No. 14 Oregon edges No. 25 North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl on a fourth-down Bo Nix TD pass with 19 seconds left and a PAT that bounced in off the upright.
USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg and Dan Wolken break down the college football playoff.SAN DIEGO – Bo Nix threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Chase Cota on fourth down with 19 seconds left and Camden Lewis’ PAT bounced off the left upright and went through to give No. 14 Oregon a wild 28-27 victory against No. 25 North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday night at Petco Park.
Cota caught the ball at about the 1 and got it across the goal line as he was being tackled by Don Chapman. The play was upheld on review. Lewis then banked in the PAT. North Carolina got the ball to the Oregon 42 with one second left before Drake Maye’s desperation heave into the end zone fell incomplete. Maye, the ACC Offensive Player of the Year, was 18 of 35 for 206 yards and three scores.
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