In a game that had the west coast buzzing Stanford raced out to a 26-0 lead until the middle of the fourth quarter. Oregon rallied as Marcus Mariota threw two touchdown passes but the rally fell short.
Stanford defeats Oregon 26-20.
"Our guys played extremely well today." Stanford head coach David Shaw said. "The fact that we've won two in a row against these guys, credit to our players, the coaches and preparation. Bottom line, they didn't give it to us. They didn't give it to us. We had to play our game and finish the game at the end, and we did."
"Our guys competed, no question." Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich said.
The Ducks defense couldn't figure out how to stop Stanford running back Tyler Gaffney who had a school record 45 carries. Gaffney ended up with 157 yards rushing and a touchdown.
"Tyler Gaffney ran the ball tonight the way running back backs are supposed to run the ball in this game of football." Shaw said.
"Oregon's really good at filling in with their safeties, with their backside backers." Gaffney said. "It came down to lowering the shoulder and hoped for the best."
Marcus Mariota ended up 20-34 for 250 yards and two touchdowns. Mariota admits he banged up, the knee brace he wore against Stanford is evident of that but he's not making excuses.
"I've got to learn to play with it." Mariota said. "I've never really played with a knee brace before, so that's something that I've been doing in practice and getting used to."
With the Oregon loss Florida State sits in good shape to be Alabama's opponents in the BCS National Championship Game.
That is if the season ended today.
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