Dante Moore threw three touchdown passes, including the tiebreaking scoring pass to Dakorien Moore, and No. 2 Oregon rallied from a 10-point deficit to record a 34-27 victory over Boise State on Saturday afternoon at Eugene, Ore., in the season opener for both teams.
Dante Moore completed 28 of 37 passes for a career-best 378 yards, while Jeremiah McClellan caught six passes for 150 yards and a touchdown for the Ducks. Dakorien Moore had six catches for 93 yards, including the go-ahead 62-yard score that put Oregon ahead with 7:51 left in the game.
Jordan Davison rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown, Jamari Johnson caught a scoring pass and Evan Stewart had eight catches for 72 yards for Oregon.
Maddux Madsen was 15-of-29 passing for 181 yards and three touchdowns for Boise State. Cam Bates, Sire Gaines and Matt Wagner had scoring catches for the Broncos.
Oregon outgained Boise State 497-274 while running its home nonconference winning streak to 39 games. Kellen Moore-led Boise State in 2008 was the most recent nonconference road team to win at Autzen Stadium.
The winning Moore-to-Moore connection came when Dakorien caught the ball just around the Boise State 42-yard line. Two Broncos collided and he had an easy run down the field for the winning points.
Oregon struggled early, but scored a touchdown just before halftime and carried the momentum into the third quarter. Gage Hurych booted a 26-yard field goal to tie it at 17 with 11:30 left in the third.
Nearly six minutes later, the Ducks took their first lead at 24-17 as Dante Moore connected on an 8-yard scoring pass to McClellan to complete a crisp six-play, 87-yard drive.
The Broncos responded with an eight-play, 75-yard drive. On fourth-and-three from the Ducks’ 7, Madsen threaded a scoring pass to Wagner to tie the score with 1:20 remaining in the period.
Oregon moved back ahead when Hurych kicked a 43-yard field goal on the second play of the fourth quarter. But Boise State answered on Canaan Moore’s 35-yard field goal to tie it at 27 with 8:45 to play.
Earlier, Madsen tossed a 13-yard scoring pass to Bates as the Broncos traveled 75 yards on 11 plays on the first possession of the game.
Oregon knotted the score on Davison’s 1-yard scoring run with 11:17 left in the first half.
Stewart fumbled a punt less than a minute later and Arthur De Boachie recovered to give the Broncos a short field.
On the next play, Madsen tossed a short pass to Gaines, who broke a tackle at the 30 and raced down the left side to complete a 38-yard scoring play with 10:14 left in the half.
Boise State increased its lead to 17-7 when Canaan Moore booted a 29-yard field goal with 2:48 remaining.
Dante Moore tossed a 27-yard scoring pass to Johnson with 19 seconds left to move the Ducks within three.
–Field Level Media
