Arizona 44, Oregon 15
When: 10:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 27, 2018
Where: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona
Temperature:
74°
Head Official:
Mich Mothershed
Attendance:
42845
By Field Level Media
Arizona's defense limited Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert to 89 yards passing in the first three quarters as the Wildcats routed the 19th-ranked Ducks 44-15 on Saturday night in Tucson, Ariz.
Herbert completed 24 of 48 passes for 186 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
Error-prone Oregon (5-3, 2-3 Pac-12) also had a punt blocked and lost the ball when an Arizona punt bounced off the leg of a Ducks player trying to block for a return.
The Wildcats (4-5, 3-3) cashed those miscues into 10 points.
Arizona running back J.J. Taylor finished with 212 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries. As a team, Oregon gained only 84 yards rushing on 23 carries.
Arizona's defense also held Oregon to 3 of 16 on third-down conversions while limiting the Ducks to 270 yards in total offense. Entering the game, Arizona's defense ranked No. 11 in the Pac-12, allowing 440.6 yards a game.
Arizona was dominant from the start behind the passing of Khalil Tate, who sat out last week's loss at UCLA with an ankle injury. He directed the Wildcats to a touchdown on the first possession.
Tate's 22-yard scoring pass to a wide-open Shawn Poindexter with 11:08 to go in the first quarter capped a seven-play, 75-yard drive that took only 2:03.
Tate completed 19 of 33 passes for 189 yards with three touchdowns and an interception.
Oregon's offense had three consecutive three-and-outs, and then freshman running back Travis Dye fumbled on the fourth possession, with Arizona cornerback Christian Young making the recovery at the Oregon 21.
The turnover resulted in a 34-yard field goal by Josh Pollack to give Arizona a 10-0 lead with 4:52 left in the first quarter.
A blocked punt by Arizona's Chacho Ulloa gave the Wildcats the ball at the Oregon 6. Pollack's third field goal, this one from 23 yards, increased Arizona's lead to 16-0 with 11:30 left in the first half.
Herbert engineered a 75-yard scoring drive in seven plays, including running 20 yards on a third-and-9 play. His 29-yard touchdown pass to Dillon Mitchell and subsequent two-point conversion run cut Arizona's lead to 16-8 with 9:17 left in the second quarter.
Arizona answered with an 18-play, 88-yard drive that lasted 7:30, capped by Taylor's 1-yard touchdown run that increased the lead to 23-8 with 1:39 left before halftime.
The Wildcats went 96 yards on seven plays in their first possession of the third quarter to widen the lead to 30-8. Tate capped that drive with an 8-yard scoring strike to Poindexter.
Tate's 27-yard touchdown pass to Shun Brown with 2:49 left in the third quarter increased the lead to 37-8.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Oregon
|
270 |
84 |
186 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
| Arizona
|
465 |
276 |
189 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1.0 |
2 |
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