BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2022 A5
SPORTS
OREGON FOOTBALL
OREGON STATE FOOTBALL
rout Sun Devils
Gimpy Nix, Ducks hold off Utah Beavers
Oregon State’s first win as a
Oregon remains in
contention for the
Pac 12 title game
with 6:54 left.
That 11-play drive was
one of three long possessions
where the Utes came away
empty. Utah had drives of 12
and 14 plays in the first half
and failed to score.
“Just wasn’t good enough,”
Rising said. “Didn’t do what
we needed to do to be suc-
cessful, and kept shooting
ourselves in the foot. I’ve got
to play better, personally.”
Williams didn’t have an
interception on the season
but came up with two against
Rising. Noah Sewell had Ore-
gon’s other interception.
“Today our offense wasn’t
able to carry us all the way.
Our defense has to step up at
some point,” Williams said.
“I don’t think that’s on the
coaches. I don’t think that’s
on anybody but us, especially
in the back end.”
BY TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
EUGENE — Bo Nix
started the week as a hob-
bled spectator sitting in the
training room getting rehab.
He ended it still hobbled, but
celebrating on the field after
helping keep alive Oregon’s
hopes of getting back to the
Pac-12 championship game.
Nix threw for 287 yards
and one touchdown despite
a lower leg injury, Oregon in-
tercepted three of Utah quar-
terback Cameron Rising’s
passes and the 12th-ranked
Ducks knocked off the No.
10 Utes 20-17 on Saturday
night, Nov. 19.
A week after watching
their hopes at the College
Football Playoff evaporate,
the Ducks rebounded with
a gutty effort that preserved
their chances of a fourth
straight trip to the conference
championship game.
And it was personified by
their banged-up quarterback.
“For him to go out there
and have a gutsy perfor-
mance was really important
and special for this team,”
Oregon coach Dan Lanning
said.
The Ducks (9-2, 7-1, No.
12 CFP) need only a win over
rival Oregon State next Sat-
urday, Nov. 26 to book their
ticket to Las Vegas and a date
with Southern California.
Nix was clearly limited af-
ter suffering an injury to his
right ankle/foot late in last
week’s loss to Washington
that snapped Oregon’s 23-
game home win streak. He
threw a 4-yard TD pass to
Troy Franklin in the first half
and Bucky Irving added a
10-yard TD run as the Ducks
built a 17-3 halftime lead.
Camden Lewis added
Sean Meagher/The Oregonian
Oregon wide receiver Troy Franklin pulls in a touchdown catch in
the second quarter as the No. 12 Ducks host the No. 10 Utah Utes
in a Pac-12 college football game at Autzen Stadium in Eugene
on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022.
field goals of 30 and 41 yards
for the Ducks, the second
of which came early in the
fourth quarter and proved to
be the winning points.
Nix finished 25 of 37 pass-
ing and his own interception
late in the fourth quarter
proved not to be costly for the
Ducks. Nix’s first carry of the
night came with less than 2
minutes remaining when he
faked a pitch, dived for 2 yards
and picked up the clinching
first down for the Ducks.
Nix entered the night the
third-leading rusher on the
season for the Ducks averag-
ing more than 50 yards per
game and had 14 rushing
touchdowns. Lanning said
the quarterback was asked
before that run if he was ca-
pable of pulling off the play.
“The guy’s got heart. He
cares about the game, cares
about his team. I think it
shows in the way he plays,”
Lanning said.
Karene Reid returned a
fumble 11 yards for a touch-
down early in the third quar-
ter on a failed reverse by the
Ducks and sparked the Utes.
Jaylen Dixon added an 18-
yard touchdown run on a jet
sweep later in the third quar-
ter, but the Utes (8-3, 6-2, No.
10 CFP) couldn’t overcome
an off night from their quar-
terback.
Rising was 21 of 38 pass-
ing, set a career-high with
the three interceptions and
flubbed an easy throw on
fourth down in the fourth
quarter deep in Oregon ter-
ritory. Two of the picks came
off deflected passes, but the
costliest was Rising’s late
throw across the middle that
Oregon’s Bennett Williams
nabbed near midfield with
4:15 remaining, his second
pick of the game.
Utah got the ball back, but
Rising couldn’t connect with
Solomon Enis on a fourth-
and-6 throw from midfield
in the closing minutes.
“Cam didn’t seem to find
much a of a rhythm like he
usually does,” Utah coach
Kyle Whittingham said.
Utah tight end Dalton
Kincaid had 11 catches for
99 yards and was targeted
17 times by Rising. No other
Utah receiver had more than
five catches and Rising’s
worst throw of the game may
have been the fourth-down
pass he threw low intended
for Kincaid at the Oregon 26
The takeaway
Utah: The Utes hope of
getting back to Las Vegas
and defending their confer-
ence title took a major hit.
