National Championship Game: LSU Tigers vs. Oregon Ducks

January 24, 2049
64°
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL) Attendance: 64,398 (99%)
LSU Tigers 0 0 10 13 - 23
Ducks 10 10 3 9 - 32

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Ducks: 4-10-LSU 10 (6:26) 1-Joseph Cherry 27 yard field goal is GOOD. UO 3 LSU 0
(Qtr 1) Ducks: 3-3-LSU 3 (2:37) 6-Nathan Ward pass complete to 88-Edward Jackson for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Joseph Cherry. UO 10 LSU 0
(Qtr 2) Ducks: 1-14-LSU 14 (9:34) 6-Nathan Ward pass complete to 12-Timothy Clayborn for 14 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Joseph Cherry. UO 17 LSU 0
(Qtr 2) Ducks: 4-5-LSU 35 (4:13) 1-Joseph Cherry 52 yard field goal is GOOD. UO 76-Clint Carter was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. UO 20 LSU 0
(Qtr 3) LSU Tigers: 4-4-UO 25 (11:54) 9-Derek Forsyth 42 yard field goal is GOOD. UO 20 LSU 3
(Qtr 3) LSU Tigers: 2-2-UO 4 (7:14) 8-Zach Mettenberger pass complete to 82-Joshua Canton for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Derek Forsyth. UO 20 LSU 10
(Qtr 3) Ducks: 4-5-LSU 23 (3:44) 1-Joseph Cherry 41 yard field goal is GOOD. UO 23 LSU 10
(Qtr 4) Ducks: 4-8-LSU 36 (7:32) 1-Joseph Cherry 53 yard field goal is GOOD. UO 26 LSU 10
(Qtr 4) LSU Tigers: 2-3-UO 3 (6:08) 8-Zach Mettenberger pass complete to 80-Jeffrey Loomis for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Derek Forsyth. UO 26 LSU 17
(Qtr 4) Ducks: 4-4-LSU 32 (4:01) 1-Joseph Cherry 49 yard field goal is GOOD. UO 29 LSU 17
(Qtr 4) Ducks: 4-7-LSU 31 (2:00) 1-Joseph Cherry 48 yard field goal is GOOD. UO 32 LSU 17
(Qtr 4) LSU Tigers: 2-6-LSU 50 (0:42) 8-Zach Mettenberger pass complete to 82-Joshua Canton to UO 0 for 50 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Ducks LSU Tigers
First Downs 23 14
- Rushing 7 1
- Passing 11 13
- Penalty 5 0
Total Net Yards 378 342
- Offensive Plays 74 62
- Yards Per Play 5.11 5.52
Net Rushing Yards 158 28
- Rushing Attempts 36 15
- Yards Per Rush 4.39 1.87
Net Passing Yards 220 314
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 23 / 1 46 / 25 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 228 326
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 1 / 12
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.79 6.68
- Yards Per Completion 9.91 13.04
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 15 4 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.0 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 25 5 / 47
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 88
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 22 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 27
Time of Possession 36:36 23:21

Drive Charts

Oregon Ducks

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:35 6:12 OWN 17 10 74 Field Goal
1 5:34 3:01 OWN 27 10 73 Touchdown
2 14:50 5:19 OWN 14 10 86 Touchdown
2 9:07 4:58 OWN 28 8 38 Field Goal
2 1:06 1:06 OWN 19 2 5 Half
3 15:00 1:01 OWN 25 4 29 Punt
3 13:07 0:04 OWN 27 1 0 Fumble
3 11:50 1:14 OWN 25 3 5 Interception
3 7:11 3:31 OWN 25 8 52 Field Goal
4 14:49 2:50 OWN 14 5 13 Punt
4 10:25 2:57 OPP 50 6 14 Field Goal
4 6:05 2:08 OPP 38 3 6 Field Goal
4 3:42 1:45 OPP 34 3 3 Field Goal
4 0:30 0:30 OPP 43 1 0 Game

LSU Tigers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:25 OWN 25 4 13 Punt
1 6:23 0:49 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
1 2:33 2:43 OWN 25 5 13 Punt
2 9:31 0:24 OWN 15 3 0 Punt
2 4:09 3:03 OWN 25 6 71 Interception
3 13:59 0:51 OWN 14 3 8 Punt
3 13:03 1:13 OPP 31 3 6 Field Goal
3 10:36 3:25 OPP 39 7 39 Touchdown
3 3:40 3:50 OWN 25 8 23 Punt
4 11:59 1:34 OWN 21 3 -10 Punt
4 7:28 1:23 OWN 17 6 83 Touchdown
4 3:57 0:15 OWN 15 2 0 Fumble
4 1:56 1:26 OWN 17 8 83 Touchdown

Rushing Stats

Oregon Ducks

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Burns 9 83 9.22 27 4 0
Rowdy Yates 10 35 3.50 13 2 0
Christopher Bates 10 26 2.60 11 2 0
George Page 5 16 3.20 9 0 0
Nathan Ward 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Martin Guse 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0

