Northern Exposure!
Oregon puts Anchorage on ice with wild finish, 19-3
Week 9, 2006
 | Renegades (2-6) | 3 |
 | Ice (6-3) | 19 |
Portland, OR (AP) – Oregon CB
Orlando Pilcher had a game-breaking interception and WR
Kendrick Dillon returned a kick for a touchdown as the Ice pulled away late for a 19-3 victory over the Anchorage Renegades.
The victory allowed Oregon (6-3) to keep within striking distance of Seattle (6-2) and stay a half game ahead of Boise (5-3) in the Ring of Ice Division. Oregon currently holds one of the two wild card spots in the Western Football Conference.
“We battled all day long,” said Oregon SS
Alphonso Twombly, who had eight tackles (6 solo) and one sack. “We were able to hang in there until the right opportunity and seized it.”
Opportunity came in the fourth quarter, when the Ice defense and special teams sealed the victory with three big plays. The first came with 13:04 to play and the score knotted at 3-3. On first-and-15 from the Oregon 45, Orlando Pilcher picked off Anchorage QB
Guy Dendy at the 30 and returned it 56 yards to set up RB
Terry Woodard’s 14-yard touchdown run, giving the home team a 10-3 advantage.
The second big play came with just 3:24 left in the game when P
Jay Sheehee’s punt from the Oregon 41 was downed at the Anchorage 7-yard line. Three plays later, Oregon was celebrating another score as Dendy’s 13-yard completion on third-and-13 from the 4 was negated by a holding penalty in the end zone, giving Oregon a safety. “I was just trying to do my job and pin ‘em deep,” said Sheehee of his kick.
The third, and final, big play of the game occurred when WR/KR
Kendrick Dillon returned the ensuing free kick 84 yards for a touchdown. “I found a seam, and just went for it,” said Dillon, who now has three career kick returns for touchdowns and leads the CFL with a 25.4 kickoff return average among players with more than 20 chances.
Surprisingly, the only special teams player to have an off-day was the normally reliable
Craig Schanding. Schanding, who came into the game 19-of-20, made a 46-yard kick, but missed from 51 and 53 yards. “I needed to make those kicks,” said Schanding, who expects perfection even from great distances. “The team pays me to make the long ones, too.”
Around the League
Seattle QB
Charles Dever, named CFL Player of the Week, is making a strong case for league MVP. Thus far, he has thrown for 1,761 yards, 18 TD and 2 INT in 9 games. In Seattle's 37-24 victory over Tulsa this week, Dever was 22-of-27 for 287 yards, 4 TD, and 0 INT. He also rushed three times for 91 yards and a score.
Box Score
Attendance: 69,700 (73,300).
Weather: 39 degrees, fair.
1Q: 06:37 ORE - Craig Schanding 46 field goal.
2Q: 05:26 ANC - Donnell Mathis 26 field goal.
4Q: 12:43 ORE - Teddy Woodard 14 run.
4Q: 12:43 ORE - Craig Schanding extra point.
4Q: 02:31 ORE - Safety, holding called in the end zone.
4Q: 02:10 ORE - Kendrick Dillon 84 kickoff return.
4Q: 02:10 ORE - Craig Schanding extra point.
