Sixth-ranked Oregon tuned up for its massive Big Ten showdown at Penn State next weekend with a 41-7 romp over in-state rival Oregon State on Saturday afternoon in Eugene, Ore.
The Ducks (4-0) racked up 585 yards of total offense. Quarterback Dante Moore completed 21 of 31 passes for 305 yards with four touchdowns, and he along with six running backs helped the Ducks run for 280 yards.
Jayden Limar, elevated to the starter with Noah Whittington missing a second straight week with an unspecified injury, ran the ball 12 times for 70 yards to lead the ground game. Moore added 53 rushing yards.
Jordon Davison’s 3-yard touchdown run with 21 seconds left in the first half gave Oregon a 21-7 lead going into halftime.
Moore spread the ball around to eight different pass catchers, four of which caught touchdowns. The longest of those was a 49-yard completion to Gary Bryant Jr. on the second play of the fourth quarter, a pass zipped down the middle to Bryant that he caught in stride.
Oregon State tied the score at 7 late in the first quarter on a 1-yard touchdown run by Anthony Hankerson. With the extra point, the Ducks were in a tie game for the first time all season.
But Oregon took the lead for good with 5:40 to play in the second quarter, capping off a 92-yard touchdown drive with Moore’s 23-yard touchdown pass to tight end Kenyon Sadiq.
Oregon State (0-4) punted eight times and lost a fumble. Quarterback Maalik Murphy went 5 of 18 for 68 yards and the Beavers were held to 147 total yards on the afternoon.
Hankerson had 38 rushing yards to lead the Beavers.
Oregon was stopped on downs once, punted twice, and scored on every other drive of the game. The Ducks have won three straight in the series between the programs now in different conferences (Oregon State is in the Pac-12).
Oregon has won 15 of the last 18 meetings in a rivalry that is the second-most played between two in-state rivals in the history of college football.
