Indiana topples No. 3 Oregon to stay unbeaten

EUGENE, Ore. -- Fernando Mendoza threw for 215 yards and a cardinal fourth-quarter touchdown and No. 7 Indiana remained undefeated with a 30-20 triumph implicit No. 3 Oregon connected Saturday.

Roman Hemby added a brace of scoring runs for the Hoosiers (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten), who frustrated the Ducks (5-1, 2-1) with stout antiaircraft play.

The triumph was Indiana's 2nd against an AP Top-5 hostile successful programme history. The Hoosiers entered Saturday having mislaid 46 consecutive games vs. AP Top-5 opponents, tied with Wake Forest for the longest streak successful the AP Poll Era, according to ESPN Research.

Dante Moore threw for 186 yards and a touchdown for Oregon. He had 2 interceptions and was sacked six times.

With Oregon down 20-13 going into the 4th quarter, Brandon Finney intercepted Mendoza's walk and ran it backmost 35 yards to necktie it with 12:42 left.

Mendoza answered with an 8-yard scoring walk to Elijah Sarratt with 6:23 to go. On Oregon's adjacent series, Moore's walk was intercepted by Louis Moore.

Brendan Franke added a 22-yard tract extremity for the Hoosiers with 2:06 left.

Both sides were coming disconnected weeks off. In their past game, the Ducks bushed Penn State 30-24 successful double-overtime connected the roadworthy successful the yearly White Out game. The Hoosiers bushed Iowa 20-15 connected the road.

On the archetypal bid of the game, the Ducks failed astatine a fourth-and-1 attempt, giving the Hoosiers bully tract presumption for their opening drive. It ended with Nico Radicic's 42-yard tract goal.

Oregon pulled up with Moore's 44-yard touchdown walk to Malik Benson but Hemby rushed for a 3-yard touchdown earlier the extremity of the archetypal 4th to marque it 10-7.

Atticus Sappington's 40-yard tract extremity tied it up for the Ducks, but a aboriginal 36-yard effort that would person fixed Oregon the pb went wide left.

Franke kicked a 58-yard tract extremity arsenic clip ran retired to springiness Indiana a 13-10 vantage astatine the break.

Sappington's 33-yard tract extremity successful the 3rd 4th tied it again for Oregon but Hemby added his 2nd touchdown for the Hoosiers, a two-yard dash precocious successful the period.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.