Autzen Stadium will have a green look on Saturday night when Oregon hosts Nebraska, with the Ducks’ color schedule calling for fans to wear green for the 8 p.m. PT kickoff.
This one brings a few layers with it. It’s the first Oregon-Nebraska meeting as Big Ten foes, and it comes with the Huskers making their second trip to Eugene after the Ducks beat them 42-35 in 2017. Oregon is also trying to shake off a frustrating loss to UCLA, a game that featured seven turnovers and ended with the Ducks unable to build any real rhythm.
The spotlight, though, still sits on Oregon’s quarterback situation. Dante Moore is working back after suffering a concussion in the win over USC, when he took a heavy hit and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
He practiced and went through pregame warmups during the bye week before the UCLA game, and his status will be tracked closely when the official injury report comes out Wednesday. If Moore is not cleared through concussion protocol, Oregon could turn to Dylan Raiola or Brock Thomas, and Dan Lanning said there is a competition for the spot.
Lanning also addressed how Raiola handled being pulled against UCLA.
“Dylan’s a guy that cares,” Lanning said. “A lot of you never go through life where you’re on a stage in front of the whole world and you get replaced in front of the whole world.
That’s really hard, man. I don’t know how most normal people would handle that situation."
“I thought Dylan handled it with unbelievable grace in that moment and was really humble. There’s no way you’re not disappointed that you’re getting pulled from that moment, right? He handled that extremely well," Lanning continued.
The family angle around Raiola adds another wrinkle. He spent the last two seasons starting for Nebraska before transferring to Oregon, and the Cornhuskers have long been part of his family’s story.
His father, Dominic Raiola, was an All-America center at Nebraska. His younger brother, Oregon tight end Dayton Raiola, was once committed to Nebraska before landing with the Ducks.
His older sister Taylor also worked as a graduate manager for recruiting at Nebraska after playing volleyball at Texas Christian University.
On the field, Nebraska’s defense has been one of the more efficient units around. The Huskers lead the nation in opponent conversion percentage at 19.72 percent, while Oregon sits second at 22.06 percent.
Nebraska also pushed No. 5 Indiana to the limit last week, holding a team averaging 252.6 rushing yards per game to 65 on the ground before falling 20-17.
Oregon enters at 3-2 overall and 1-1 in Big Ten play, while Nebraska is 5-1 and 2-1 in the league. The Ducks are 10-0 in home night games under Lanning heading into this one.
As for the setting, Eugene’s forecast calls for a slight chance of rain during the day, then partly cloudy skies Saturday night with a low around 42 degrees.
The game will air on FOX, with radio coverage on KUJZ-FM 95.3 in Eugene, KFXX-AM 1080 in Portland, Sirius 133 and XM 197. Oregon opened the 2026 season ranked No. 2 in both the AP Poll and Coaches’ Poll, its highest preseason ranking ever, but after losses to Oklahoma State and UCLA, the Ducks are unranked for the first time since 2022.
FanDuel SportsBook lists Oregon as a 7.5-point favorite, with the over/under set at 52.5 total points.
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