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No. 20 Oregon Spanks Washington 45-21

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Posted 7:53PM on Saturday 15th October 2005 ( 19 years ago )
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Kellen Clemens threw for 425 yards and four touchdowns Saturday and No. 20 Oregon beat Washington 45-21, decisively defeating the northwest rival Huskies for the second straight year.<br> <br> Clemens completed 36 passes, an Autzen Stadium record, with no interceptions as the Ducks handed Washington its 11th consecutive loss against a Pac-10 conference opponent.<br> <br> Washington (1-5, 0-3) was coming off a bye week after losing 21-17 to UCLA.<br> <br> The Ducks (6-1, 1-1) defeated Arizona State 31-17 in Tempe last week, a victory that moved Oregon up five spots in the rankings. Oregon&#39;s lone loss this season came against top-ranked USC. <br> <br> Demetrius Williams had five catches for 92 yards, including a pair of Clemens&#39; scoring passes.<br> <br> Isaiah Stanback completed 13-of-26 passes for 111 yards and a pair of touchdowns for Washington. He was intercepted once.<br> <br> While the Huskies jumped out to an early lead on Stanback&#39;s 26-yard scoring pass to Anthony Russo, Oregon had the next three TDs.<br> <br> Clemens hit Demetrius Williams with a 1-yard pass, then Jaison Williams from 8 yards out. Oregon made it 21-7 when Demetrius Williams pulled down another pass from Clemens, stumbling into the end zone for a 30-yard reception with two Washington defenders trying to pull him down. <br> <br> Terrence Whitehead caught an 11-yard scoring pass from Clemens to open the second half, making it 28-7. That pass moved Clemens past Joey Harrington into third on Oregon&#39;s career list with 60 touchdown passes.<br> <br> Matt Evenson added a 30-yard field goal before freshman Jonathan Stewart&#39;s 17-yard scoring run made it 38-7.<br> <br> The Huskies showed some life in the fourth quarter.<br> <br> Stanback found Robert Lewis with a 5-yard touchdown pass with 10:08 to go, and Ty Eriks ran in a 1-yard score some five minutes later to make it 38-21.<br> <br> The Ducks responded with Brian Paysinger&#39;s 5-yard TD run in the final minutes, and Oregon finished with 570 yards in total offense.<br> <br> Clemens&#39; completions broke the Autzen record of 33, shared by Paul Pinegar and Ty Detmer.<br> <br> © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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