Ducks Defense The Story

#55 UConn – 0
#10 Oregon – 27

EUGENE, Ore. -- Oregon showed no interesting in following the trend of allowing its opponent to outgain them while still pulling out a victory, instead putting the clamps on a UConn offense that only mustered one yard on the day. The Ducks piled up 229 of their own en route to an easy victory.

A balanced defensive effort led the way as four players recorded sacks on Huskies signal caller Zack Frazer and four more picked off UConn passes. The Ducks also forced and recovered one fumble.

While the defense was doing their best to keep the Huskies off the field, Jeremiah Masoli was making the most of his time on it. Masoli took advantage of a suspect UConn secondary, completing 7 of 11 passes for 197 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also punched one in on the ground himself. While the Ducks primarily attacked through the air (these aren't flightless birds you know, only the Youngstown State Cranky Penguins hold that title), they were still able to rack up nine first downs and held the ball for nearly twelve minutes of play.

The Ducks opened the scoring on a 13-yard strike from Masoli to D.J. Davis. Their next two drives sputtered but kicker Morgan Flint made good on his two attempts of the day, connecting from 51 and 45 yards out to make 13-0 at the half. The exclamation point came in the third quarter as Masoli connected with WR Rory Cavaille on a deep corner route to the left sideline. Cavaille put a spin-move on sending two Husky defenders crashing into each other as he raced to the house for a 77-yard touchdown.

Oregon next hosts #42 Texas A&M, who knocked off #23 Florida State in the opening round. Despite the dismal showing, big things will be expected of Randy Edsall's Husky squad for some reason next year as they return 16 starters.