Friday, November 24
Eugene, Ore.
5:30 PM
University of Oregon
11-1 , 8-1
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Oregon State
8-4 , 5-4
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2nd
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4th
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Oregon St.
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Oregon
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Photo by: Eric Evans/GoDucks.com
Rivalry Win Sends Ducks To Title Game
11/24/23 | Football
Oregon will play for the Pac-12 Championship next week after closing the regular season with a 31-7 win Friday over OSU.
EUGENE, Ore. — Everything is still in front of the Oregon football team. And now the Ducks have a chance next week to realize two monumental goals in this 2023 football season.
No. 6 Oregon will play for the Pac-12 Championship after wrapping up the fourth 11-win regular season in school history with a 31-7 victory Friday over No. 16 Oregon State, before the fourth-largest crowd in Autzen Stadium history, 59,987 fans. The Ducks (11-1, 8-1 Pac-12) will play for the conference title next Friday in Las Vegas against the team that handed them their only loss of this season, Washington.
Friday's win not only kept the UO football team in the running for a Pac-12 title, it kept the Ducks in the thick of the College Football Playoff race as well. Senior quarterback Bo Nix burnished his credentials for the Heisman Trophy by going 33-of-40 for 367 yards and two touchdowns, plus a rushing touchdown, helping Oregon to its sixth straight win.
"I've said all season, we want to be playing our best football at the end of the season," UO coach Dan Lanning said. "We are right now."
Looking to avenge a loss to Oregon State the year before, Oregon allowed but a single touchdown Friday, shortly before halftime. That cut the UO lead to 14-7 with 54 seconds left in the half, but the Ducks answered on a brilliant pass from Nix to Troy Franklin, who scored his UO-record 25th career receiving touchdown with 8 seconds left.
Franklin had nine receptions for 128 yards and a score, and Tez Johnson added 11 receptions for 137 yards. Bucky Irving caught the other touchdown pass from Nix, and Jordan James rushed for the touchdown that made it 31-7 early in the fourth quarter.
"Obviously, anybody watching us would say we've got some really special players on our team, including our quarterback," Lanning said. "He was dialed tonight, he was on point."
Evan Williams had six tackles to lead a UO defense that held Oregon State's vaunted rushing attack to just 53 yards on 24 carries. The Ducks had one sack in the game, by freshman edge rusher Matayo Uiagalelei — against his brother, OSU quarterback DJ Uiagalelei.
The Beavers threatened to score after James made it 31-7 in the fourth quarter, but Dontae Manning — who started in place of Jahlil Florence — picked off a pass in the end zone.
"I told Jahlil maybe two or three days ago that this game was gonna be for him," Manning said. "He wasn't going to be able to be out there with us. I told him it's gonna be for him. Just being able to play for my brothers, that's all I wanted."
Following a pregame ceremony honoring the senior class — including tight end Spencer Webb, who passed away in July 2022 — the Ducks got the night started off with a methodical opening drive, capped by Nix throwing a touchdown pass to Irving. After the UO defense turned the Beavers over on downs near midfield, Nix went 4-of-5 on the ensuing drive and then rushed 16 yards for a touchdown to make it 14-0.
Oregon's defense followed with a three-and-out. When the Ducks missed a field goal and OSU then drove to a touchdown, it was back to a one-score game — until Nix's brilliant 41-yard, no-look touchdown pass to Franklin. Nix rolled out to this right on the play, then looked to that side of the field before unleashing a pass across his body deep down the left side for the touchdown.
"I think I was the second read on that," Franklin said of this touchdown. "But it turned into a scramble drill. He just made a play, I made a play and we got the result."
OSU turned it over on downs again to open the third quarter; the Beavers were 2-of-6 on fourth down in the game, while Oregon was 2-of-2, after failing on all five fourth-down attempts in Corvallis the year before. A field goal by Camden Lewis made it 24-7, and after another three-and-out from the UO defense, the Ducks drove to the rushing touchdown by James early in the fourth quarter.
No. 6 Oregon will play for the Pac-12 Championship after wrapping up the fourth 11-win regular season in school history with a 31-7 victory Friday over No. 16 Oregon State, before the fourth-largest crowd in Autzen Stadium history, 59,987 fans. The Ducks (11-1, 8-1 Pac-12) will play for the conference title next Friday in Las Vegas against the team that handed them their only loss of this season, Washington.
