Dillon Gabriel threw three touchdown passes and moved up in the NCAA record books as eighth-seeded Oregon earned a 34-13 victory over UCLA in its first Big Ten game Saturday night.

Tez Johnson had 11 receptions for 121 yards and two touchdowns as the Ducks (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) picked up their 12th win in at least 13 meetings against the Bruins. Jordan James added 103 yards rushing and a touchdown on 20 carries.

Oregon took control by scoring on its first five possessions. The Ducks are undefeated after four games for the second straight year and the third year since 2015.

UCLA (1-3, 0-2) has suffered three straight losses in DeShaun Foster’s first season as coach.

Gabriel – who completed 31 of 41 passes for 280 yards – became the fourth Football Bowl Subdivision player to reach 16,000 yards passing in his career and tied for third with 134 touchdown passes.

The sixth-grader has racked up 16,059 yards in 54 games at three different schools. He played parts of three seasons at UCF before transferring to Oklahoma, where he played in 2022 and 2023. Gabriel chose to play his senior year at Oregon because the Hawaii native wanted to play closer to home.

Gabriel’s best pass came midway through the second quarter when he hit Johnson for a 52-yard touchdown.

Johnson broke through UCLA’s coverage, caught the ball at the 10 and went untouched into the end zone to extend the Ducks’ lead to three touchdowns. Tight end Kenyon Sadiq then lined up at quarterback and threw a pass to Terrance Ferguson for the 2-point conversion to extend Oregon’s lead to 25-3.

At the start of the fourth quarter, Johnson made a 12-yard grab near the back of the end zone to make it 34-13. It’s the second time this season and sixth time in his career that the senior has recorded double-digit catches.

Gabriel’s other touchdown pass came on Oregon’s first possession of the Big Ten game, when Traeshon Johnson’s reception for 11 yards capped an 11-play, 75-yard streak.

Gabriel’s only mistake came late in the second quarter when Bryan Addison’s 96-yard pick-six put the Bruins up 28-10 at halftime.

On third-and-goal at the UCLA 6, Gabriel scrambled out of the pocket and threw it while Johnson slipped on a cut. This allowed Addison, who began his career at Oregon, to easily intercept the pass and run back for UCLA’s first interception return for a TD since Jaylin Davies in the 2022 Sun Bowl against Pittsburgh.

Bruins quarterback Ethan Garbers was 12 of 20 for 118 yards and two interceptions. The senior was sacked four times and left the game in the fourth quarter with an apparent ankle injury.

Oregon: While most of the attention is focused on the offense, the defense continues to be strong. The Ducks have sacked opposing quarterbacks 11 times and are allowing just 154.8 yards per game.

UCLA: The Bruins offense under first-year coordinator Eric Bieniemy has gone six quarters since it last reached the end zone.

Oregon is expected to move up at least one spot after sixth-seeded Mississippi’s loss to Kentucky.

Oregon: Welcomes Michigan State on Friday night in the Ducks’ first Big Ten home game.

UCLA: Travel to ninth-ranked Penn State for a 9 a.m. PDT start on Saturday.