OREGON 7/7/0/7 - 21
STANFORD 3/0/0/3 - 6
STANFORD, CALIFORNIA - The Ducks avenged the previous season’s heart-breaking loss to the Cardinal while exorcising their road demons on their road trip to the Farm. Justin Herbert threw three touchdowns and the Duck defense pinned the Cardinal deep in their own territory throughout the game.
Stanford scored on their opening possession, putting together a 12-play, 61-yard drive that stalled out when tight end Colby Parkinson wasn’t able to finish a signature Stanford fade route. The early drive was Stanford’s most successful of the game, and it ended with a field goal.
Oregon’s offense felt a little off throughout the game which was understandable considering starting center Jake Hanson was sidelined due to an unspecified injury suffered against Montana, resulting in left tackle Calvin Throckmorton taking over his spot and Brady Aiello filling the hole left by Throckmorton. The Ducks and Cardinal traded punts, but then Justin Herbert led a two-play, 55-yard touchdown drive that gave Oregon a lead they would not surrender. Johnny Johnson III picked up 19 yards on a play-action pass on first down, then Jaylon Redd took the next pass to the house by cutting towards some open grass.
Later in the second quarter, the Ducks traveled 80 yards in 10 plays to go up 14-3. Herbert connected with his pass-catchers for gains of 24 yards, 16 yards, and then 16 yards again to get Jacob Breeland into the end zone.
Oregon was forced to punt on their first three possessions of the second half, but a hungry Oregon pass-rush combined with the on-point punting of Blake Maimone helped the Ducks protect their two-score lead before adding to it with another touchdown pass to Breeland in the fourth. The five-play, 50-yard touchdown drive was set up by a Jevon Holland interception.
Stanford managed to recreate their earlier success by marching down the field for a second Jet Toner field goal - it would end up being the final score of the game as Oregon’s freshman kicker, Camden Lewis, missed his 27-yard field goal attempt on the proceeding drive due to a bad snap.
In a game with few offensive highlights, senior punter Blake Maimone stood out as a game-ball worthy player; out of his six punts against Stanford, five of them resulted in the Cardinal starting behind their own 13-yard line.
"When you go on the road, sometimes it's a little bit ugly. But you never want to apologize for winning on the road, because it's tough."
- Mario Cristobal
Oregon Offense (total: 320 - pass: 259 - rush: 61)
Stanford Offense (total: 234 - pass: 120 - rush: 114)
Oregon Defense (forced turnovers: 1 - INT: 1)
Stanford Defense (forced turnovers: 0)
UO (3-1, 1-0) STAN (1-3, 0-2)