The No. 2 Oregon football team was stunned by Arizona, 31-24, at home late Thursday night with the game ending just before 2 a.m. ET. For those who might have missed it, the Wildcats' Twitter account celebrated the win by posting a hilarious photo.
Game. Over. pic.twitter.com/RGxvtOYUUg
— Arizona Athletics (@AZATHLETICS) October 3, 2014
Arizona has every right to celebrate after upsetting the heavily-favored Ducks for the second consecutive year. The Wildcats entered the game as 24-point underdogs. The photo is an homage to the classic "Duck Hunt" video game for the NES game system.
Arizona was led by a powerful rushing attack with Terris Jones-Grigsby rushing for 115 yards and the game-winning touchdown with 2:54 left in the game. True freshman Nick Wilson added 92 yards two touchdowns and catching another one from quarterback Anu Solomon.
The Arizona defense came up big to end the game, sacking star Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota and recovering his fumble to seal the win. It was the Heisman Trophy hopeful's first turnover of the season:
The Wildcats, who are unranked, are now 5-0 and 2-0 in the Pac-12, their first five-game win streak to open a season since 1998. According to ESPN, this was the third time since 2007 that an unranked Arizona team upset a top-five ranked Oregon team.
The officiating was questioned after the game as Tony Washington was called for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after sacking Solomon on third-and-8 when the Wildcats were driving down the field. A pass-interference call got Arizona even closer to the endzone to set up Jones-Grigsby's go-ahead score.
Mariota threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns and caught another score. The Ducks (4-1, 1-1) will now have an uphill battle to qualify for college football's first postseason playoff.
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