Oregon 38, Texas Tech 30
By SCHUYLER DIXON
Associated Press
LUBBOCK, Texas - Bo Nix threw for 359 yards and two touchdowns, Jeffrey Bassa had a 45-yard interception return for a score in the final minute and No. 13 Oregon rallied for a 38-30 victory over Texas Tech.
Tyler Shough threw for three TDs and ran for 101 yards and another score against his former team, but it wasn't enough to extend the Red Raiders' school-record 23-game winning streak in home openers.
The Ducks (2-0) had twice rallied in the fourth quarter behind Nix, who led a pair of drives to go-ahead field goals, capped by Cameron Lewis' 34-yarder for a 31-30 lead with 1:10 remaining.
Shough was trying to answer for a second time with a drive to a field goal when Brandon Dorlus hit Shough as he was throwing. The ball went straight to Bassa, who stepped over Shough and ran free to the end zone with 35 seconds left.
Shough, who lost for just the second time in 10 games he started and finished in two-plus injury-plagued seasons since leaving Oregon, got Texas Tech to the Oregon 33 with 8 seconds to go. His desperation throw the end zone came up 2 yards short, and was intercepted by Bryan Addison.
The Red Raiders are 0-2 for the first time since 1990 after losing in double overtime at Wyoming in their opener.
Gino Garcia was 2 of 6 for the season when he made a 45-yard field goal to give Texas Tech a 30-28 lead with 5:13 remaining.
Shough rallied from a 22-yard loss on a strip sack and lost fumble and an interception to direct a three-play, 83-yard drive for a 27-18 lead after Nix was stuffed on fourth-and-1.
Nix answered with four third-down conversions on a touchdown drive before the Ducks went ahead 28-27 on Lewis' 23-yard field goal after Malik Dunlap almost pulled off a toe-tapping interception in the end zone.
Shough kick-started the Texas Tech offense by running 58 yards on a designed draw to set up the game's first touchdown, and Nix answered with a 72-yard scoring toss to Troy Franklin.
Shough ended up with four turnovers while completing 24 of 40 passes for 282 yards. Nix was 32 of 44 without an interception, and Franklin finished with 103 yards receiving on six catches.
THE TAKEAWAY
Oregon: Nix and the Ducks converted several gritty third-down conversions in the second half after falling behind by nine, which helped offset a sloppy of penalties. Oregon was flagged multiple times for pass interference and for false starts.
Texas Tech: The Red Raiders figured to be able to put the disappointing of the loss to Wyoming behind them with a high-profile home opener, and they did. While the 0-2 start stings, Texas Tech was in position for an important bounce-back win.
Oregon athletics press release
September 9, 2023
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
Oregon | TxTch |
| TxTch |
TD |
9:37 |
Myles Price 18 yard TD pass from Tyler Shough (Gino Garcia Extra Point) |
0 |
7 |
| Oregon |
TD |
8:58 |
Troy Franklin 72 yard TD pass from Bo Nix (Camden Lewis Extra Point) |
7 |
7 |
| Oregon |
TD |
3:45 |
Tez Johnson 13 yard TD pass from Bo Nix (Terrance Ferguson 2pt conversion attempt is GOOD) |
15 |
7 |
| Second Quarter |
Oregon | TxTch |
| TxTch |
TD |
13:01 |
Mason Tharp 7 yard TD pass from Tyler Shough (Jerand Bradley 2pt conversion attempt is NO GOOD) |
15 |
13 |
| Oregon |
FG |
0:59 |
Camden Lewis 28 yard field goal |
18 |
13 |
| Third Quarter |
Oregon | TxTch |
| TxTch |
TD |
12:58 |
Tyler Shough 5 yard TD run (Gino Garcia Extra Point) |
18 |
20 |
| TxTch |
TD |
6:16 |
Jerand Bradley 34 yard TD pass from Tyler Shough (Gino Garcia Extra Point) |
18 |
27 |
| Fourth Quarter |
Oregon | TxTch |
| Oregon |
TD |
14:47 |
Bucky Irving 3 yard TD run (Camden Lewis Extra Point) |
25 |
27 |
| Oregon |
FG |
10:27 |
Camden Lewis 23 yard field goal |
28 |
27 |
| TxTch |
FG |
5:13 |
Gino Garcia 45 yard field goal |
28 |
30 |
| Oregon |
FG |
1:10 |
Camden Lewis 34 yard field goal |
31 |
30 |
| Oregon |
TD |
0:35 |
Jeffrey Bassa 45 yard interception return for TD (Camden Lewis Extra Point) |
38 |
30 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Oregon |
Texas Tech |
| First downs |
24 |
26 |
| Rushing |
7 |
8 |
| Passing |
14 |
12 |
| Penalty |
3 |
6 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
10-18, 56% |
7-12, 58% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-1, 0% |
1-2, 50% |
| Rushes-Yards |
31-113 |
32-174 |
| Passing Yards |
359 |
282 |
| Return Yards |
82 |
64 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
32-44-0 |
24-40-3 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1-3 |
4-42 |
| Punts |
4 |
2 |
| Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
2-1 |
| Penalties - Yards |
14-124 |
6-65 |
| Oregon Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| B. Nix |
32 |
44 |
359 |
2 |
0 |
| Texas Tech Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| T. Shough |
24 |
40 |
282 |
3 |
3 |
| Oregon Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| B. Nix |
9 |
46 |
5.1 |
0 |
| B. Irving |
11 |
38 |
3.5 |
1 |
| N. Whittington |
7 |
21 |
3.0 |
0 |
| J. James |
4 |
8 |
2.0 |
0 |
| Texas Tech Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| T. Shough |
23 |
101 |
4.4 |
1 |
| T. Brooks |
7 |
71 |
10.1 |
0 |
| X. White |
2 |
2 |
1.0 |
0 |
| Oregon Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| T. Franklin |
6 |
103 |
17.2 |
1 |
| N. Whittington |
6 |
60 |
10.0 |
0 |
| B. Irving |
7 |
50 |
7.1 |
0 |
| T. Johnson |
4 |
37 |
9.3 |
1 |
| P. Herbert |
3 |
34 |
11.3 |
0 |
| T. Ferguson |
2 |
30 |
15.0 |
0 |
| T. Holden |
1 |
22 |
22.0 |
0 |
| J. James |
2 |
14 |
7.0 |
0 |
| G. Bryant Jr. |
1 |
9 |
9.0 |
0 |
| Texas Tech Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Bradley |
5 |
83 |
16.6 |
1 |
| X. White |
4 |
45 |
11.3 |
0 |
| M. Tharp |
4 |
37 |
9.3 |
1 |
| M. Price |
4 |
31 |
7.8 |
1 |
| N. Martinez I |
1 |
31 |
31.0 |
0 |
| D. McCray |
1 |
31 |
31.0 |
0 |
| T. Brooks |
4 |
18 |
4.5 |
0 |
| B. Cupp |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
| Oregon Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| J. Bassa |
1 |
45 |
| K. Jackson |
1 |
0 |
| B. Addison |
1 |
0 |
| Texas Tech Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Oregon Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| L. Dunne |
2 |
84 |
42.0 |
| R. James |
1 |
63 |
63.0 |
| Texas Tech Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| A. McNamara |
2 |
89 |
44.5 |
| Oregon Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Texas Tech Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| M. Price |
1 |
33 |
33.0 |
| Oregon Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| G. Bryant Jr. |
2 |
37 |
18.5 |
| Texas Tech Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| D. McCray |
1 |
31 |
31.0 |
| Oregon Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Texas Tech Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| G. Garcia |
56 |
