Postgame Notebook: No. 3 Oregon vs. Colorado
11/23/14 | Football
No. 3 Oregon vs. Colorado - Postgame Notebook
•The Ducks have now won 10 or more games in seven straight seasons, tied for the fifth-longest streak of college football's modern era.
•Marcus Mariota became the sixth FBS player in history to pass for at least 9,000 yards and rush for 2,000 or more yards in a career. He is the second player (Central Michigan's Dan Lefevour is the other) to accomplish the feat in less than four seasons.
•With four total touchdowns (3 pass, 1 rush), Mariota set the Pac-12 single season record for total touchdowns at 42 (32 pass, 8 rush, 1 rec). His eight games with four or more touchdowns is the most in the FBS this season.
•Mariota passed for a touchdown for the 37th straight game - every game of his career. He trails Russell Wilson (38 games) for second in FBS history.
•Oregon improved to 18-0 when Mariota runs for at least one score.
•Royce Freeman became the first true freshman to rush for 1,000 yards in a season at Oregon (1,050).
•Freeman set the new Oregon freshman standard for touchdowns with 16 after a pair of rushing scores. He broke a tie with LaMichael James (2009). Freeman's 16 rushing scores are the fifth-most in a season by any back in UO history.
•Doug Brenner made his first career start at left guard. Normal starting left guard Hamani Stevens made his first start at center, ending Hroniss Grasu's team-leading 50-game streak.
•Mariota has passed for multiple TDs in 11 straight games - the longest active streak in the FBS. It was also his 20th consecutive game with 200 or more passing yards.
•Oregon held Colorado to a season-low 10 points.
•Evan Baylis scored his first career touchdown and became the 11th different player with a TD reception this season, which is tied for the most in the FBS.
•Four of Oregon's six touchdowns were scored by freshmen as true frosh Freeman and Charles Nelson accounted for two apiece. Freshman have now accounted for 43% (29 of 68) of the Ducks' TDs this season.
•The Ducks are now 4-0 against Colorado when facing the Buffaloes as Pac-12 foes.
•UO improved to 57-7 this decade and have won 50 of those games by 14 or more points.
