A 19-yard field goal by Atticus Sappington with 1:47 to play gave No. 3 Oregon a 32-31 win over No. 2 Ohio State in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday night.
The Ducks drove 74 yards to the Ohio State 1-yard line to set up the game-winning kick. It was the seventh lead change of the contest after a 40-yard field goal by Jayden Fielding with six minutes left put the Buckeyes ahead 31-29.
Dillon Gabriel’s 27-yard touchdown run gave the Ducks a 29-28 lead early in the fourth quarter.
Gabriel was 23-of-34 passing for 341 yards and two touchdowns, and Evan Stewart had seven catches for 149 yards and a TD. Jordan James ran for 115 yards and a score.
Ohio State (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) reached the Oregon 38 with six seconds left, but on the final play of the game, Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard ran for 12 yards as time expired.
Howard was 28-of-35 passing for 326 yards and two touchdowns.
Oregon (6-0, 3-0) led 22-21 after a wild first half that saw the lead go back and forth. Gabriel completed 11 of 16 passes for 212 yards and a pair of touchdowns before the break.
The Buckeyes led 7-6 after the first quarter because Oregon botched the snap on an extra-point attempt after a 3-yard scoring run from James.
Oregon took a 15-14 lead on a 27-yard field goal by Sappington early in the second quarter. During the drive, Ducks receiver Traeshon Holden, shortly after a 32-yard reception, was ejected for spitting on Ohio State cornerback Davison Igbinosun.
The Buckeyes went up 21-15 on Emeka Egbuka’s 15-yard TD catch, but Gabriel connected with Tez Johnson for a 48-yard scoring strike with 1:17 left in the first half for the one-point lead at intermission.
Howard opened the scoring with a 1-yard plunge into the end zone just five minutes into the game.
–Field Level Media
