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Utah vs. Oregon final score Ducks cruise keep Utah

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Utah vs. Oregon final score Ducks cruise keep Utah

Oregon cruised to its first Pac-12 championship since 2014 and kept Utah from becoming the first conference team to make the College Football Playoff since 2016.It was clear from the outset Friday that Oregon would dominate the game, scoring on a 67-yard touchdown drive against a team that had surrendered just 11.3 points per game in the regular season. The Utes would give up 30 more in a 37-15 lo s.MORE: CJ Verdell provided a spark for Ducks all night, rushing 18 times for 208 yards and three touchdowns against a team that had surrendered a quarter of that yardageper gameduring the season. Quarterback Justin Herbert wasn't great, but he didn't need to be, as he completed 14 of 27 pa ses for 193 yards and a touchdown. True freshman Kayvon Thibodeaux was that player on defense, tallying three sacks and a blocked punt.Utah tried its best to mount a comeback, rallying for 15 third-quarter points to narrow the gap to 23-15, but therewas simply too much for the Utes to overcome. Quarterback Tyler Huntley completed 17 of 29 pa ses for 193 yards and two touchdowns, but he also threw two interceptions. Zack Mo s ran 19 times for 113 yards and caught four pa ses Jeremy Chinn Jersey for 57 yards and a touchdown.Both teams converted just 4 of 14 third-down attempts, but the difference was this: Oregon converted its lone fourth-down conversion, while Utah failed to convert on any of its four attempts.Check out Sporting News' updates, highlights and score changes from the 2019 Pac-12 championship game:Utah vs. Oregon Ikem Ekwonu Jersey scoreQ1Q2Q3Q4FUtah0015015Oregon101031437Utah vs. Oregon scoring playsFIrst quarter8:00 Oregon running back CJ Verdell 3-yard touchdown run (7-0 Oregon)4:17 Oregon kicker Camden Lewis 23-yard field goal (10-0 Oregon)Second quarter11:02 Oregon quarterback 45-yard touchdown pa s to Johnny Johnson III4:56 Oregon kicker Camden Lewis 23-yard field goal (20-0 Oregon)Third quarter10:52 Utah quarterback 24-yard touchdown pa s to Zack Mo s (20-7 Oregon)4:56 Oregon kicker Camden Lewis 23-yard field goal (23-7 Oregon)1:13 Utah quarterback Tyler Huntley 25-yard touchdown pa s to Samson Nacua; Nacua 2-point conversion (23-15 Oregon)Fourth quarter7:09 Oregon running back 70-yard touchdown (30-15 Oregon)2:33 CJ Verdell 31-yard touchdown run (37-15 Oregon)Utah vs. Oregon updates, highlightsFinal: Oregon 37, Utah 1511:47 p.m.: Final stats. 11:43 p.m.: TURNOVER ON DOWNS, UTAH. The final indignity: A sack on Huntley that gives Oregon the ball at Utah's 7. They should just kneel it here, but who knows.11:41 p.m.: Thibodeaux with his third sack of the day. He's an animal.11:38 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, OREGON. Verdell delivers an emphatic final score, taking it 31 yards out for what should be the last touchdown of the game. With that, it's 37-15 Oregon.11:35 p.m.: UTAH INTERCEPTION. Huntley throws his second interception of the night, this time to Dye. With that Oregon can run the clock out and clinch its berth in the Rose Bowl.11:33 p.m.: Utah uses its final timeout with 3:42 remaining in the game. Oregon will punt from midfield on fourth-and-4. Utes need a couple quick scores.11:32 p.m.: Utah uses its second timeout with 3:46 remaining on a third-and-6 for Oregon.11:30 p.m.: Utah uses its first timeout with 3:52 remaining. Another first down or two and Oregon clinches this.11:25 p.m.: Oregon forces the three-and-out and gets the ball back near midfield.11:21 p.m.: Thibodeaux with his second sack of the game to make it second-and-18 for Utah. The true freshman might Cameron Erving Jersey be the defensive player of the game for Oregon.11:16 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, OREGON. And that may be the dagger. Verdell converts on third-and-1 before taking it 70 yards to the house for a touchdown to make it 30-15 Oregon.Oregon continues to hit the gas ESPN (@espn) 11:09 p.m.: Utah faces third-and-long after a Thibodeaux sack, but Mo s gets a good portion of it back out of the backfield. Utes will not go for it on fourth-and-4 from the Oregon 41. Ducks resume control with 9:28 left to play.11:07 p.m.: Oregon's Wright is called for pa s interference to move Utah out to the Ducks' 46.11 Deonte Brown Jersey :01 p.m.: And Oregon fails to convert. Utah gets the ball back with what should be great field position.Third quarter: Oregon 23, Utah 1510:58 p.m.: Oregon faces third-and-4 from its 30 as we head into the fourth quarter.10:53 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, UTAH. The Utes get on the board again with a beautiful over-the-shoulder catch by Nacua from 25 yards out. Huntley hits him again in the flat for the 2-point conversion to make it 23-15 Oregon.The Utes aren't done ESPN (@espn) 10:51 p.m.: Mo s takes it on the zone read up the left sideline for another first down to the Oregon 40. Utes get 15 more yards after an unsportsmanlike penalty on Oregon's Graham.10:49 p.m.: Utah gets its second third-down conversion with an 11-yard connection between Huntley and Enis on third-and-9. Utes still in it but they need to start putting points up.10:45 p.m.: FIELD GOAL, OREGON. Utah defense bends, doesn't break. Lewis' 25-yard field goal makes it 23-7 Oregon.10:44 p.m.: Verdell gets some tough yards on third-and-9 to give Oregon the ball at the 15-yard line. Utah has no answer.10:41 p.m.: Verdell runs it 24 yards on first down out to Utah's 26. Utes had the field position battle in hand and now will have to hold off another Ducks score.10:37 p.m.: TURNOVER ON DOWNS, UTAH. Thomas Graham Jr. knocks the pa s down before Simpkins can pull it in. Ducks will take over at midfield.10:36 p.m.: Utah has it fourth-and Terrace Marshall Jr. Jersey -2 at the 50. They're going for it again.10:34 p.m.: Oregon punts, but it looks like Herbert is OK. Utah will take over near midfield with a chance to make it a one-score game.10:33 p.m.: Absolute disaster for Oregon. Miscommunication between Herbert and the center causes him to snap it without Herbert expecting it. He runs it down at the 2 and is hurt on the recovery. Punt upcoming.10:31 p.m.: Oregon on offense at its 18-yard line. Can the Utes force another punt?10:28 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, UTAH. And the Utes finally get on the board! Huntley checks down to Mo s and he does the rest of the work on a 24-yard touchdown reception. It's 20-7 Oregon.10:26 p.m.: Utah's Enis is met by Oregon defenders about five yards short of the first down and powers his way to a first down at

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