October 22, 2022 Week 8 · Regular Season Belt defended

Oregon defends the belt, 45–30, at home over UCLA.

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OregonAP No. 10 45

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UCLAAP No. 9 30

AP poll, week 8: UCLA No. 9 at Oregon No. 10 · No. 1 that week: Georgia. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

Oregon came in 35 days into reign #320, which began with a win over BYU, with 3 defenses already behind it; this was its 4th defense. Oregon went on to defend it 2 more times before Washington took it on November 12, 2022, 56 days after the reign began.

For UCLA this was its 20th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 9 times before.

It was the 2nd of 2 belt games between the two; going in, UCLA led the belt series 1–0; all-time it is 1–1.

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Recap

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.

Bo Nix's two-touchdown pass drive late in Q2 to Troy Franklin (49 yards, then 2 yards) that pushed Oregon's lead to double digits before halftime
Jordan James's 2-yard rushing touchdown in Q2 that capped Oregon's second-quarter onslaught and put the game out of reach
UCLA's early offensive success with Thompson-Robinson's 36-yard touchdown pass to Keegan Jones that kept the Bruins competitive initially
Dorian Thompson-Robinson's interception in Q4 that resulted in a touchback, eliminating a late UCLA scoring opportunity when they were trying to mount a comeback

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.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

OregonUCLA

Total yards545448

Rushing yards262186

Passing yards283262

First downs3126

3rd down conv.6/126/12

Turnovers01

Penalties–yards8–506–65

Time of possession33:2726:33

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 10:36	Oregon	+44 yd	Camden Lewis 44 yd FG GOOD
Q1 4:09	UCLA	+47 yd	Nicholas Barr-Mira 47 yd FG GOOD
Q1 4:09	UCLA	+29 yd	RJ Lopez kickoff for 65 yds , Seven McGee return for 29 yds to the Oregn 29
Q2 14:56	Oregon	+17 yd	Bo Nix pass complete to Terrance Ferguson for 17 yds for a TD, (Camden Lewis KICK)
Q2 12:38	UCLA	+36 yd	Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Keegan Jones for 36 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Q2 10:49	Oregon	+49 yd	Bo Nix pass complete to Troy Franklin for 49 yds for a TD, (Camden Lewis KICK)
Q2 9:12	Oregon	+26 yd	Bo Nix pass complete to Troy Franklin for 26 yds to the UCLA 35 for a 1ST down
Q2 6:34	Oregon	+2 yd	Jordan James 2 Yd Run (Camden Lewis Kick)
Q2 3:10	UCLA	+44 yd	Nicholas Barr-Mira 44 yd FG GOOD
Q2 0:30	Oregon	+24 yd	Bo Nix pass complete to Troy Franklin for 24 yds to the UCLA 7 for a 1ST down
Q2 0:06	Oregon	+2 yd	Troy Franklin 2 Yd pass from Bo Nix (Camden Lewis Kick)
Q3 15:00	Oregon	+31 yd	Andrew Boyle kickoff for 64 yds , Kazmeir Allen return for 31 yds to the UCLA 32
Q3 9:27	UCLA	+33 yd	Nicholas Barr-Mira 33 Yd Field Goal
Q3 1:52	Oregon	+17 yd	Cam McCormick 17 Yd pass from Bo Nix (Camden Lewis Kick)
Q4 14:20	UCLA	+27 yd	Zach Charbonnet run for 27 yds to the Oregn 4 for a 1ST down
Q4 13:56	UCLA	+1 yd	Zach Charbonnet 1 Yd Run (Nicholas Barr-Mira Kick)
Q4 11:37	Oregon	+37 yd	Bucky Irving 37 Yd pass from Bo Nix (Camden Lewis Kick)
Q4 7:46	UCLA	+0 yd	Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass intercepted, touchback. Bryan Addison return for no gain
Q4 6:09	Oregon	+52 yd	Ross James punt for 37 yds, fair catch by Logan Loya at the OREGON 40 UCLA Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the UCLA 25
Q4 4:11	UCLA	+22 yd	Jake Bobo 22 Yd pass from Dorian Thompson-Robinson (Nicholas Barr-Mira Kick)

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Oregon

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Bo Nix	22/28	283	10.1	5	0	96.3

UCLA

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Dorian Thompson-Robinson	27/39	262	6.7	2	1	65.9

