Oregon Ducks Defeat James Madison Dukes, Advance in College Football Playoff
EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Despite a late push from the James Madison Dukes, scoring the last 3 touchdowns of the game, they were unable to topple the Mighty Oregon Ducks. A late field goal from Atticus Sappington all but secured the 51-34 win for the Oregon Ducks. The Ducks are now looking ahead to the Orange Bowl where they will go toe to toe against the 4th ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders. KTVZ Sports director Dylan Anderman will have more tonight in the 10/11 including sound from the post-game press conference.
Ducks drive stalls giving the Dukes another opportunity. They make the most of it and score with 10:26 left in the 4th quarter. Ducks lead is dwindling but still 48-26 during the 4th.
The Dukes pounced on the turnover opportunity and capitalized with a 24 yard passing touchdown from Alonza Barnett III. Ducks still with a comfortable lead, 48-20 with 1:15 left before the 4th quarter.
A strongside blitz pressured Dante Moore as the Ducks were knocking on the door for their 8th touchdown. Instead, he threw an interception to the Dukes putting them in position to score again putting pressure on the Ducks defense with less than 2 min to go in the 3rd quarter.
Ducks are excelling on all three phases; special teams showed up again late in the 3rd quarter with a blocked punt recovered for a TD by Jayden Limar. Ducks take commanding 48-13 lead with 6:10 left to go in the 3rd quarter.
Oregon's offense picked up where they left off in the 1st half on their first drive of the 2nd half. QB Dante Moore led the offense on a 4 play, 75 yard drive ending in a 45 yard receiving touchdown from Malik Benson, who has been pivotal for the Ducks all year. Ducks extend their lead to 28, score is 41-13 Ducks with 10 min left in the 3rd quarter.
Momentum carried from the end of the first half for the James Madison Dukes. JMU receiver Nick DeGennaro scores his first touchdown of the day with a 46 yard reception from QB Alonza Barnett III. Ducks still lead 34-13.
The Duke's scoreless drought ends with :06 seconds left in the 1st half after they kicked a field goal to put the score at 34-6 heading into halftime.
JMU is not going away without a fight. Their defense made a stand and created a turnover and put their offense in great field position with 1 min left in the 1st half.
Things are working well for the Oregon offense and have all game. Their latest drive which only took 1:45 ended with a deep 46 yard passing touchdown to Malik Benson from Junior QB Dante Moore. Ducks on a roll and up big 34-3 with 4 min left in 1st half.
Oregon's offense continues to fire on all cylinders midway through the 2nd quarter. Jeremiah McClellan snagged two passes from QB Dante Moore on the 4 play drive, the second for a 20 yard TD to give the Ducks a commanding 27-3 lead with just over 9 min left in the 2nd quarter.
Speed kills and the Ducks offense is proving it early in the 2nd quarter. A 56 yard run from Dierre Hill Jr. for his first carry and first TD of the game. Ducks take commanding 20-3 lead with 11:30 min left in the 2nd quarter.
The Ducks get a defensive win to begin the 2nd quarter. JMU Dukes were in prime position to score at least a field goal after a nifty trick play to end the 1st quarter. After two offensive penalties against the Dukes, they were forced to kick a 40 yard field goal. The Ducks special teams came up big with a blocked field goal to keep the lead at 10.
A trick pass play from the Dukes put them in firm scoring position to end the 1st Quarter. Ducks still ahead 13-3 at the end of the 1st.
Dante Moore and the Ducks offense answered back quickly with a 2:37 minute drive capped off by a rushing TD from the Junior QB. Ducks ahead 13-3 with 2:30 left in the 1st quarter of this CFP 1st round matchup.
The Dukes marched down the field before getting stalled in the redzone on their first offensive drive. After a field goal, Ducks are ahead 7-3 with 5 minutes left in 1st quarter.
Ducks score early with a one handed grab from 2nd string TE Jamari Johnson. Have early 7-0 lead.