LSU Tigers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kevin Faulk 12 20 1.67 8 0 0
Frank Ragin 3 8 2.67 9 0 0

Passing Stats

Oregon Ducks

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Nathan Ward 37 23 228 1 / 8 2 32 1 86.32

LSU Tigers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Zach Mettenberger 46 25 326 1 / 12 3 56 1 89.58

Receiving Stats

Oregon Ducks

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Bates 7 119 17.00 32 0
Timothy Clayborn 3 39 13.00 14 1
Dannie Cumming 2 34 17.00 29 0
William Burns 3 19 6.33 9 0
Edward Jackson 2 8 4.00 5 1
Ron Evans 1 6 6.00 6 0
Martin Guse 3 4 1.33 2 0
George Page 1 1 1.00 1 0
Rowdy Yates 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0

LSU Tigers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Faulk 9 99 11.00 44 0
Joshua Canton 6 97 16.17 50 2
Timothy Starks 2 67 33.50 56 0
Frank Ragin 3 26 8.67 12 0
Craig Fitch 3 21 7.00 9 0
Daniel Barnes 1 13 13.00 13 0
Jeffrey Loomis 1 3 3.00 3 1

Blocking Stats

Oregon Ducks

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jacques Hernandez 40 37 1 8
Clint Carter 44 46 0 0
Dale Newton 0 1 0 0
Andrew Creagh 0 2 0 1
Eddie Cunningham 0 1 0 0
Raymond White 0 1 0 0
Jarrod Sim 0 1 0 0
Kevin Gavin 0 2 0 1
Anthony Small 0 1 0 0
Shayne Pascoe 0 1 0 0
Anthony Johnson 0 2 0 0
Gerald Taylor 0 1 0 0
Monte Howard 2 0 0 0
George Page 2 2 0 1
John Whitcomb 1 1 0 0
Rowdy Yates 1 0 0 0
Kevin Walker 1 1 0 0
James Wiley 8 2 0 0
Alan White 42 36 0 0
Joseph Fernandes 11 2 0 0
Hoss Cartwright 10 8 0 0
James Correia 2 14 0 2
Larry Perez 3 5 0 0
Christopher Bates 2 1 0 0
Dannie Cumming 0 8 0 0
Ron Evans 0 18 0 1
William Burns 2 0 0 0
Nathan Finn 38 31 0 1
Edward Jackson 3 25 0 3
Ben Garcia 0 23 0 0
Timothy Clayborn 0 25 0 0
Martin Guse 25 20 0 1
Anthony Whitehead 46 40 0 6
William Newby 0 1 0 0

LSU Tigers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Tommy Dyer 33 12 1 2
William Pendleton 56 24 0 0
Nathan Harvey 0 4 0 0
Howard Harbour 2 0 0 0
Lawrence Carver 4 1 0 0
Joseph Washington 3 0 0 0
George Greer 0 1 0 0
Craig Clayton 0 1 0 0
Kevin Faulk 3 3 0 0
Brian Shepherd 0 1 0 0
Kenneth Laird 0 4 0 0
James Bowling 0 4 0 0
Eric Weddle 0 4 0 0
Jose Young 0 4 0 0
John Hartz 1 15 0 1
James Swearengin 54 25 0 0
Michael Elliott 0 7 0 4
Joshua Canton 10 21 0 0
Daniel Barnes 0 13 0 0
Frank Ragin 12 1 0 0
Martin Rao 5 1 0 0
David Martinez 11 1 0 0
Timothy Starks 0 10 0 0
Merlin Southern 53 19 0 0
Michael Hayes 52 25 0 0
Lionel Householder 44 19 0 1
Craig Fitch 0 18 0 3
Nathaniel Delaney 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Oregon Ducks

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Peter Rivera 1 22 22.00 0

LSU Tigers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Nathan Harvey 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Oregon Ducks

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Christopher Bates 1 0 0 0
Ben Garcia 0 1 0 0
Raymond White 0 1 0 0
Shayne Pascoe 0 0 1 0
Monte Howard 0 1 0 0

LSU Tigers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Joshua Canton 1 0 0 0
Craig Clayton 0 0 1 0
Nathaniel Delaney 0 1 0 0

Punting

Oregon Ducks

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Nicholas Gibbs 2 85 42.50 42.50 53 1

LSU Tigers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Benner 7 328 46.86 46.86 57 3

Kicking

Oregon Ducks

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Joseph Cherry 6 / 6 5 / 5 2 / 2 53 2 / 2

LSU Tigers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Derek Forsyth 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 2 / 2

Punt Return

Oregon Ducks

LSU Tigers

Kick Return

Oregon Ducks

LSU Tigers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Timothy Starks 4 88 22.0 0

Defensive Stats