Forced into the starting role after Jayden Daniels had been lost for the season with a knee injury, Marcus Mariota gave it all he had.
The NBC NFL Sunday night game from Denver came down to a final play in overtime. With the score 27-26 the Commanders went for two and a chance to win. Mariota dropped back, getting pressure from linebacker Nik Bonitto, who came in unblocked from the left edge.
Oregon's only Heisman winner tried to loft a pass to former Stanford Cardinal Zach Ertz, open in the left flat for a potential score. Bonitto leapt up and batted it away.