Game MVP: ORE 35 Alphonso Twombly
Anchorage 0 3 0 0 - 3
Oregon 3 0 0 16 - 19
Team Statistics ANC ORE
First Downs 18 6
Total Rushes 23 40
Rushing Yards 93 129
Yards Per Carry 4.0 3.2
Pass Attempts 50 9
Completions 21 7
Passing Yards 265 29
Yards Per Attempt 5.3 3.2
Sacked 4 0
Yards Lost 23 0
Interceptions 1 1
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 1/0
Total Plays 77 49
Total Yards 335 158
Yards Per Play 4.3 3.2
3rd Down Plays 3/14 3/15
Avg. YTG on 3rd 9.0 9.5
4th Down Plays 1/2 0/0
Penalties 9 5
Penalty Yards 59 30
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 31
Time Of Possession 31:16 28:44
Anchorage Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
43 Frazee 9 37 4.1 10 0
23 Bellisari 9 38 4.2 13 0
1 Dendy 3 10 3.3 4 0
36 Eklund 2 8 4.0 8 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
1 Dendy 50 21 265 5.3 45 0 1 4
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
82 McCaleb 7 62 8.8 11 20 0
87 Alonzo 5 124 24.8 10 45 0
43 Frazee 4 32 8.0 8 16 0
89 Bidwell 3 20 6.6 0 9 0
85 Sturgeon 2 27 13.5 3 16 0
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
20 Davis 3 2 0.6 0
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
85 Sturgeon 2 39 19.5 0
47 Davey 1 19 19.0 0
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
4 Wentland 7 259 37.0 44 3
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
6 Mathis 1 2 26 0 0
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
98 Nobles 8 5 0.0 0 0 0
51 Washington 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
54 Rea 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
96 Griggs 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
31 Garcia 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
46 Watson 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
74 Herrick 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
90 Bousquet 2 3 0.0 0 0 0
94 Bussard 2 2 0.0 0 0 0
33 Parks 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
47 Davey 1 0 0.0 1 0 0
85 Sturgeon 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
36 Eklund 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
87 Alonzo 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
73 Villeneuve 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
57 Cannon 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
76 Callender 0 1 0.0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
65 Tindale 0 0 0 0 0 1
63 Carnahan 0 0 1 0 0 1
61 Bahr 0 0 0 0 2 1
57 Cannon 0 0 0 0 3 0
73 Villeneuve 0 1 0 0 0 1
1 Dendy 1 0 0 0 0 0
43 Frazee 1 0 0 0 0 0
89 Bidwell 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 Bellisari 1 0 0 0 0 0
83 Pritchett 0 0 1 0 0 0
Oregon Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD
29 Woolery 20 70 3.5 15 0
39 Woodard 16 33 2.0 14 1
37 Funderburk 2 14 7.0 10 0
42 Savoy 1 7 7.0 7 0
6 Grady 1 5 5.0 5 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int Sckd
6 Grady 9 7 29 3.2 11 0 1 0
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
89 Begin 3 8 2.6 12 3 0
42 Savoy 2 8 4.0 5 4 0
29 Woolery 1 2 2.0 0 2 0
87 Brunner 1 11 11.0 1 11 0
Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
31 Eaddy 1 1 1.0 0
Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD
45 Hill 2 28 14.0 0
83 Dillon 1 84 84.0 1
Punting Punts Yards Avg Long In20
7 Shehee 8 368 46.0 61 3
Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
1 Schanding 1 3 46 2 2
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
50 Pinard 8 2 0.0 0 0 0
35 Twombly 6 2 1.0 0 0 0
26 Lerma 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
53 Macaluso 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
51 Beane 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
33 Pilcher 4 1 0.0 1 56 0
93 Jimerson 3 0 1.0 0 0 0
95 Molloy 3 4 0.5 0 0 0
40 Mauro 3 1 0.0 0 0 0
76 Vanegas 2 1 0.5 0 0 0
23 Huth 2 1 0.0 0 0 0
42 Savoy 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
30 Reagan 2 0 0.0 0 0 0
98 Weatherly 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
82 Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
94 Sturgill 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
54 Ludwig 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
31 Eaddy 0 2 0.0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Fumb FForc Recov MiscTD KeyRBlk SckAlwd
54 Ludwig 0 0 0 0 4 0
72 Covey 0 0 0 0 2 0
30 Reagan 0 0 2 0 0 0
68 Klein 0 0 0 0 1 0
53 Macaluso 0 1 0 0 0 0
50 Pinard 0 1 0 0 0 0
31 Eaddy 1 0 0 0 0 0
98 Weatherly 0 1 0 0 0 0