Ducks Sink Beavers, 30-21, to Win the Battle of Oregon

Derek Loville and Terry Obee made the big plays in the final quarter Saturday as the Oregon Ducks beat archrival Oregon State, 30-21, to wrap up their best season in a quarter of a century.

Loville rushed for 111 yards and scored two touchdowns and Obee caught six passes for 125 yards and one score as the Ducks finished the season at 7-4 overall and 5-3 in the Pacific 10. Even though the record is Oregon’s best since the Ducks went 7-2-1 in 1964, they aren’t expected to get a postseason invitation. Oregon hasn’t been to a bowl game in 26 years.

Oregon State is 4-6-1 and 3-4-1 with a game remaining next Saturday at Hawaii.

The Beavers trailed 16-0 at halftime but rallied to pull within 23-21 on a 24-yard scoring pass from backup quarterback Nick Schichtle to Pat Chaffey with 7:51 to play.

Then Loville, who moved up to No. 10 on the Pac-10 career rushing list, scored on a two-yard run to make it 30-21 with 4:41 left.

Oregon’s Bill Musgrave completed 19 of 38 passes for 267 yards to break the single-season passing yardage record set by Chris Miller in 1986. Musgrave, a junior, passed for 2,761 yards this season.