Nota bene: The final two drives of regulation and both overtime possessions are excluded from the numbers in this article, as I consider them to be garbage time.

Offense

Oregon leaned heavily on the run in this game, which shouldn’t have been much of a surprise since RB coach Mastro, who’s also the Run Game Coordinator, was calling plays in the absence of OC Moorhead, and because Stanford’s rush defense was significantly weaker than its pass defense.

The Ducks were very effective running the ball - 27 successful designed rushes vs 11 unsuccessful ones, given the down & distance, or 71.