Dante Moore throws for 2 touchdowns and No. 7 Oregon routs Minnesota 42-13

Dante Moore threw for 2 touchdowns and freshman Jordon Davison ran for different brace to pb No. 7 Oregon to a 42-13 triumph implicit Minnesota

EUGENE, Ore. -- Dante Moore threw for 2 touchdowns and freshman Jordon Davison ran for different brace to pb No. 7 Oregon to a 42-13 triumph implicit Minnesota connected Friday night.

Moore was 27 of 30 for 306 yards for the Ducks (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten, No. 8 CFP). Davison ran for 57 yards connected 7 carries. Kenyon Sadiq caught 8 passes for 96 yards and different score.

Minnesota (6-4, 4-3) remained winless connected the roadworthy this season. The Golden Gophers managed conscionable 62 yards rushing against the Ducks, who went into the crippled ranked 3rd successful the federation successful full defense.

Oregon scored connected its archetypal bid of the game. Moore completed a 23-yard walk to Sadiq to get the Ducks close, past they capped the thrust with Davison's 1-yard touchdown run.

Sadiq returned aft missing past weekend's 18-16 triumph astatine Iowa, but Oregon was inactive without freshman receiver Dakorien Moore due to the fact that of a genu injury. Oregon was besides missing receiver Gary Bryant Jr., who injured his ft during the archetypal 4th past weekend.

The Ducks made it 14-0 connected Davison's 39-yard touchdown tally earlier Brady Denaburg's 46-yard tract extremity got Minnesota connected the scoreboard aboriginal successful the 2nd quarter.

Noah Whittington broke done a heap of of players past bobbled the shot successful the extremity portion aft a 40-yard dash, but it was ruled a touchdown aft a reappraisal and Oregon went up 21-3.

After Denaburg added a 26-yard tract extremity for the Gophers, Dante Moore deed Sadiq with a abbreviated 3-yard walk to enactment the Ducks up 28-6 astatine halftime.

The Gophers scored connected their archetypal thrust of the 2nd fractional connected Drake Lindsey's 10-yard scoring walk to Javon Tracy. Lindsey finished with 138 yards passing.

Moore threw a 13-yard walk to Jeremiah McClellan, who was ruled connected reappraisal to person a toed inbounds for the touchdown, to marque it 35-13. The Ducks added different people connected Jay Harris' 12-yard tally aboriginal successful the 4th quarter.

Minnesota was coming disconnected a bye. The Gophers' past outing was a 23-20 overtime win astatine location implicit Michigan State that made them vessel eligible.

After having to signifier the comeback triumph astatine No. 20 Iowa successful mediocre conditions past weekend, the Ducks had small occupation against the Gophers astatine location successful mild temperatures. While it whitethorn not beryllium capable to determination the Ducks overmuch successful the CFP rankings, a bigger trial lies up adjacent play with USC, which is No. 17 successful some the AP Top 25 and the CFP.

Minnesota visits Northwestern adjacent Saturday.

The Ducks big Southern California adjacent Saturday.

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