Oregon 51, Washington State 26
When: 10:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 29, 2012
Where: CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
62°
Head Official:
Jack Wood
Attendance:
60929
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No. 2 Oregon 51, Washington State 26: Kenjon Barner rushed for 195 yards and scored four touchdowns and Avery Patterson scored on a 34-yard interception return as Oregon routed Washington State in a Pac-12 contest played in Seattle.
Barner scored on runs of 22, 10 and 80 yards and also caught a 30-yard scoring pass from Marcus Mariota and the Ducks (5-0, 2-0) pulled away with a 21-point, third-quarter splurge while outclassing the Cougars (2-3, 0-2).
Washington State pulled within 23-19 with 6:10 left in the first half on a 26-yard scoring pass from Connor Halliday to Brett Bartolone. Oregon began to pull away by opening the second half with an 18-play, 76-yard drive, capped by De’Anthony Thomas’ 4-yard scoring run.
Patterson then intercepted Halliday and returned it for a score to make it 37-19 before Barner’s 10-yard run culminated the third-quarter push. Barner exploded for his 80-yard scoring jaunt to make it 51-19 with 10:52 remaining in the contest.
Halliday was 33 of 60 passing for 348 yards and star receiver Marquess Wilson caught 12 passes for 182 yards. Wilson caught a 25-yard scoring pass late in the game from Jeff Tuel.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Barner’s career-high rushing total was 201 yards against Fresno State on Sept. 8. … Wilson’s big contest raised his career total to 2,893 receiving yards, passing Brandon Gibson (2,756 from 2005-08) for most in school history. … The Ducks have won eight of the past nine meetings against Washington State.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Oregon |
|
Washington State |
Kenjon Barner |
Player |
Teondray Caldwell
|
20 |
Attempts |
5 |
195 |
Yards |
23 |
9.8 |
Avg Yards |
4.6 |
3 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
Oregon |
|
Washington State |
Will Murphy | Player |
Marquess Wilson |
2 |
Receptions |
12 |
38 |
Yards |
182 |
19.0 |
Avg Yards |
15.2 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Oregon
|
469 |
300 |
169 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
7.0 |
1 |
Washington State
|
402 |
-8 |
410 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2.0 |
0 |