No. 8 Oregon uses bag of tricks to rout Colorado
Bo Nix and the Oregon offense found creative ways to score, including an offensive lineman catching a touchdown pass and a linebacker scoring from short, as the eighthranked Ducks rolled to a 49-10 win over host Colorado on Saturday at Boulder.
With the wind howling — 39-mph gusts — the Ducks (8-1, 6-0) breezed over the Buffaloes (1-8, 1-5) to their eighth consecutive victory since a 49-3 loss to No. 1 Georgia in the season opener.
The Ducks dialed up one gadget play after another, with offensive tackle Josh Conerly Jr. catching a four-yard touchdown pass to open the scoring and linebacker Noah Sewell scoring on a one-yard plunge. Even Nix got into the act by catching an 18-yard touchdown pass from tailback Bucky Irving.
Nix was strong again, completing 20 of 24 passes for 274 yards and two scores. He also had two rushing touchdowns.
at No. 14 Utah 45, Arizona 20: Ja’Quinden Jackson ran for a career-high 97 yards and a touchdown, and the Utes (7-2, 5-1) had a season-high 306 yards rushing in a win over the Wildcats (3-6, 1-5) at Salt Lake City. Cam Rising threw for 151 yards and a touchdown in his return following a one-game absence.
Washington State 52, at Stanford 14: Cameron Ward threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third, Nakia Watson rushed for 166 yards and a score and the Cougars (5-4, 2-4) ended a three-game losing streak with a rout of the host Cardinal (3-6, 1-6).