Coming off a bye and riding a four-game losing streak, in which they had allowed 189 points, nearly all the speculation with the Arizona Wildcats centered around how badly their embattled defense would fare against a juggernaut Oregon team hoping to make a playoff statement.
Instead it was Arizona’s offense that played its worst game of the season in a 34-6 road loss to the sixth-ranked Ducks on Saturday night.
The Wildcats (4-6, 2-5 Pac-12) had season lows in points and yards, gaining only 216 yards as the combination of a patchwork offensive line, drive-killing penalties and an early quarterback change produced a listless effort from the side of the ball that normally had been Arizona’s more consistent this fall.