Rivalary Showdown Set For Saturday In Autzen

The Matchup
#6 Oregon vs. Oregon State
Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025
12:00 p.m. PT | Big Ten Network
Autzen Stadium | Eugene, Ore.

#6 Oregon Ducks (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten)

AP/Coaches Rank: 6/5

Head Coach: Dan Lanning (William Jewell College, 2008)

Record at Oregon: 38-6 (4th Season)

Career Record: Same

Oregon State Beavers (0-3)

AP/Coaches Rank: NR/NR

Head Coach: Trent Bray (Oregon State, 2007)

Record at Oregon State: 5-10 (2nd Season)

Career Record: Same

TV: Big Ten Network

Play-By-Play: Jeff Levering

Analyst: Jake Butt

Sideline: Brooke Fletcher

Radio – Oregon Sports Network

Local: KUJZ-FM 95.3 (Eugene) | 105.1 FM The Fan (Portland)

Sirius: 133 | XM: 197

Play-by-Play: Jerry Allen

Analyst: Mike Jorgensen

Sideline: Dusty Harrah

Pre-Game Show: Joey McMurry

Rivalry Showdown

The No. 6 Ducks will wrap nonconference play on Saturday in Autzen Stadium as they welcome in-state rival Oregon State for the 129th all-time assembly between the 2 applications. Oregon returns house after opening Big Ten play with a win at Northwestern final week, and it’ll put the nation’s longest lively nonconference house successful streak on the road at 36 video games. Oregon holds a 69-49-10 lead within the collection with Oregon State, successful every of the final two conferences and carrying an eight-game successful streak in opposition to the Beavers in Autzen Stadium. 

A Win Would…

» Mark a 4-0 begin to the season for the third 12 months in a row and fourth time since 2021.

» Extend Oregon’s nonconference house successful streak to 37 video games, the longest lively streak within the nation.

» Mark the one centesimal nonconference win in Autzen historical past. 

» Be Oregon’s twenty second straight regular-season win, the longest lively streak within the nation.

» Be the Ducks’ thirty fourth in a row in opposition to unranked opponents.

» Extend Oregon’s house successful streak to 18 video games and enhance UO to 22-1 at house below HC Dan Lanning.

Ducks Win Big Ten Opener

Oregon confronted its first street check final week, opening Big Ten play with a 34-14 win at Northwestern. The Ducks improved to 10-0 all-time in Big Ten play with one other balanced effort, leaping out to a 34-0 lead earlier than permitting a pair of Wildcat touchdowns within the fourth quarter. Oregon performed mistake-free, commiting zero penalties in a recreation for the primary time since at the very least 1996. QB Dante Moore was stable as soon as once more with 178 yards and a landing on 16-of-20 passing, and the working again trio of Jayden Limar, Dierre Hill Jr. and Jordon Davison every scored a speeding TD. Defensively, Oregon held Northwestern to simply 135 passing yards and bought interceptions from each ILB Bryce Boettcher and ILB Jerry Mixon.

Home Cookin’

Oregon has been one of the crucial dominant groups within the nation at house during the last decade-plus, and the Ducks put collectively an ideal 7-0 house slate for the second 12 months in a row in 2024. It was Oregon’s fifth undefeated common season at house since 2019 and Twelfth in program historical past, and the Ducks’ wins over Montana State and Oklahoma State to open 2025 prolonged their house successful streak to 17 video games courting again to the 2022 season, the fifth-longest house successful streak in program historical past. Oregon is 40-1 (.976) at house since an time beyond regulation loss to Stanford on Sept. 22, 2018, a span that included 23 straight house wins to match the longest house win streak in program historical past. UO is 49-3 (.942) at house for the reason that begin of the 2017 season, boasting the nation’s third-best win share and tied for fourth-most wins throughout that point. 

Oregon’s success at house in opposition to nonconference opponents extends even additional, because the Ducks personal the nation’s longest lively nonconference house successful streak at 36 video games after dominant wins over Montana State and Oklahoma State. UO has not misplaced a nonconference house recreation since Sept. 20, 2008 – a 37-32 loss to Boise State – and has been dominant general in Autzen Stadium in that span with an 92-11 (.893) file at house for the reason that begin of the 2009 season. Oregon owns a stellar 21-1 (.955) file inside Autzen Stadium below head coach Dan Lanning, tied for the sixth-most house wins within the nation since 2022. Oregon’s subsequent house nonconference win would be the one centesimal in Autzen Stadium historical past. 

