QB SHOUGH LIFTS DUCKS

Tyler Shough threw for 312 yards and four touchdowns and No. 11 Oregon came back to beat host Washington State 43-29 on Saturday night.

Travis Dye caught two second-half touchdown passes to help Oregon improve to 2-0. The Ducks piled up 582 yards of total offense.

Freshman Jayden de Laura threw for 321 yards and two touchdowns for Washington State (1-1), which led at halftime but could not stop the Ducks in the second half. Freshman defensive back Ayden Hector recovered three Oregon turnovers in the first half.

Oregon went 92 yards in 15 plays on its first possession, and Shough hit tight end DJ Johnson with a 13-yard scoring pass for a 7-0 lead.

Washington State replied with an 18-yard touchdown pass from de Laura to Lucas Bacon. The Cougars attempted a 2-point conversion but de Laura’s pass was incomplete.

Dye fumbled on the next possession and Hector recovered for the Cougars near midfield. De Laura hit Renard Bell with a 44-yard reception and, three plays later, connected with Bell on a 4-yard touchdown pass for a 13-7 lead.

Hector intercepted Shough’s pass on Oregon’s next possession, but the Cougars had to punt.

Oregon’s CJ Verdell (Chula Vista Mater Dei) was stripped of the ball on their next possession and Hector

pounced on the fumble for his third recovery. But the Cougars had to settle for Blake Mazza’s 39-yard field goal.

Mazza added a 49-yarder for a 19-7 lead with 20 seconds left in the first half.

Oregon was not done. Shough completed a 57-yard pass to Jaylon Redd to the Oregon 3, and Verdell ran in for the touchdown to cut Washington State’s halftime lead to 19-14.

The Ducks shut down Washington State’s offense in the third quarter, holding the Cougars to 30 yards.

Meanwhile, Shough threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Dye late in the third to lift the Ducks to a 21-19 lead.

He added a short touchdown pass to Johnny Johnson in the opening seconds of the fourth to push the lead of 28-19.

Washington State put together a drive to Oregon’s 8, but had to settle for a 25-yard field goal by Mazza to cut Oregon’s lead to 28-22.

Oregon replied immediately as Shough fired a 71yard scoring pass to Dye, and then ran in the conversion, to lift Oregon to a 36-22 lead with just over 8 minutes left.

Colorado 35, Stanford 32: Sam Noyer passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more, Jarek Broussard had another strong day rushing, and visiting Colorado held on to beat Stanford.

Dimitri Stanley caught six passes for 126 yards and a score as Colorado remained unbeaten under first-year coach Karl Dorrell (Helix High).

Noyer, a fifth-year senior who nearly transferred out of Colorado after playing safety last season, threw an interception on his fourth pass of the afternoon then settled in to complete 15 of 24 attempts for 255 yards. Noyer scored on a 7-yard option keeper midway through the second quarter then led the Buffaloes on three scoring drives coming out of halftime.

Brenden Rice had a 34yard touchdown catch and Jaren Mangham added a 1yard touchdown run for Colorado (2-0, 2-0 Pac-12).

Davis Mills passed for 327 yards and a touchdown in his first game of the season for Stanford (0-2, 0-2).