Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel evaluates his Oregon debut, his hand that appeared to be injured in the game and getting sacked three times.
debut but his performance left him feeling underwhelmed, as the Ducks barely beat the Idaho Vandals, 24-14 on Saturday night at Autzen Stadium.made his 50th career start which is most among active FBS quarterbacks, and completed 41-of-49 passes for 380 yards and two touchdowns. His completion and yard totals were the most by a quarterback in his Oregon debut but he was also sacked three times and the Ducks' offense lacked explosive plays.
Below, Gabriel evaluates his first Oregon game, his hand that appeared to be injured in the game and getting sacked three times.Gabriel: Just finishing, not beating ourselves up, more explosive plays so we're not in as many third downs, and just being efficient. I feel like we beat ourselves in a lot, and they did a great job as well. But yeah, it was just strenuous at times.
Q: How does this season opener compare to some of the other ones you've had in your collegiate career? Gabriel: Great time being in Autzen. But, you know, you sit back and you look now. There's just there's a bunch on tape you want to you want back and you want to continue to improve on.Gabriel: I think on the sacks, you know, sack fumble, you know, of course, on my end, just got to have two hands on it. Of course, we'd like to get the ball out as well. But that happened and it can't happen. And then, you know, the other one on third.
Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel and Oregon Ducks wide receiver Tez Johnson celebrate a touchdown by Johnson as the Oregon Ducks host the Idaho Vandals Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore. / Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORKGabriel: Solid. I think we bit ourselves in the foot with the alignments. with two explosive plays, you know, to get us going. And you don't know what play it's going to be that could be the difference.
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