Active Home Nonconference Winning Streaks 

(Last house nonconference loss)

1. Oregon – 36 (9/20/2008)

2. Utah – 33 (9/8/2007)

3. Penn State – 30 (9/21/2013) 

Rivalry Uniform Honors Impact Of “Shoe Duck”

A pairing of the state’s two flagship school soccer applications will present a platform to rejoice the pairing that began Oregon’s iconic attire firm, and the pairing of a household’s unparalleled generosity with the University of Oregon. When the UO soccer program takes the sector in opposition to Oregon State on Saturday, the Ducks will accomplish that in a uniform honoring Phil Knight, his Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman and the fruits of their union, together with Knight and his spouse Penny’s beneficiant assist for Oregon. The Ducks will put on a brand new matte marble helmet, anthricite jerseys and pants with gold highlights, and gold cleats.

The uniforms are as traditional replete with small particulars that inform the story of Knight’s founding of Nike with Bowerman, his elevation of the state of Oregon onto the worldwide stage, and his ardour for UO athletics. The uniforms have been designed over the previous two years with enter from Oregon’s employees and gamers. Earlier this spring, they have been previewed for Knight himself. UO senior linebacker Bryce Boettcher helped make a presentation to him in Knight’s suite throughout a monitor meet at Hayward Field — the place the place Knight ran for Bowerman’s Men of Oregon, and the place the seeds for Nike have been first sown. The base colour of anthricite, the gold cleats and certainly even the undertaking’s title — “Shoe Duck” — have been impressed by the quilt of Knight’s ebook about Nike’s founding, “Shoe Dog.”

The gloves bear a waffle print, representing the waffle iron that Bowerman used to make an early prototype of the sneakers Nike would go on to provide. The matte marble helmet contains wings on all sides, although it’s asymmetrical. Mimicking the tail of Knight’s non-public jet — which represents his two passions — it bears on one aspect the traditional Duck wing of earlier Oregon helmets, and on the opposite aspect the wing of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. On the again is a golden Oregon “O” brand, and in addition a gold bar representing Bowerman’s service with the Army throughout World War II. Two patches, one on every shoulder of the jerseys, have a number of the most vivid storytelling components of the uniform. One includes a handshake representing the preliminary verbal settlement — and the mutual belief it concerned — between Knight and Bowerman when founding what was then Blue Ribbon Sports. That belief between coach and student-athlete turned enterprise companions has been a supply of delight to Knight ever since, and a worth he’d hoped to instill in others of their working relationships. The different shoulder patch options the UO motto Mens Agitat Molem — “minds move mountains.” It options profiles of two mountains, Hood exterior Portland and Fuji in Japan, the place Knight sought inspiration as a younger entrepreneur, each philosophically and as a businessman. The patch additionally options each duck wings and tiger stripes, representing the approaching collectively of East and West, and of bringing Oregon onto the worldwide stage.

Every Phase of the Game

Oregon established itself as one of many nation’s most well-rounded groups in 2024 and is off to an much more balanced begin in 2025. Entering Week 4, the Ducks are one in every of seven FBS groups within the high 15 for each scoring offense and scoring protection, tying for third nationally with 54.0 factors per recreation whereas tying for 14th with simply 10.0 factors per recreation allowed. Offensively, the Ducks have been practically completely balanced in all three video games, together with 253 yards each passing and speeding within the season opener vs. Montana State and 300-plus yards each by means of the air (319) and on the bottom (312) in Week 2 in opposition to Oklahoma State. Defensively, Oregon held a Montana State group that led each the FCS and FBS ranges with 4,179 speeding yards in 2024 to simply 46 yards on the bottom on 27 carries, after which restricted a famously potent Oklahoma State passing assault to simply 67 yards by means of the air. The Ducks held Northwestern to simply 135 passing yards final week within the Big Ten Opener. Oregon’s particular groups has additionally made an impression early within the season, blocking a punt within the first quarter in opposition to Montana State. 

Playing Clean

The Ducks have accomplished an excellent job of minimizing errors by means of the primary three video games, they usually have been particularly disciplined in final week’s win at Northwestern whereas committing zero penalties in a recreation for the primary time since at the very least 1996. Oregon has dedicated simply 9 whole pentalties this season, tied for sixth-fewest within the nation and tied for third-fewest amongst groups to have performed at the very least three video games. UO’s 3.0 penalties per recreation is tied for third-fewest nationally, and its 21.3 penalty yards per recreation ranks third within the FBS. Oregon is one in every of simply 4 FBS groups to commit zero penalties in a recreation thus far in 2025, together with Eastern Michigan, Florida and Wisconsin. 