Friday's win not only kept the UO football team in the running for a Pac-12 title, it kept the Ducks in the thick of the College Football Playoff race as well. Senior quarterback Bo Nix burnished his credentials for the Heisman Trophy by going 33-of-40 for 367 yards and two touchdowns, plus a rushing touchdown, helping Oregon to its sixth straight win.
"I've said all season, we want to be playing our best football at the end of the season," UO coach Dan Lanning said. "We are right now."
Looking to avenge a loss to Oregon State the year before, Oregon allowed but a single touchdown Friday, shortly before halftime. That cut the UO lead to 14-7 with 54 seconds left in the half, but the Ducks answered on a brilliant pass from Nix to Troy Franklin, who scored his UO-record 25th career receiving touchdown with 8 seconds left.
Franklin had nine receptions for 128 yards and a score, and Tez Johnson added 11 receptions for 137 yards. Bucky Irving caught the other touchdown pass from Nix, and Jordan James rushed for the touchdown that made it 31-7 early in the fourth quarter.
"Obviously, anybody watching us would say we've got some really special players on our team, including our quarterback," Lanning said. "He was dialed tonight, he was on point."
Evan Williams had six tackles to lead a UO defense that held Oregon State's vaunted rushing attack to just 53 yards on 24 carries. The Ducks had one sack in the game, by freshman edge rusher Matayo Uiagalelei — against his brother, OSU quarterback DJ Uiagalelei.
The Beavers threatened to score after James made it 31-7 in the fourth quarter, but Dontae Manning — who started in place of Jahlil Florence — picked off a pass in the end zone.
"I told Jahlil maybe two or three days ago that this game was gonna be for him," Manning said. "He wasn't going to be able to be out there with us. I told him it's gonna be for him. Just being able to play for my brothers, that's all I wanted."
Following a pregame ceremony honoring the senior class — including tight end Spencer Webb, who passed away in July 2022 — the Ducks got the night started off with a methodical opening drive, capped by Nix throwing a touchdown pass to Irving. After the UO defense turned the Beavers over on downs near midfield, Nix went 4-of-5 on the ensuing drive and then rushed 16 yards for a touchdown to make it 14-0.
Oregon's defense followed with a three-and-out. When the Ducks missed a field goal and OSU then drove to a touchdown, it was back to a one-score game — until Nix's brilliant 41-yard, no-look touchdown pass to Franklin. Nix rolled out to this right on the play, then looked to that side of the field before unleashing a pass across his body deep down the left side for the touchdown.
"I think I was the second read on that," Franklin said of this touchdown. "But it turned into a scramble drill. He just made a play, I made a play and we got the result."
OSU turned it over on downs again to open the third quarter; the Beavers were 2-of-6 on fourth down in the game, while Oregon was 2-of-2, after failing on all five fourth-down attempts in Corvallis the year before. A field goal by Camden Lewis made it 24-7, and after another three-and-out from the UO defense, the Ducks drove to the rushing touchdown by James early in the fourth quarter.
Team Stats
OSU
ORE
Total Yards
273
480
Pass Yards
220
367
Rushing Yards
53
113
Penalty Yards
23
65
1st Downs
17
28
3rd Downs
3
5
4th Downs
2
2
TOP
25:57
34:03
1st Quarter
OSU 0, ORE 7
ORE - Irving,Bucky 14 yd pass from Nix,Bo (Lewis,Camden kick) 15 plays, 88 yards, TOP 08:41
2nd Quarter
OSU 0, ORE 14
ORE - Nix,Bo 16 yd run (Lewis,Camden kick), 8 plays, 58 yards, TOP 03:13
OSU 7, ORE 14
OSU - Bolden,Silas 9 yd pass from Uiagalelei,DJ (Sappington,Atticus kick) 15 plays, 80 yards, TOP 05:37
OSU 7, ORE 21
ORE - Franklin,Troy 41 yd pass from Nix,Bo (Lewis,Camden kick) 5 plays, 78 yards, TOP 00:40
3rd Quarter
OSU 7, ORE 24
ORE - Lewis,Camden 25 yd field goal 8 plays, 64 yards, TOP 03:25
4th Quarter
OSU 7, ORE 31
ORE - James,Jordan 1 yd run (Lewis,Camden kick), 12 plays, 82 yards, TOP 04:53
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