Corvallis, OR – The old civil war jumped off in early week 3 match up between undefeated visiting No 9 Oregon Duck and Oregon State Beavers both with 2-0 record to start the season. When clock ticked triple zeros, the Ducks quaked away with 49-14 victory.
Oregon signal caller Dilon Gabriel introduced himself on the filed in the crosstown state matchup. After he threw for 291 yards, 2 touchdowns on 20/24 passes and also running for a 54-yard touchdown.
“If you give me the time, I’ll do the crime’, said Oregon quarterback Dilon Gabriel, “It feels good, I think as we continue to execute at a high level.”
The Ducks defense shut down the Beavers in the second half as the kept their foot on the gas with 27 unanswered points.
“We played to our standard today,” said coach Dan Lanning “Tale of two half’s today.”
The running game was present too with 240 yards and 4 touchdowns on the ground. Running Back Jordan James ran for 86-yards on 12 caries with two touchdowns.
Gabriel’s favorite receiving target was Tez Johnson with had 7 catches for 110 yards. Now Jayden Limar had two big catches for 71 yards and a touchdown.
Oregon St running game led for Anthony Hankerson was working with him leading his team with 57-yards, reaching the endzone twice for his teams only points in the first half.
Gevani McCoy tried to get his team back in scoring position throwing for 172 yards attempting 34 passes in catchup mode connecting on 22 of them. Trent Walker was his main target catching 8 passes for 68 yards averaging 8.5 yards per catch.
“Really proud of our guys performance and it shows what we are capable of,” said Lanning “Are guys focus was really cranked up staying in a rhythm.”
This Oregon team made sure they finished this game and never let up on the gas as they did last year verse the Beavers.
Now the Ducks will have a bye week before traveling to Pasadena to face off with the UCLA Bruins at the Rose Bowl. The Beavers will host Purdue Saturday for 5:30pm kickoff who will be looking to shake off the tough loss to Norte Dame.
