Masoli accounts for five TDs as Oregon holds off late Arizona rally

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	30	18
Total Yards	527	504
Passing	328	298
Rushing	199	206
Penalties	2-20	8-58
3rd Down Conversions	10-18	4-11
4th Down Conversions	0-3	0-0
Turnovers	3	1
Possession	41:46	18:14

Air/Ground Leaders
Arizona Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Tuitama 29/45 328 2 2 Team 0/1 0 0 0	Oregon Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Masoli 21/26 298 2 0 Dickson 0/1 0 0 0
Arizona Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Antolin 20 87 4 14 Grigsby 17 56 0 13	Oregon Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Masoli 10 89 3 66 Blount 9 75 1 40
Arizona Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Gronkowski 12 143 1 24 Gronkowski 3 84 1 37	Oregon Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Scott 6 87 1 44 Dickson 7 84 0 36

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				ARIZ	ORE
	TD	14:18	Jeremiah Masoli 66 Yd Run (Morgan Flint Kick)	0	7
	TD	13:28	Patrick Chung 31 Yd Interception Return (Morgan Flint Kick)	0	14
	FG	08:58	Jason Bondzio 29 Yd	3	14
	TD	02:16	Keola Antolin 2 Yd Run (Jason Bondzio Kick)	10	14
	TD	00:25	Terence Scott 44 Yd Pass From Jeremiah Masoli (Morgan Flint Kick)	10	21
SECOND QUARTER				ARIZ	ORE
	TD	11:46	Jeremiah Masoli 5 Yd Run (Morgan Flint Kick)	10	28
	TD	09:34	Chris Gronkowski 37 Yd Pass From Willie Tuitama (Jason Bondzio Kick)	17	28
	TD	07:34	Jeremiah Masoli 6 Yd Run (Morgan Flint Kick)	17	35
	TD	03:28	Jeffrey Maehl 65 Yd Pass From Jeremiah Masoli (Morgan Flint Kick)	17	42
	FG	00:00	Morgan Flint 23 Yd	17	45
THIRD QUARTER				ARIZ	ORE
	FG	12:46	Morgan Flint 39 Yd	17	48
	TD	08:53	Rob Gronkowski 7 Yd Pass From Willie Tuitama (Jason Bondzio Kick)	24	48
FOURTH QUARTER				ARIZ	ORE
	TD	14:56	Keola Antolin 3 Yd Run (Willie Tuitama Pass To Rob Gronkowski For Two-Point Conversion)	32	48
	TD	08:55	Keola Antolin 1 Yd Run (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	38	48
	TD	06:38	Keola Antolin 13 Yd Run (Jason Bondzio Kick)	45	48
	TD	03:38	LeGarrette Blount 40 Yd Run (Morgan Flint Kick)	45	55

EUGENE, Ore. -- Jeremiah Masoli threw for a career-high 298 yards and accounted for five Oregon touchdowns, leading the Ducks to a 55-45 victory against Arizona.

Masoli rushed for three touchdowns and threw for two more Saturday, all in the first half. The Ducks (8-3, 6-2 Pac-10 Conference) then withstood Arizona's second-half rally from a 48-17 deficit.

Masoli, a sophomore, completed 21 of 26 passes, including all 11 of his attempts in the second quarter against Arizona (4-2, 6-3).

But it was Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount who sealed the victory with a 40-yard touchdown run with 3:38 to play after the Wildcats had scored 28 straight points to cut the Ducks lead to 48-45.

Blount, who tied the single-season school record with his 15th touchdown of the season, finished with 75 yards on nine carries.

Arizona's Keola Antolin rushed for 87 yards and four touchdowns and tight end Rob Gronkowski had 12 catches for 143 yards and a touchdown.

Willie Tuitama had 328 yards passing, two touchdowns and two interceptions.

The Ducks debuted their new "lights out" all-black uniforms and helmet, and that was the way they performed in the first half. Masoli scored on the third play of the game, running 66 yards on an option-keeper to put Oregon up 7-0 just 42 seconds in.

Less than a minute later, Patrick Chung stepped in front of Tuitama's pass and returned the interception 31 yards for the score.

The Wildcats (4-2, 6-3) cut the Ducks' lead to 14-10 on a 29-yard field goal by Jason Bondzio and a 2-yard run by Antolin. But Masoli hit Terrence Scott with a 44-yard touchdown pass to give Oregon a 21-10 lead at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Masoli had scoring runs of 5 and 6 yards, Jeff Maehl scored on a 65-yard catch-and-run from Masoli and Morgan Flint added a 23-yard field goal to give the Ducks a 45-17 lead at the break.

Flint added a 39-yard field goal 2:14 into the second half to make it 48-17 before the Wildcats came to life and nearly came all the way back.

Tuitama and Gronkowski connected on a 7-yard touchdown at the 8:53 mark of the third quarter to make it 48-24, and Antolin followed with fourth-quarter touchdown runs of 3, 1 and 13 yards. The last came with 6:38 to play.