Why Dan Lanning Was Proud, Disappointed After USC Game
The Oregon football the program got another big win on Saturday. No. 7 Oregon beat no. 15 USC 42-27 in another impressive game from KB Dante Moore. But despite the win, Oregon’s head coach had mixed feelings about Saturday’s game.
Oregon’s head coach Dan Lanning was both proud and disappointed with his team after beating USC.
“Tonight was fun. Our crowd was amazing again, great atmosphere out there,” Lanning told local media in his postgame opening remarks, per Jackson Moore of 247 Sports. “I’m really proud that we were able to do it in that environment with our seniors. There are times when you sit in that game and you’re frustrated because you know we’re not doing our best. It was a big challenge. Their team is obviously very explosive on offense.”
Moore went 22-of-30 for 257 yards passing with two touchdowns and an interception. Both of his touchdown passes were successful big play for tight end Kenyon Sadick.
While Lanning was happy with the atmosphere, he wasn’t happy with how well the Ducks took their penalties.
“Disappointed in general with our lack of composure at times,” Lanning added. “I thought obviously we were penalized in this game, we gave up 130 yards of penalties. Some of them made sense and some of them maybe didn’t. But at the end of the day there’s definitely some we can clean up and attack. And we’ve got to be better on third down on defense. They had some moments there. But I thought the defense came up big at the end of the game to finish us off at the end of the half.” to be able to control the momentum late and get the ball back.”
Lanning also added that Oregon didn’t do enough after halftime. However, the Ducks took over in the fourth quarter and still secured the victory.
The Ducks will have to play a clean game next week if they want to end the regular season with a win.
Next up for Oregon is a trip to Washington on November 29th at 3:30pm ET.
2025-11-23 14:56:00
