Bo Nix threw for 283 yards and five touchdown passes, leading 10th-ranked Oregon to a 45-30 win over No. 9 UCLA on Saturday afternoon at Eugene, Ore.
The Ducks (6-1, 4-0 in Pac-12) ended the day as the only undefeated team in conference play and won their 23rd straight game at Autzen Stadium.
Bucky Irving rushed for 107 yards and caught a touchdown pass, while Troy Franklin had eight catches for 132 yards and two TDs for the Ducks.
UCLA (6-1, 3-1) got 262 yards passing and two touchdowns from Dorian Thompson-Robinson. The Bruins also had 151 rushing yards from Zach Charbonnet.
Since a 49-3 loss to then-No. 3 Georgia at Atlanta in the first game of the season, Oregon has won six straight games and scored no fewer than 41 points in each win.
With Oregon up 17-10 after Nix hit Franklin for a 49-yard touchdown pass, the Ducks seized momentum for good when kickoff specialist Andrew Boyle recovered his own onside-kick attempt.
Oregon took over at its own 46-yard line and marched down the field for Jordan James’ 2-yard touchdown run for a 24-10 lead with 6:34 to go in the second quarter.
The Ducks took a 31-13 lead into halftime thanks to Nix’s 2-yard touchdown pass to Franklin with six seconds left in the first half. The score completed a 10-play, 88-yard drive.
The Ducks totaled 545 yards of offense, with 283 passing yards and 262 rushing yards.
After UCLA’s Nicholas Barr-Mira made a 33-yard field goal in the third quarter to cut Oregon’s lead to 31-16, the Ducks converted two fourth downs in their own territory on their way to a 7-1/2 minute touchdown drive that ended with Nix’s 17-yard touchdown pass to Cam McCormick.
Oregon scored again early in the fourth quarter. Facing fourth-and-4 from the UCLA 37-yard line, Nix found an open Irving near the sideline and the back scooted up the field and into the end zone for a 45-23 lead.
Former wide receiver Bryan Addison intercepted a Thompson-Robinson pass into the end zone midway through the fourth quarter, ending any hope of a Bruins comeback.
The Ducks’ win left former Oregon head coach Chip Kelly winless against his former program in four meetings with UCLA. The Ducks improved to 15-3 against the Bruins since the 2000 season.
Oregon has won four straight meetings and 10 of the last 11 in the overall series.
–Field Level Media
