STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Stanford held the lead for the first 23 minutes of Saturday's contest, but ultimately fell to the ninth-ranked Oregon Ducks, 42-6.
Oregon (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) took nearly 20 minutes to gain its initial first down of the game as the Ducks started off slowly after last week's emotional win over Colorado and with a showdown against No. 7 Washington coming in the next game.
Nix completed 27 of 32 passes for 290 yards, putting the game out of reach in the third quarter. He hit Terrance Ferguson on 10-yarder on fourth down on the first drive, Troy Franklin on a 46-yarder on the next drive and then threw a five-yarder to Franklin to make it 35-6. He added a nine-yard touchdown pass to Traeshon Holden in the fourth quarter.
Stanford played keep-away early from the Ducks to take a 6-0 lead when Joshua Karty kicked his second field goal of the game on the first play of the second quarter.
The Cardinal put together scoring drives of 15 and 13 plays and held Oregon to three-and-outs on the first two drives. The Ducks then put together back-to-back touchdown drives capped by a 30-yard run by Jordan James and an 18-yard dash from Bucky Irving.
Camden Lewis then missed a 38-yard field goal on the final play of the half to keep the score 14-6.
The Ducks defense did the rest, holding the Cardinal out of the end zone.
Justin Lamson started at quarterback and went 11 for 20 for 106 yards with 32 yards rushing on 22 carries with four sacks. Ashton Daniels came in for a few passing situations and went 3 for 4 for 27 yards with two sacks.