Rushing

Oregon

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Mar'Keise Irving	19	107	5.6	0	13
Noah Whittington	12	73	6.1	0	14
Bo Nix	8	51	6.4	0	13
Sean Dollars	2	27	13.5	0	18
Jordan James	3	7	2.3	1	4
Team	2	-3	-1.5	0	0

UCLA

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Zach Charbonnet	20	151	7.6	1	33
Dorian Thompson-Robinson	8	38	4.8	0	10
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Keegan Jones	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Receiving

Oregon

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Troy Franklin	8	132	16.5	2	49
Mar'Keise Irving	3	57	19.0	1	37
Chase Cota	4	34	8.5	0	16
Cam McCormick	1	17	17.0	1	17
Terrance Ferguson	2	15	7.5	1	17
Patrick Herbert	1	14	14.0	0	14
Kris Hutson	3	14	4.7	0	9

UCLA

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jake Bobo	8	101	12.6	1	22
Keegan Jones	3	49	16.3	1	36
Kazmeir Allen	8	45	5.6	0	19
Zach Charbonnet	4	28	7.0	0	11
Titus Mokiao-Atimalala	1	13	13.0	0	13
Mo Osling III	1	11	11.0	0	11
Kam Brown	1	8	8.0	0	8
Michael Ezeike	1	7	7.0	0	7

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Defense

Oregon

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Steve Stephens	7	4	0	0	0
Jamal Hill	6	4	0	1	0
Christian Gonzalez	5	5	1	2	0
Trikweze Bridges	5	3	0.5	0	0
Noah Sewell	5	3	0	0	1
Justin Flowe	5	1	0	0	0
Bennett Williams	4	2	0	0	0
Jeffrey Bassa	3	3	0	0	0
Jordon Riley	3	0	0	0	0
Casey Rogers	3	0	0	0	0
Bryan Addison	2	2	0	1	0
Brandon Dorlus	2	2	1	0	0
Sam Taimani	2	1	0	0	0
DJ Johnson	2	0	0.5	0	0
Josh Delgado	1	1	0	0	0
Dontae Manning	1	1	0	0	0
Khamari Terrell	1	1	0	0	0
Mase Funa	1	0	0	0	0
Treven Ma'ae	1	0	0	0	0
Keyon Ware-Hudson	1	0	0	0	0
Daymon David	1	0	0	0	0

UCLA

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Mo Osling III	17	7	0	0	0
Stephan Blaylock	8	3	0	0	0
Darius Muasau	8	2	0	1	0
John Humphrey	8	2	0	0	0
Kain Medrano	6	4	1	0	0
Laiatu Latu	6	2	1	0	1
Kenny Churchwell III	5	2	1	0	0
Devin Kirkwood	5	2	0	0	0
JonJon Vaughns	5	1	0	0	0
Carl Jones	3	0	0	0	0
Bo Calvert	2	2	0	0	0
Azizi Hearn	2	1	0	0	0
Choe Bryant-Strother	2	1	0	0	0
Gabriel Murphy	2	0	0	0	0
Gary Smith III	2	0	0	0	0
Jaylin Davies	1	1	0	0	0
Carson Schwesinger	1	1	0	0	0
Jacob Sykes	1	0	0	0	0
Sitiveni Kaufusi	1	0	0	0	0
Grayson Murphy	1	0	0	0	0
Jay Toia	1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Oregon

No recorded stats in this category.

UCLA

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Dorian Thompson-Robinson	1	0	0

Interceptions

Oregon

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Bryan Addison	1	0	0

UCLA

No recorded stats in this category.

Kick Returns

Oregon

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Seven Mcgee	3	60	20.0	29	0
Mar'Keise Irving	1	17	17.0	17	0

UCLA

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Kazmeir Allen	1	31	31.0	31	0
Keegan Jones	2	29	14.5	18	0

Kicking

Oregon

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Camden Lewis	1/1	100.0	44	6/6	9

UCLA

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Nicholas Barr-Mira	3/3	100.0	47	3/3	12

Punting

Oregon

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Adam Barry	1	37	37.0	0	0	37

UCLA

No recorded stats in this category.

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data, split out by team. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back. Linked player names go to that player’s stat line in every other belt game they’ve appeared in.

Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 401404021) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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