Oregon’s new Big Ten counterparts got a look at what life was like in the Ducks ’ former home.
Because Saturday’s victory against Boise State had a Pac-12 After Dark feel to it.
Atticus Sappington kicked a 25-yard field goal as time expired to give Oregon a 37-34 victory Saturday night in Autzen Stadium.
Oregon (2-0) also scored special teams touchdowns in the second half. One came on an 85-yard punt return by Tez Johnson. The other came on a kickoff, with Noah Whittington returning the kick 99 yards, but he dropped the ball just before he crossed into the end zone and Jayden Limar recovered for the score.
The Ducks also gave up the ball twice on fumbles in the second half that the Broncos turned into a pair of TDs over a 53-second span for a 34-27 lead with 10:15 to play.
Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel was 18 of 21 for 243 yards and two touchdowns. Evan Stewart caught five passes for 112 yards and one TD.
Boise State (1-1) running back Ashton Jeanty rushed for 192 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries.
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Oregon vs. Boise State score updates
Atticus Sappington kicked a 25-yard field goal as time expired to give Oregon a 37-34 victory Saturday night in Autzen Stadium.
Noah Whittington has brought the Ducks back with a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown with 9:59 to play in the fourth quarter. The play went to review to see if Whittington had dropped the ball just before he crossed the goal line, but the call stood.
The Broncos capitalized off another Oregon turnover as Ashton Jeanty scored on an 8-yard run to put Boise State in the lead with 10:15 to play. The Broncos have now scored 14 points off two Ducks' turnovers in a span of 53 seconds.
Dillon Gabriel fumbled on a quarterback run and Boise State recovered at the Ducks' 22-yard line with 12:16 to play.
An Oregon turnover leads to immediate TD for Boise State. A fumble by Ducks tight end Patrick was recovered by the Broncos at their own 30 and on their first offensive play, Ashton Jeanty ran 70 yards for the score-tying TD with 13:09 to play.
The Ducks have the lead and the ball on their own 40 when the fourth quarter begins.
The wide receiver scored on an 85-yard punt return, going from one sideline to the other before sprinting untouched into the end zone to give the Ducks a 27-20 lead with 3:57 to play in the third quarter.
The punt return for a TD was the first since by Oregon since 2018.
The Ducks tied the score with a TD on a 59-yard pass play from Gabriel to receiver Traeshon Holden on third-and-8 from their own 41. Atticus Sappington missed the extra point kick.
Boise State safety Alexander Teubner was ejected for targeting at the 11:00 mark of the third quarter after a helmet-to-helmet hit on Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel as he was sliding to end a 2-yard run.
Halftime: Boise State 20, Oregon 14
Oregon leaders:
Passing — Dillon Gabriel: 9 for-10, 133 yards, 1 TD
Rushing — Jordan James: 7 carries, 38 yards
Receiving — Evan Stewart: 4 catches, 106 yards, 1 TD
Boise State leaders:
Passing — Maddux Madsen: 12 for 21, 115, 1 TD
Rushing — Ashton Jeanty: 14 carries for 85 yards, 1 TD
Receiving — Latrell Caples: 3 catches, 40 yards
Offense
Oregon — 150 yards (passing: 133. Rushing: 17)
Boise State — 214 yards (passing: 115. Rushing: 99)
Jonah Dalmas kicked a 30-yard field with 2-seconds left in the half to extend the Broncos' lead.
The Broncos strike again, getting a 17-yard TD catch from Cameron Camper on throw by Maddux Madsen with 4:51 left in the first half.
The Gabriel-to-Stewart connection strikes again as the Ducks' QB laced a 34-yard TD pass to the receiver on the first play of Oregon's drive — a drive set up by a 24-yard punt return by Tez Johnson. The Ducks have reclaimed the lead with 9:28 to play in second quarter.
Dillon Gabriel was sacked on back-to-back plays by nickels Rodney Robison and Seyi Oladipo for a combined loss of 15 yards to kill the Oregon drive. Those were the fifth and sixth sacks allowed this season by the Ducks, who allowed five total in all of 2023 and all of 2022.
Ashton Jeanty scored on a 3-yard run on the second play of the second quarter as the Broncos go back on top. Boise State's scoring drive was 9 plays, 75 yards and lasted 5:16.
The Ducks have the lead but the Broncos have the ball at the Oregon 3-yard line when play resumes.
Also notable on the Ducks' scoring drive was a switch on the offensive line. Starting right guard Iaponi Laloulu was moved to center in place of Charlie Pickard and Nishad Strother came in at right guard.
Just like that, the Ducks looked like the Ducks again. Oregon went 72 yards in three plays and 51 seconds to take the lead. The drive started with a 67-yard pass from Dillon Gabriel to Evan Stewart that put the Ducks at the BSU 5. One play later, Gabriel ran into the end zone untouched for the 1-yard TD with 4:36 to play in the first quarter.
Another three-and-out for the Ducks offense, which will punt for the second straight possession. They have 12 yards on six plays so far in the game.
Oregon men’s basketball alum and NBA champion Payton Pritchard was honored in front of the sold-out Autzen Stadium crowd during a first-quarter break in the game.
