Justin Herbert threw for 264 yards and two touchdowns and Oregon defeated UCLA 42-21 on Saturday in Bruins coach Chip Kelly's first game at Autzen Stadium since he left the Ducks following the 2012 season.
Dillon Mitchell caught eight passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns for the Ducks (6-3, 3-2 Pac-12), who became bowl eligible. The victory also snapped a two-game losing streak that had dropped the Ducks out of the rankings.
With the loss, UCLA (2-7, 2-4) was guaranteed to finish below .500 in Kelly's first season with the Bruins.
During Kelly's four-year tenure Oregon made four straight BCS bowl appearances and he was lauded as the architect of the Ducks' up-tempo “blur offense.