Atticus Sappington kicked a 39-yard field goal with 3 seconds left, and No. 6 Oregon escaped with an 18-16 win over Iowa on a rainy Saturday. Dante Moore led a 10-play, 54-yard drive to set up Sappington's third field goal of the game, connecting with Ma lik Benson for a 24-yard gain to get the Ducks (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten, No. 9 CFP) into range for the winning kick. "That moment was made for me," Sappington said. "I truly believe that." It was the third field goal of the game for Sappington on the slick fiel d. He kicked a 46-yarder at the end of the first half that gave Oregon a 12-7 halftime lead, and a 44-yarder late in the third quarter that increased the Ducks' lead to 15-7. "When you have two pretty big-time field goals to change the game early on, obv iously your confidence is high," Sappington said."For me, it was just like, focus on the kick. Breathe." Running back Noah Whittington said he was praying before Sappington's kick and said he wasn't sure if he wanted to look at the play until Moor e told him to watch. "When Te told me that, I thought, "Why wouldn't I watch?" Whittington said. "I've seen him make those kinds of kicks all of the time." "I was just proud of the way we handled the moment," Oregon coach Dan Lanning said. "I had guys co ming up to me during the game saying, "Coach, breathe." That was what I had been telling them all week. And for them to be able to come up and say the same thing to me, it just tells you they believed in what we were doing." Iowa quarterback Mark Gronows ki's 3-yard touchdown run capped a 12-play, 93-yard march that gave the Hawkeyes (6-3, 4-2, No. 20 CFP) their first lead, 16-15 with 1:51 to play. Iowa went for 2, but Gronowski's conversion pass was incomplete. Moore completed five passes for 47 yards d uring the winning drive on what was otherwise a challenging day for the Ducks' offense. He finished with just 112 yards passing and one interception. Whittington had 118 rushing yards for the Ducks, who extended their road winning streak to 11 games, the longest in the FBS. Oregon had 261 rushing yards against an Iowa defense that ranked 10th nationally, giving up 83.9 yards per game. "We went into the game knowing we could win in the trenches," Whittington said. "All week, we said we could run in the t renches. And we ran in the trenches." - Oregon/AP College Football
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