Scoring At Will

Oregon’s offense has been among the many most dominant within the nation since HC Dan Lanning took over in 2022, and the Ducks have stored up that popularity early on in 2025. Oregon adopted up its 59-point output vs. Montana State within the season opener with a 69-point explosion in opposition to Oklahoma State in Week 2, scoring 50-plus factors in back-to-back video games for the primary time below Lanning and first time for the reason that first two video games of 2018. Outside of an end-of-game kneel down within the season opener, Oregon scored touchdowns on 16 of its first 21 drives to start 2025, with 9 offensive touchdowns in opposition to Montana State and eight in opposition to Oklahoma State. The Ducks put up 34 factors of their Big Ten opener and first street recreation final week at Northwestern, their twenty eighth 30-plus level efficiency of their final 31 contests for the reason that begin of 2023. 

» Oregon is one in every of 4 faculties (Nebraska, Texas Tech, USC) with a number of video games of 59-plus factors this season.

» UO is tied for third nationally with 54.0 factors per recreation; one in every of eight faculties averaging at the very least 50.0 PPG. 

» Oregon is No. 2 nationally with 22 whole touchdowns scored, trailing solely Texas Tech (23). 

» The Ducks have scored factors on all 16 of their red-zone alternatives whereas coming away with 14 touchdowns. 

Incredible Balance

You could not ask for a extra balanced offense than what Oregon has produced by means of three video games. After being completely balanced within the season opener with 253 yards each speeding and passing vs. Montana State, the Ducks racked up 319 passing yards and 312 speeding yards vs. Oklahoma State. It was the primary time for the reason that 2023 season opener vs. Portland State that Oregon had at the very least 300 yards each speeding and passing in the identical recreation, and the Ducks are one in every of solely eight FBS faculties to attain that feat thus far this season. Oregon is one in every of 4 FBS groups (Indiana, Old Dominion, Virginia) to have a number of video games with 250-plus yards each speeding and passing, rating 18th nationally with 503.3 whole yards per recreation. UO was balanced as soon as once more final week at Northwestern, passing for 197 yards and speeding for 176. 

» Oregon ranks eleventh nationally in speeding yards per recreation (247.0) and forty sixth in passing yards per recreation (256.3).

» Oregon’s 20 offensive touchdowns have come from eight completely different gamers. 

» 13 completely different Ducks have recorded receptions by means of two video games, together with 11 with a number of catches. 

New Era Under Center

Oregon confronted a brand new problem on the quarterback place coming into 2025, after the 2 most skilled sign callers in school soccer historical past led the Ducks during the last three seasons. The Ducks have had Heisman Trophy finalists on the place in back-to-back years, with Bo Nix incomes a ticket to New York in 2023 and Dillon Gabriel following in his footsteps in 2024. Gabriel completed his collegiate profession with a FBS file 63 profession begins, breaking Nix’s earlier file of 61. With Nix (Denver Broncos) and Gabriel (Cleveland Browns) each now within the NFL, the Ducks have turned to redshirt sophomore Dante Moore below middle in 2025. After sitting and studying behind Gabriel in 2024, Moore has picked up the place Nix and Gabriel left off by means of his first three video games, finishing 50-of-64 passes for 657 yards and 7 touchdowns with only one interception. 

» Moore ranks third nationally with a 78.1 completion share and fourth with a 197.33 passer ranking.

» 50 completions have been distributed throughout 12 completely different receivers. 

» Has accomplished at the very least 75.0 % of his passes in every of the primary three video games. 

» 39-of-51 (76.5) for 495 yards and 5 touchdowns within the first half of video games this season.

Loaded Running Back Room

Oregon boasts arguably the nation’s deepest working again room and that depth has been on full show by means of the primary three video games. All seven of Oregon’s scholarship working backs have acquired at the very least seven carries and 6 have double-digit speeding makes an attempt. RB Noah Whittington, in his fourth 12 months at Oregon and sixth in school soccer, earned the beginning nod in every of the primary two video games earlier than lacking final week at Northwestern, when junior RB Jayden Limar earned his first profession begin. Whittington averaged 11.4 yards per carry by means of the primary two contests, speeding 14 occasions for 159 yards and two touchdowns, and Limar has scored in every of the primary three video games whereas totaling 145 yards on a team-high 20 carries. The Ducks have additionally gotten big contributions from a pair of true freshmen in RB Jordon Davison and RB Dierre Hill Jr. Davison leads all FBS true freshmen and is tied for sixth nationally with a team-high 5 speeding touchdowns, scoring in every of the primary three video games together with a three-TD recreation within the season opener. Hill leads the Ducks in speeding yards with 161 on simply 11 carries with a pair of touchdowns, averaging 14.6 yards per carry after breaking unfastened for a 66-yard landing run final week at Northwestern. The Ducks additionally landed a big-time addition within the offseason in junior switch RB Makhi Hughes, who’s coming off back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons at Tulane, and redshirt junior RB Jay Harris and redshirt freshman RB Da’Jaun Riggs are each of their second years in this system. 

