EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Dillon Gabriel threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for another to help No. 6 Oregon remain undefeated with a 31-10 victory over Michigan State on Friday night.
Gabriel completed 20 of 32 passes to finish with 257 yards and Jordan James ran for 166 yards and another score for the Ducks (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten). It was the third straight loss for Michigan State (3-3, 1-2), spoiling Jonathan Smith’s return to the state of after leaving Oregon State for the Spartans last November. Smith coached the Beavers for six seasons, going 2-4 against the Ducks.
It was sloppy on both sides at the start. Gabriel had a pair of interceptions and the Spartans fumbled the ball on the verge of scoring in the first half. Michigan State, which lost the football three times in the red zone in the first half against Ohio State last week, was ranked No.
123 in the nation for red zone offense (66.7%). The Spartans went into the game with 13 turnovers — third most in the nation.
Michigan State quarterback Aidan Chiles hit Nick Marsh with a 44-yard pass to get the Spartans to the Oregon 2, but on the next play Chiles fumbled at the goal line on a keeper and it was recovered by Oregon’s Jordan Burch. SYRACUSE 44, NO. 25 UNLV 41, OT LAS VEGAS (AP) — LeQuint Allen powered into the end zone from a yard out in overtime to give Syracuse a victory over No.
25 UNLV, four days after the Rebels broke into the AP Top 25 for the first time in program history. After Caden Chittenden made .