PAC-12 ROUNDUP
No. 11 Oregon 31, Fresno State 24: Anthony Brown scored on a 30-yard quarterback keeper with 2:57 left and host Oregon overcame a wobbly season opener.
Oregon jumped to a 21-6 lead, but Fresno State scored three unanswered touchdowns to tie the game midway through the third quarter, then took the lead early in the fourth on Abraham Montano’s field goal.
A fumble recovery gave Oregon the ball at the Fresno State 32, but the Ducks settled for Camden Lewis’ 25-yard field goal to tie it before Brown’s goahead touchdown.
Brown threw for 172 yards and a touchdown while running for 62 yards and the game-winner. It was Oregon’s 17th straight home-opening victory.
Kansas State 24, Stanford 7: Kansas State sixthyear quarterback Skylar Thompson ran for two touchdowns, bulling into the end zone for the first one after missing most of last season with a shoulder injury, and the Wildcats opened the season with a win in Arlington, Texas. Deuce Vaughn sprinted 59 yards for a touchdown and finished with 124 yards rushing on 13 carries for the Wildcats, who finished last season with a five-game losing streak.
Stanford was down 24-0 before Tanner Mckee’s 14-yard touchdown pass to Brycen Tremayne with 3:16 left on its last offensive snap. The Cardinal, who last year won the last four games of their pandemicshortened 4-2 season, have played 177 games since last being shut out, a 42-0 loss to Southern Cal on Nov. 4, 2006.
Thompson, who later had a 13-yard TD run, opened the scoring when he put his left shoulder down and knocked cornerback Kyu Blu Kelly to the ground on a 6-yard TD run in the first quarter.