Oregon Pulls Away from USC for a 41-27 Road Win
It was 27-27 with 12:41 left in the fourth quarter. Then Oregon scored two touchdowns, USC scored none, and the road team left with a 41-27 win. Fourteen straight points will do that, and USC never had an answer after the Hines tie. It was a one-score game for roughly the length of a commercial break.
Gage Hurych's 30-yard field goal gave Oregon the first lead, but Jayden Maiava's 31-yard touchdown pass to Kayden Dixon-Wyatt put USC up 7-3, the only time it led. Dylan Raiola found Evan Stewart from three yards to make it 10-7, Caden Chittenden tied it at 10 with a 38-yard field goal, and Hurych kicked one more as the second quarter expired for a 13-10 Oregon halftime lead.
Dierre Hill Jr. then ran in from a yard and from four yards in the third to make it 27-17, and Maiava's one-yard run and a Chittenden field goal pulled USC back to 27-20. Tanook Hines tied it from 11 yards. Raiola answered with a 29-yard touchdown pass to Dakorien Moore with 8:35 left, and Jordon Davison ran in from two yards with 2:03 to go to finish it.
Oregon threw for 366 yards and ran for 139, 505 total to USC's 447, with no turnovers. USC threw an interception and went 23 of 42 through the air for 326 yards. Maiava, to his credit, had 31.1 fantasy points, which was almost exactly his season average of 31.2.
Oregon is 3-1 and USC is 4-1. For fantasy, the best-scoring player of the night was Hill, with 32.8 points on 63 rushing yards, two touchdowns and 105 receiving yards.