Ducks Unlimited: Oregon Ducks Dynasty

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Jeff Maehl scores the first TD of the dynasty

Eugene, OR - That collective sigh of relief you heard on Saturday was the Oregon Duck fan base. It took the Oregon Ducks 8:05 to score on the New Mexico Lobo's in Saturday's game. Nate Costa hit a wide open Jeff Maehl with 7:55 left in the 2nd quarter to give the Ducks a 7-0 lead on Saturday in a rain soaked Autzen Stadium.

While the first quarter was a struggle, it was all downhill from there. A huge second quarter was all the Ducks would need to hang the Lobo's out to dry. The second quarter saw not only the score from Maehl; TD's by Lavasier Tuinei, LaMichael James and even a pick six from Casey Matthews sent the Ducks cruising to a 28-3 halftime lead. The second half was more of the same, Kenjon Barner added two scores and two Field Goals by Rob Beard made the final from Autzen 48-3.

As impressive as the offense was, the Ducks defense really shined today. The Lobo's were kept out of the endzone and held to only 216 total yards on Saturday. The defense forced 6 turnovers and had seven sacks. Senior defensive tackle Branson Bair had 3 of those sacks.

The Ducks looked strong in the opener against an inferior opponent but will be tested next week when they head to Knoxville to play the Vols in a tough road game.

NCAA Scoreboard - New Mexico Lobos (0-0) at Oregon Ducks (0-0)

August 28, 2010 1 2 3 4 F New Mexico Lobos 0 3 0 0 3 #4 Oregon Ducks 0 28 3 17 48 Top Performers New Mexico Lobos - Stats B.R. Holbrook 22-30 221 Yards, 0 TD, 2 INT Chris Hernandez - 7 REC, 76 Yards, 0 TD Oregon Ducks - Stats Nate Costa - 10-15, 168 Yards, 2 TD, 0 INT LaMichael James - 19 Carries, 141 Yards, 1 TD	Team Stats Comparison NM OR First Downs 14 16 3rd Down Efficiency 4-10 6-12 4th Down Efficiency 0-1 2-3 Total Yards 216 476 Passing Yards 221 240 Rushing Yards -5 236 Penalties-Penalty Yards 1-11 2-20 Turnovers 6 1 Time of Possession 13:24 18:36
Scoring Summary Second Quarter NM OR OR 7:55 J. Maehl, 35 Yd pass from N. Costa 0 7 NM 5:54 J. Aho, 35 Yd FG 3 7 OR 4:16 L. Tuinei, 46 Yd pass from N. Costa 3 14 OR 1:06 L. James, 75 Yd run 3 21 OR 0:50 C. Matthews, returned interception 3 28 Third Quarter NM OR OR 6:14 R. Beard, 37 Yd FG 3 31 Fourth Quarter NM OR OR 7:56 R. Beard, 26 Yd FG 3 34 OR 6:13 K. Barner, 6 Yd run 3 41 OR 1:06 K. Barner, 4Yd run 3 48
New Mexico Lobos Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT B.R. Holbrook 22-30 221 0 2 Rushing ATT YDS AVG TD Demond Dennis 12 35 2.9 0 B.R. Holbrook 8 -48 -6.0 0 James Wright 2 8 2.9 0 Receiving REC YDS AVG TD Chris Hernandez 7 76 10.8 0 Lucas Reed 5 49 9.8 0 Ty Kirk 4 60 15.0 0 James Wright 2 10 5.0 0 Demond Dennis 2 8 4.0 0 Defense TKL SACK INT TD Calvin Smith 10 0 0 0 Carmen Messina 7 0 0 0 Emmanuel Mcpherson 6 0 0 0 Johnathan Rainey 5 0 0 0 Joe Stoner 5 0 0 0 Jaymar Latchison 3 1 0 0 Kick Returning NO. YDS TD LONG Anthony Hooks 5 90 0 21 Demond Dennis 3 48 0 17 Kicking FGM/A XPM/A PTS LONG James Aho 1-1 0-0 3 36 Punting NO. YDS AVG IN 20 Garrett Hentrup 3 124 41.3 0 Oregon Ducks Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT Nate Costa 10-15 168 2 0 Darron Thomas 2-2 72 0 0 Rushing ATT YDS AVG TD LaMichael James 19 141 7.4 1 Kenjon Barner 10 44 4.4 2 Nate Costa 7 44 6.2 Receiving REC YDS AVG TD Lavasier Tuinei 4 123 30.7 1 Jeff Maehl 3 70 23.3 1 D.J. Davis 2 20 10.0 0 Tyrece Gains 2 21 0 0 LaMichael James 1 6 0 0 Defense TKL SACK INT TD Spencer Paysinger 6 0 1 0 Brandon Bair 6 3 0 0 Casey Matthews 5 0 1 1 Michael Clay 5 0 0 0 Javes Lewis 4 0 0 0 John Boyett 5 0 0 0 Kick Returning NO. YDS TD LONG Kenjon Barner 1 18 0 18 Talmage Jackson 1 25 0 25 Punt Returning NO. YDS TD LONG Kenjon Barner 3 29 0 20 Kicking FGM/A XPM/A PTS LONG Rob Beard 2-3 6-6 12 31 Punting NO. YDS AVG IN 20 Jackson Rice 0 0 0 0

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[Deuce2223]

Looks good. I personally am a Boise State fan, so I can't really cheer for the Ducks, so I do hope that you at least lose once so BSU can jump over you in the polls.