Oregon 45, Wisconsin 38
When: 5:00 PM ET, Monday, January 2, 2012
Where: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Temperature:
82°
Head Official:
Brad Allen
Attendance:
91245
By SportsDirect Inc.
De'Anthony Thomas rushed twice - both for touchdowns totaling 155 yards - and Darron Thomas passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns as Oregon outlasted Wisconsin 45-38 in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio on Monday.
LaMichael James ran for 159 yards and a score and Lavasier Tuinei caught two touchdown passes as the Ducks (12-2) piled up 621 yards against the No. 6 scoring defense in the country.
Oregon had lost back-to-back BCS Bowls, including the National Championship Game last season. The Ducks are 2-3 in the Rose Bowl - their other victory came in 1917.
The high-powered offenses traded scores throughout the first two quarters, going into the break tied at 28 when Darron Thomas hit Tuinei with a 3-yard touchdown pass with 30 seconds left in the second quarter.
The Ducks got the ball first in the third quarter and took their first lead 35-28 when De'Anthony Thomas broke for a 64-yard touchdown run. De'Anthony Thomas had the highlight run of the first half as well, scampering 91 yards at the close of the first quarter.
The Badgers (11-3) would get the lead back with a field goal and a touchdown pass from Russell Wilson to Nick Toon with 4:44 left in the third.
But the fourth quarter belonged to Oregon. Darron Thomas and Tuinei hooked up again for an 11-yard score to put the Ducks back on top 42-38 and Alejandro Maldonado kicked a 30-yard field goal with 6:50 left to provide the winning margin.
Tuinei finished out his career with eight catches for 158 yards, while De'Anthony Thomas added 34 receiving yards.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Wisconsin |
|
Oregon |
|
Montee Ball
|
Player |
LaMichael James |
|
32 |
Attempts |
25 |
|
164 |
Yards |
159 |
|
5.1 |
Avg Yards |
6.4 |
|
1 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
| Wisconsin |
|
Oregon |
|
Jared Abbrederis
| Player |
Lavasier Tuinei |
|
4 |
Receptions |
8 |
|
119 |
Yards |
158 |
|
29.8 |
Avg Yards |
19.8 |
|
1 |
Touchdowns |
2 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Wisconsin
|
508 |
212 |
296 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2.0 |
2 |
| Oregon
|
621 |
345 |
276 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
2.0 |
1 |