No. 22 Arizona blanked by No. 3 Oregon, 49-0

Coach Rich Rodriguez patted him on the back but the gesture did little to console Scott, who stood on the sidelines with his arms folded across his chest.

It was a frustrating Saturday night for Scott, who couldn't get the No. 22 Wildcats into the endzone in a 49-0 loss to No. 3 Oregon.

Scott completed 22 of 44 passes for 210 yards, but he was intercepted three times, including one that Oregon's Ifo Ekpre-Olomu ran back 54 yards for a touchdown. Arizona (3-1, 0-1 Pac-12) failed to score despite six trips to the red zone.

To make matters worse, Rodriguez revealed that Scott hurt his hip early in the game but fought through it.

"He took a good shot on his hip and he went out. He has a lot of courage and came back and battled. I give him a lot of credit," Rodriguez said. "Was he as sharp as in other games? No. But I think they (the Ducks) have something to do with that."

Much had been made about the meeting between the quick-striking Ducks under Chip Kelly and Arizona's spread offense under no-huddle, up-tempo pioneer Rodriguez. Oregon went into it the averaging 54 points per game, while Arizona wasn't far behind at a little more than 46 points.

Oregon didn't find its stride until the second half — and Arizona never did — and the Ducks (4-0, 1-0) got their seventh straight conference-opening victory.

Oregon redshirt freshman Marcus Mariota threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns, including a 55-yard scoring pass to freshman Bralon Addison late in the third quarter.

The game got off to a sloppy start as Oregon failed on fourth down and each team turned the ball over before Mariota found Daryle Hawkins with a 17-yard touchdown pass midway through the first quarter.

Arizona got as close as the 2-yard line on the next series, but couldn't punch it in and turned the ball over on downs. The Wildcats' struggles continued when John Bonano's 31-yard field goal was blocked early in the second quarter.