After two weeks of struggles, Oregon’s offensive line bounced back in a big way and led Oregon to a resounding 49-14 victory Saturday in Corvallis. After some encouraging signs in the second half against Boise State, Oregon started that unit from snap one against the Beavers and they looked like the group many of us expected this season. With Iapani Laloulu at Center, and Nishad Strother at Guard, the Oregon offense was balanced all game, finishing with 306 yards through the air and 240 on the ground. 

 

The offense was the story early, going 74 yards on 8 plays, capped by a Jordan James 4-yard Touchdown run to give the Ducks an early 7-0 lead. The Ducks would finish the first half scoring touchdowns on all three drives, leading 22-14 at the break after a late Beavers Touchdown brought them within a score. From there, it was no contest, as Dillon Gabriel and the offense scored points on the next five drives to lead 49-14. After giving up 14 points and some sustained drives in the first half, the Oregon defense pitched a shutout after halftime, an encouraging sign going into Big Ten play. 

 

Next up for Oregon is a bye week, before traveling to Los Angeles on September 28th to face the Bruins at the Rose Bowl.

 

Offensive Highlights:

• Dillon Gabriel: 20/24 291 yds 2 TD 64 yds rushing 1 TD

• Jordan James: 12 car 86 yds 2 TD

• Tez Johnson: 7 rec 110 yds 

• Jayden Limar: 2 rec 71 yds 1 TD