While UCLA’s loss to USC
benefited the Utes, the Ducks
only need a win over Oregon
State to clinch their spot in
the championship game and
send Utah to a secondary
bowl game.
Oregon: The Ducks were
bullied last season in a pair of
losses to the Utes getting out-
scored 76-17 in the two set-
backs. Oregon’s defense lim-
ited the Utes to just 326 total
yards and Utah RB Tavion
Thomas was held to 55 yards
on 19 carries. The Ducks
gave up 522 yards in last
week’s loss to Washington.
Up Next
Utah: The Utes close out
the regular season at Colo-
rado next Saturday, Nov. 26.
Oregon: The Ducks travel
to Corvallis to face rival Ore-
gon State next Saturday, Nov.
26 at 12:30 p.m.
ranked team in a decade
BY JACK THOMPSON
Associated Press
TEMPE, Ariz. — With Saturday’s
business taken care of, Oregon State
can finally talk about next week’s ri-
valry game against Oregon.
Led by Damien Martinez’s 138
yards and two touchdowns, the 25th-
ranked Beavers easily handled Ari-
zona State 31-7 on Saturday, Nov. 19.
Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith
said after the game that he was “trying
to get on the airplane” before thinking
about the 12th-ranked Ducks, who
visit Corvallis Saturday, Nov. 26.
Linebacker Easton Mascare-
nas-Arnold had no hesitation,
though: “I’ve been thinking about
the Ducks (since) before the sea-
son. We’re ready for that.” Mascare-
nas-Arnold was part of a defense that
held the Sun Devils to 60 yards of of-
fense in the second half Saturday.
The Beavers (8-3, 5-3 Pac-12) had
several injuries, particularly on de-
fense, and had lost 19 of their last 20
games at Arizona State — winning
only in 2009 in the last 50 years.
“It was a challenge, but also I think
guys were excited,” Smith said of his
team. “I was confident that these guys
had the right approach. We got some
veterans on that side of the ball.”
Martinez scored a touchdown on
Oregon State’s first drive. After Ari-
zona State tied the game on Xazavian
Valladay’s 11-yard run with 1:53 left
in the half, the Beavers went 75 yards
in four plays, two of them passes
from Ben Gulbrandson to a wide-
open Jack Velling. The first went for
35 yards, the last for 21 and a touch-
down just 45 seconds after the Sun
Devils scored.
Oregon State got the ball to start
the second half and marched 83
yards in 10 plays, with Martinez
running it in from 12 yards. After
Arizona State failed to convert on
fourth-and-9 from Oregon State’s 41-
yard line, the Beavers sealed it with
Gulbrandson scoring from 8 yards a
quarterback draw on third-and-goal,
making it 28-7 with 10 seconds left
in the third quarter.
Martinez has gained at least 100
yards in five straight games, the lon-
gest team rushing streak since Ste-
phen Jackson in 2003.
“We talk about that (among the
running backs),” Martinez said. “Af-
ter contact, it’s ‘keep your legs run-
ning, keep your head down.’”
Smith said the freshman back is
“physical. He won’t go down easy ...
he’s getting to the line, guys are start-
ing to hang, he’s making guys miss,
he’s pushing the pile, he’s finishing
runs.”
Gulbrandson finished 15 of 21 for
188 yards.
Valladay finished with 109 yards
in 13 rushes for the Sun Devils (3-
8, 2-6), who played their final home
game of the season. They fell to 2-6
under interim coach Shaun Aguano,
who replaced Herm Edwards on
Sept. 20.
“We played a disappointing game
in all phases,” Aguano said. “We
played hard, but it was just a huge
disappointment.”
Trent Bourguet, who came out of
last week’s loss at Washington State
with a leg injury, started at quarter-
back for the Sun Devils and was 20 of
32 for 122 yards. He ran eight times
for 26 yards.
Stepping in
Gulbrandson has thrown for 1,005
yards and eight TDs with one inter-
ception and two rushing touchdowns
since replacing injured starter Chance
Nolan (neck) for the Beavers’ last six
games. OSU is 5-1 in those games.
“I thought he was really good,”
Smith said. “Threw it well, made
good decisions, (we) protected him
for the most part. I thought it was
one of his better games.
“We threw it early, he prepares well,
recognized the coverage. Ben was effi-
cient and played with great effort.”
The takeaway
Oregon State: The Beavers, already
bowl-eligible, won as a ranked team
for the first time since 2012. They’ll
likely stay in the poll for next week’s
rivalry game in Corvallis.
Arizona State: One game left, then
the search for a new coach likely be-
gins. “It’s all about pride,” Aguano
said of the game against Arizona,
also finishing its season next week.
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