The West Linn native and four-year starting point guard for the Ducks from 2016-20, helped the Celtics defeat the Dallas Mavericks during the NBA Finals in June.
In 19 postseason games, Pritchard averaged 6.4 points, 2.1 assists and 1.9 rebounds in 18.7 minutes per game.
Pritchard joined Jim Loscutoff (Boston 1957, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64), Greg Ballard (Washington 1978), Jordan Bell (Golden State 2018) and Chris Boucher (Toronto 2019) as Oregon alums to win an NBA title.
Pritchard was the 2020 Pac-12 player of the year and also won the 2020 Bob Cousy Award. The consensus All-American is the winningest Duck in program history, winning 105 of his 144 games played.
The Broncos scored on a 43-yard field goal by Jonah Dalmas with 9:29 to play in the first quarter to take the lead.
Broncos' right guard Roger Carreon suffered a lower leg injury on the second play of Boise State's offensive series and had to be carted off the field.
The Ducks went three-and-out and punted on fourth-and-two in the game's opening drive. After an opening 7-yard run by Jordan James, the Ducks gave up another sack of Dillon Gabriel (fourth of the season) and Gabriel was forced to scramble on third down to avoid the pass rush.
The Broncos won the coin toss and will start on defense after deferring to the second half. Kickoff is moments away in Autzen Stadium.
Linebacker Jeffrey Bassa, right guard Matthew Bedford and wide receiver Gary Bryant Jr., are in uniform and going through pregame warmups with less than an hour to go until kickoff against Boise State.
All three players were listed as questionable on the Ducks' availability report that was released at 5 p.m. today.
Whether it was in front of a furious home crowd in Eugene, during an infamous night on the blue turf in Boise, or at a neutral field in the Nevada desert, there have been a couple common themes in the history of football games played between Oregon and Boise State — bitter losses for the Ducks and bad memories for their fans.
It will be Boise State’s first visit to Eugene since 2008, when freshman quarterback Kellen Moore led the Broncos to an upset victory in a game marred by cheap shots from the Boise State defense, including one penalized hit that knocked Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli out of the game in the first quarter.
It will also be the first game between the teams since Boise State manhandled the Ducks in the 2017 Las Vegas Bowl.
But neither of those games have anything on the 2009 season opener in Boise, when Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount delivered a postgame right jab to Broncos’ defensive lineman Byron Hout that rocked the college football world.
It’s been 15 years since “The Punch” — a reaction by Blount to what he said was taunting and a racial slur directed at him from a helmetless Hout on the field after the game — but the bad feelings between the two teams actually began a year earlier in Eugene.
Starting inside linebacker Jeffrey Bassa has been listed as questionable on Oregon's official Big Ten Availability report for the Saturday's game against Boise State.
The senior was in and out of last week's win against Idaho but had been at practice this past week.
Also questionable for Saturday are right guard Matthew Bedford and wide receiver Gary Bryant Jr. Both were questionable last week as well and neither played.
Ruled out for the game against the Broncos are defensive backs Jahlil Florence and Dakoda Fields, offensive lineman Dave Iuli, tight end Brashear, defensive lineman My'Keil Gardner and kicker Andrew Boyle.
Oregon vs. Boise State time today
- Date: Saturday, Sept. 7
- Time: 7 p.m.
- Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene
What channel is Oregon vs. Boise State game on today?
Oregon vs. Boise State will be streamed on Peacock . Andrew Siciliano and Michael Robinson will call the game from the booth at Autzen Stadium, with Laura Britt reporting from the sidelines.
Oregon vs. Boise State history
- Series record: Boise State leads 3-0
- Boise State's last win: 2017 (38-28)
Oregon vs. Boise State predictions
ESPN's Football Power Index gives the Ducks an 80% chance to win. Here's what others have to say .
Oregon vs. Boise State betting odds
Consensus game lines and odds as of Friday:
- Spread: Oregon by 19
- Over/under : 61.5
- Moneyline: Oregon -1000, Boise State +700
Oregon vs. Boise State weather update
Saturday's forecast called for a high of 87 with a temperature of about 79 at kickoff.
Oregon football 2024 schedule
- Aug. 31 — Idaho (W, 24-14)
- Sept. 7 — Boise State
- Sept. 14 — at Oregon State
- Sept. 28 — at UCLA
- Oct. 4 — Michigan State
- Oct. 12 — Ohio State
- Oct. 18 — at Purdue
- Oct. 26 — Illinois
- Nov. 2 — at Michigan
- Nov. 9 — Maryland
- Nov. 16 — at Wisconsin
- Nov. 30 — Washington
- Record: 1-0
Boise State football 2024 schedule
- Aug. 31 — at Georgia Southern (W, 56-45)
- Sept. 7 — at Oregon
- Sept. 21 — Portland State
- Sept. 28 — Washington State
- Oct. 5 — Utah State
- Oct. 12 — at Hawaii
- Oct. 25 — at UNLV
- Nov. 1 — San Diego State
- Nov. 9 — Nevada
- Nov. 16 — at San Jose State
- Nov. 23 — at Wyoming
- Nov. 29 — Oregon State
- Record: 1-0
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