Oregon's defense and special teams set the tone early, with Camden Lewis connecting on a 44-yard field goal in the first quarter before UCLA answered with Nicholas Barr-Mira's 47-yarder. The Ducks' offense exploded in the second quarter, with Bo Nix leading a surgical assault that featured touchdown passes to Terrance Ferguson and Troy Franklin (twice), bookended by a Jordan James rushing touchdown to build a commanding halftime lead. UCLA kept pace early with Dorian Thompson-Robinson's 36-yard touchdown pass to Keegan Jones, but Oregon's depth proved too much, as Nix added another scoring pass to Cam McCormick in the third quarter and Bucky Irving in the fourth. A late UCLA touchdown to Jake Bobo made the final score respectable, but Oregon's dominance in time of possession (33:27 to 26:33) and zero turnovers sealed the belt defense.
Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.