Oregon led Northwestern31-0 after the third quarter, but this wasn't the clean dominating kind of win the Ducks cruised to over Montana State and Northwestern.
Dan Lanning said after the game on the Fox telecast, "I've got a little sour taste in my mouth with the way we ended. We gotta be able to win the fourth quarter, but ultimately, I thought I saw some good play. There's gonna be some stuff we can build off of."
The Ducks were driving to start the fourth, but Dante Moore underthrew a pass into tight coverage at the goal line, intercepted by linebacker Mac Uilhein, who had dropped deep.