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Watch: Willie Taggart confident Braxton Burmeister will improve

The Oregon Ducks fell 33-10 to No. 11 Washington State on Saturday at Autzen Stadium.

True freshman Braxton Burmeister started at quarterback in place of the injured Justin Herbert and completed 15 of 27 passes for 145 yards, including a 39 yard touchdown pass to tight end Jacob Breeland.

Senior running back Royce Freeman rushed for 65 yards on 12 carries for Oregon (4-2, 1-2 Pac-12 Conference). Kani Benoit added 37 rushing yards on 10 attempts.

Oregon will go on the road and face Stanford (3-2) next week.

In the video above, Oregon coach Willie Taggart talks about his confidence in Burmeister and gives an injury update on wide receiver Charles Nelson.