What the Oregon Ducks defense did on Saturday afternoon against the Utah Utes team will go down as one of the best performances of the year. Of course, there won’t be songs written about Utah’s offense under Bryson Barnes this season, but the fact that Tosh Lupoi’s unit was able to so completely shut down the Utes and keep them out of the endzone from start to finish is nothing to look past.
Unsurprisingly, the result boosted Oregon up in a ton of top statistics nationally, with the Utes only racking up 142 passing yards and 99 rushing yards on the day.
So just how good is Oregon’s defense now when we look at it from a national perspective? Take a look: