Connor Cook threw for two touchdowns, and No. 5 Michigan State held on with one final defensive stand to beat No. 7 Oregon, 31-28, on Saturday night at East Lansing, Mich., in college football's marquee game of the week.
The Spartans (2-0) led for most of the second half, and it was 31-21 before Oregon's Vernon Adams threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Byron Marshall with 3:25 remaining. After a Michigan State punt, the Ducks (1-1) drove to the Spartans 33 before Adams overthrew a wide-open Marshall, who had beaten his defender and was about 10 yards in the clear.