Eastern Washington Eagles vs Oregon Ducks Match Player Stats On Sep 05, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Sep 5, 2015

EUGENE, Ore. - Vernon Adams threw for 246 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 94 yards to beat his old team as No. 7 Oregon defeated Eastern Washington 61-42 Saturday evening at Autzen Stadium.

Adams threw for 10,438 yards and 110 touchdowns in three seasons at Eastern Washington before transferring to Oregon as a graduate for his senior season. He completed 19-of-25 passes and extended his personal streak of throwing multiple touchdown passes in 27 straight games before leaving late in the fourth when he was injured on a rush attempt.

Oregon running back Royce Freeman ran for a career-high 180 yards on 21 carries with three touchdowns.

Eastern Washington wide receiver Cooper Kupp set Autzen records with 15 catches for 246 yards and three touchdowns.

Oregon took a 37-21 lead at halftime and scored on its first drive of the second half when Freeman had a 1-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-goal the put the Ducks ahead by 23.

Eastern Washington answered with a 75-yard touchdown drive after Reilly Hennessey replaced injured Jordan West at quarterback and threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Kupp that got the Eagles within 44-28 with 5:35 left in the game.

Oregon needed just three plays to respond when Adams threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Byron Marshall to go ahead 51-28 with 4:31 left in the third quarter.

Running back Jabari Wilson had a three-yard scoring run on EWU's next drive as the Eagles closed within 51-35 late in the third quarter. Oregon kicker Aidan Schneider closed out the quarter with a 30-yard field goal that put the Ducks ahead by 19.

Oregon running back Tony Brooks-James added a 15-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to push the lead to 61-35.

Kupp caught a 7-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

NOTES: Oregon improved to 14-0-2 all-time against current teams in the Big Sky Conference. Eastern Washington is 9-24 all-time against FBS schools. ... QB Vernon Adams threw a touchdown pass in the first quarter to extend Oregon's streak of throwing a touchdown pass in 69 games, which tied the NCAA record set by Texas Tech. ... Oregon WR Darren Carrington did not play as he sits out an NCAA suspension for a failed drug test before the College Football Playoff championship game last year. Carrington has appealed the six-game suspension. ... Oregon WR Devon Allen and TE Pharaoh Brown, who were injured last season, did not play.