11/24/06

Beavers beat Ducks, 30-28

Last year's NCAA Kicker of the Year,
Junior, Alexis Serna wins the game
for the Beavers.
The 110th annual Civil War, pits the
Oregon Ducks vs the Oregon State Beavers.
It is the west coasts oldest rivalry,
and seventh longest in the nation.

The Beavers are always excited
to beat the Ducks.


Alexis Serna kicked a 40-yard field goal with 1:12 left, Ben Siegert blocked Oregon's potential game-winning kick less than a minute later, and the Beavers held off the Ducks 30-28 Friday in the 110th edition of the Civil War.




Oregon's Matt Evensen attempted a 44-yard field goal with 20 seconds left, but Siegert knocked it down and the home team won this in-state rivalry for the 10th straight season.




Oregon coach Mike Bellotti started quarterback Brady Leaf who led a fourth-quarter drive, capped by a 26-yard scoring pass to Jordan Kent and a QB keeper for a two-point conversion, that put the Ducks (7-5, 4-5 Pac-10) up for the first time in the game, 28-27.




Oregon State (8-4, 5-3) took the ball down to the Ducks' 22 and settled for Serna's 40-yarder in a driving rain. It proved to be enough.




Matt Moore completed 16 of 22 passes for 255 yards and one touchdown for the Beavers, who have won six of their last seven games.




Leaf completed 25 of 42 passes for 274 yards and a score. He was intercepted once.

Oregon's last win at Reser Stadium was back in 1996, when the Ducks won 49-13. Oregon holds the overall lead in the series 55-45-10.

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