SportsDirect Inc. staff
Sep 14, 2013
No. 2 Oregon 59,
Tennessee 14: Marcus Mariota passed for a career-high 456 yards and
accounted for five touchdowns as the host Ducks walloped the Volunteers.
Mariota passed for four touchdowns and rushed for another as
Oregon (3-0) scored 59 consecutive points after spotting Tennessee a 7-0 lead.
John Mundt had two scoring receptions while Josh Huff and Daryle Hawkins had
one apiece.
The Volunteers (2-1) allowed only 20 points over their first
two games but were no match for the high-powered Ducks. Oregon rolled up 687
yards and has won its first three games by a cumulative score of 184-27.
The Ducks took a 10-7 lead on Mariotaกฏs 16-yard scoring pass
to Mundt in the first quarter and added four touchdowns in the second stanza.
Mariota scored on a 9-yard run and threw scoring passes of 54 yards to Huff and
45 to Hawkins before DeกฏAnthony Thomas scored on a 28-yard jaunt to make it
38-7.
Mariota connected with Mundt on a 17-yard scoring aerial
with 11:30 left in the third quarter and Byron Marshall scampered in from 11
yards out and Thomas Tyner added a 2-yard run late in the quarter to make it
59-7. Tennesseeกฏs touchdowns came on Justin Worleyกฏs 4-yard pass to Jason Croom
six minutes into the game and Alden Hillกฏs 8-yard run with 7:14 remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Huff
had six receptions for 125 yards and Mundt caught five passes for 121 yards. กญ Tennessee
DE Maurice Couch was ruled ineligible for the game by school officials after
reports surfaced that identified him as one of five SEC players to receive
improper benefits. กญ The longest scoring drive of Oregonกฏs eight touchdowns was
2:18. The Ducks have used less than two minutes to score 21 of their 25
touchdowns.