Oregon Rallies Late to Edge Nebraska 17-14
Twenty-eight seconds. That is how much time Oregon had left when Dylan Raiola found Jamari Johnson from four yards out, then hit Hudson Lewis for the two-point conversion, and the Ducks went from down 14-9 to up 17-14 for good.
Oregon trailed from the first score of the game until that one. Nebraska scored first, Anthony Colandrea throwing 17 yards to Kwazi Gilmer with 4 seconds left in the second quarter, and the Ducks went to the half down 7-0 without a point of their own. Gage Hurych kicked field goals of 36 yards in the third quarter, twice, and Colandrea ran in from six yards out with 7 seconds left in the quarter to make it 14-6 going into the fourth. Hurych added a 37-yarder with 7:18 to go and Oregon had it within five. Then came the finish. The whole Oregon night was three field goals and one touchdown, which comes to 17.
The box score does not make this look like a robbery. Nebraska actually outgained Oregon 257 yards to 243, though the Huskers needed 164 yards through the air to do it (93 on the ground). Oregon ran for 130 and passed for 113. Both teams threw an interception, and Oregon also lost a fumble, so the Ducks gave it away twice to Nebraska's one. Oregon also sacked Colandrea three times against one for the other side. A team that gives it away twice and wins anyway is lucky or good, and I will let you pick.
Oregon goes to 4-2 and Nebraska drops to 5-2. For fantasy, Colandrea and Gilmer carried the Nebraska side, and Johnson's one catch of real consequence won the game.