All season, it has been the case of a great offense and a mediocre defense that got the job done for the Oregon Ducks.
Those two things flipped on Saturday night in a 45-27 blowout win over the Stanford Cardinal. The Ducks’ D came to play, holding the Cardinal to just 322 total yards in the game. While the stats will show a prolific game for the offense — 515 total yards, including 351 on the ground — we know how much better it could have been were it not for 9 penalties and 65 yards on the offense.
In total, the Ducks were incredibly undisciplined in this contest, being flagged 14 times for 135 total yards. While we saw a lot of good things throughout the day, there is still a lot to clean up going forward.
As we do every week, let’s identify players who saw their stocks go up, and a few who might have seen a slight dip against Stanford: