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QuickTake:
The Ducks were dominant early, allowed explosive plays late and weren’t in a celebratory mood after the game.
James Madison’s fans didn’t want it to end.
The large swaths of purple pocketed throughout Autzen Stadium rarely took a seat. They swayed during Oregon’s “Coming Home” presentation between the first and second quarters, got loud during “Shout” after the third, and by the time Alonza Barnett III punched in a 1-yard touchdown to cap the Dukes’ fourth score of the second half, those travelers from Virginia were nearly out of the purple-and-gold streamers that poured out of Section 38.
This was their moment — on national television, against a Power 4 opponent favored to win by more than 20 points. The Dukes’ band roared, chants of “JMU! JMU!” rang throughout the stadium and James Madison lined up to kick off to the Ducks.
Oregon recovered the onside attempt at the JMU 46. One play later, Dante Moore took a knee.
And while the cheers from the James Madison section never subsided — even after the final horn — they were chants sending a team off into the offseason.
The Oregon Ducks, meanwhile, are heading to Miami.
Oregon won 51-34.
Dominant early
The Ducks scored touchdowns on their first five possessions, built a lead that swelled to 35 points and appeared on their way to an old-fashioned rout until the visitors began taking advantage of an Oregon defense that allowed eight explosive plays in the second half to a JMU team that entered 12-1 after claiming the Sun Belt Conference championship.
How dominant was Oregon early? The Ducks were outscored 28-17 in the second half — a result that left James Madison fans satisfied with a backdoor cover and Oregon coach Dan Lanning less than pleased after the first playoff game (and win) in Autzen Stadium history.
“Defensively in the second half, I don’t think we played at all close to our standard,” Lanning said after a game in which Oregon allowed season highs in points (34) and total yards (509). “Credit to JMU for figuring some stuff out at halftime, and not credit to us for being able to sustain and play the way we need to be able to play down the stretch.
“I think our team realizes this is a growth moment for us — an opportunity to continue to improve and get better. We’re going to have to play better football to be able to reach our goals when it’s all said and done.”
But, as Moore emphasized, the Ducks get another crack at playing better.
“This wasn’t our best game, but at the end of the day we won the football game,” Moore said. “In the playoffs, if you lose you go home. I’m glad we won.”
Receivers return
A large part of that was thanks to Moore, who finished with 313 yards and four touchdown passes, along with two interceptions. Three Ducks caught scoring passes — Malik Benson had two, while Jeremiah McClellan and Jamari Johnson each had one — during a week dominated by speculation about which injured receivers Oregon might get back.
Dakorien Moore, Gary Bryant Jr. and Evan Stewart each dressed for the first time in months, and while their returns could pay dividends in a couple of weeks in Miami, they weren’t needed against the Dukes.
By the time Moore caught a 5-yard pass late in the second quarter for the first touch among the returning trio, Oregon was already up two scores and just two plays removed from a three-touchdown cushion after Dierre Hill Jr. broke free for a 56-yard touchdown run — one of Oregon’s five touchdowns of 20 yards or more.
It wasn’t until the Ducks took a knee to end the first half that their streak of five consecutive touchdown drives to open the game was snapped.
Against a James Madison defense that ranked top 10 nationally in scoring and yardage allowed, Oregon averaged 9.7 yards per play.
That’s good tape.
But it won’t be good enough, Lanning said, when the Ducks meet fourth-seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Orange Bowl in 11 days.
They have to get better, he said — and the postgame scene reflected that urgency. After the final horn sounded and James Madison fans soaked in the last moments of their season, the Ducks returned to a silent locker room.
There was no music, no dancing and little celebrating as Oregon set its sights on a job it says remains unfinished.
“We won the game. We’re advancing,” Moore said. “But the standard has to stay the standard through all four quarters. That’s what film is there for. Film is there to make sure we get better in the upcoming days before the next game.”