The Law Firm – Protection You Can Trust

Oregon’s offensive line has been arguably the most effective within the nation since head coach Dan Lanning arrived in 2022, main all FBS groups throughout that point with simply 31 mixed sacks allowed. Army is second in that span with 32 sacks allowed, however the Ducks have tried greater than 1,000 extra passes at 1,482 in comparison with simply 418. Oregon’s 31 sacks allowed are 11 lower than every other Power 4 group (Kansas, 42). The Ducks led the nation in fewest sacks allowed in back-to-back years in 2022 and 2023, giving up simply 5 sacks in every of these seasons. Oregon tied for forty fifth nationally with 21 sacks allowed in 2024, however seven of these got here within the first two video games and eight got here within the CFP Quarterfinal on the Rose Bowl. In 11 video games between Week 3 and the Big Ten Championship Game, Oregon was tied for No. 2 nationally with simply six sacks allowed. Oregon has stored the backfield clear thus far in 2025, permitting zero sacks and simply seven tackles for loss by means of three video games whereas surrendering solely eight whole pressures. 

» Oregon ranks second nationally with a 91.8 pass-blocking grade from Pro Football Focus.

» UO is one in every of 5 groups to permit zero sacks and one in every of three (Cincinnati, Virginia) to take action whereas enjoying three video games.

» The Ducks are tied for sixth nationally in fewest tackles for loss allowed.

Relentless D

Oregon’s protection was a driving pressure all through the 2024 season and has been terrific as soon as once more early in 2025. The Ducks held Montana State to simply 13 factors within the season opener earlier than conserving Oklahoma State out of the top zone and permitting solely a area purpose in Week 2. In Week 3, UO shut out Northwestern by means of three quarters and allowed a pair of late touchdowns in its Big Ten opener on the street. Oregon is tied for eleventh nationally with simply three whole touchdowns allowed this season (tied for fifth within the Big Ten) and one in every of seven to not permit a passing landing coming into Week 4. UO presently is tied for 14th nationally in scoring protection at simply 10.0 factors allowed per recreation, holding every of its first three opponents 14 factors or much less after doing so seven occasions in 2024. Oregon’s dominant effort vs. Oklahoma State marked the primary time it has not allowed a landing in a recreation since a 35-0 shutout at Purdue final season. 

» UO has allowed 14 factors or much less 20 occasions below HC Dan Lanning and DC Tosh Lupoi, and the Ducks have gained 105 consecutive such video games following the Ducks’ 34-14 win at Northwestern in Week 3.

» Oregon allowed 21 factors or much less 10 occasions in 2024 and has accomplished so in 9 consecutive regular-season video games. 

Setting The Tone

The Oregon protection has put the clamps on opponents within the first half this season, permitting groups a mean of simply 2.0 factors within the first half-hour of play after shutting out Northwestern in Week 3. The Ducks have but to permit a first-half landing on the younger season whereas not permitting a degree within the first quarter. In three consecutive weeks, UO has pressured a punt on its opponents’ opening possession of the sport – together with foricng each Montana State and Oklahoma State to three-and-outs to start the day.

» UO’s 2.0 factors allowed in first halves of video games is the eighth-best price within the nation, whereas its plus-30.0 first-half scoring differential rating because the third-best within the nation.

» Oregon has but to permit a landing exterior of the fourth quarter, permitting a complete of 9 factors within the first three quarters of video games.

» Oregon is forcing offenses right into a three-and-out on 40.0 % of drives – tied for the sixth-best such price nationally.

» Ducks’ opponents have transformed simply 3-of-20 third-down makes an attempt (15.0 %) within the first half, whereas UO’s third-down protection ranks seventeenth within the nation at 25.6 %. 

Picks For Mix

Junior ILB Jerry Mixon is having a breakout begin to the 2025 season, recording an interception for the second straight week on Saturday at Northwestern. Mixon was coming off his first profession choose the week prior in opposition to Oklahoma State, which he returned 26 yards for his first profession landing. Saturday, he returned his third-quarter interception 36 yards to the Northwestern 35-yard line to arrange Oregon’s fourth landing of the afternoon. Mixon added a career-high-tying 5 tackles whereas registering a deal with for loss in opposition to the Wildcats, serving to him take house Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors.

» He is the primary Duck since DB Khyree Jackson in 2023 with an interception in back-to-back video games.

» His two picks are tied for sixth-most within the nation and tied for the Big Ten lead, whereas his 62 return yards are Twelfth-most in the nation and most amongst linebackers.

» Ranks No. 1 amongst certified FBS linebackers (min. of 20% of snaps performed) with a 91.5 general defensive grade from Pro Football Focus, and his 92.7 move protection grade is second amongst FBS linebackers.