeles (Mike Fessler punter), 1998
Returned a kickoff for touchdown---Terry Battle, Arizona State, 100 yards at Corvallis, 1996
Returned a fumble for touchdown---Jabari Issa, Washington, 18 yards at Corvallis, 1997
Returned a pass interception for touchdown---Chad Hinchen, WSU, 34 yards at Corvallis, 1996
Recorded a safety---Arizona, at Tucson, October 26, 1996
Did not score---Oregon, (0-0) at Eugene, 1983
Blocked a punt---Danny Bravo, USC, at Los Angeles, 1998
Blocked a field goal---Jabari Issa, Washington, at Seattle (Jose Cortez the kicker), 1998
Scored a 2-point convers
