From Deseret News archives:
BYU game at a glance
Player of the game
Johnny Harline
The all-America tight end had a career-best 181 receiving yards on nine receptions, a 41-yard TD and two more breathtaking catches.
Play of the game
After Cougar receivers spend the first 20 minutes suffering from a severe case of the dropsies, Jonny Harline makes a spectacular one-handed grab on a tight-end screen for an 18-yard reception down the right sideline to the Oregon 11, setting up BYU's first TD.
Key callFacing second-and-five at the Oregon 6 midway through the second quarter, BYU QB John Beck scraps the originally called play and audibles for a handoff to Curtis Brown, who bursts through the Duck defense untouched for the Cougars' first touchdown.
Quotable
"I couldn't be more proud of this team. There couldn't be a more fitting ending, one that this team deserved." — Bronco Mendenhall, BYU head coach
Looking ahead
Will BYU be seen as starting off 2007 half-empty — with the graduation of 10 senior starters, including the likes of John Beck, Jonny Harline, Curtis Brown and Cameron Jensen — or half-full with the return of the likes of starters Manase Tonga, Fui Vakapuna, Bryan Kehl, David Nixon and the brunt of both lines and defensive backfield?
