Postgame punch mars No. 14 Boise State's commanding win over No. 16 Oregon

VIDEO PLAYLIST

• SC Highlight Of The Night
• Blount Throws Punch After Game
• Chip Kelly On Blount's Postgame Punch

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Top 25 Overview

It was over when... D.J. Harper's 1-yard TD plunge in the third quarter gave the Broncos a 19-0 lead. Gameball goes to... Boise State's defense, which held the Ducks to only six first downs and 152 yards. Stat of the game... 42:32. The Broncos dominated time of possession, holding the ball for 42:32 of the 60 minutes. Complete Top 25 Overview

Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	6	22
Total Yards	152	361
Passing	121	197
Rushing	31	164
Penalties	8-70	6-63
3rd Down Conversions	1-10	10-20
4th Down Conversions	0-2	2-4
Turnovers	2	3
Possession	17:28	42:32

Air/Ground Leaders
Oregon Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Masoli 14/27 121 0 1	Boise State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Moore 19/29 197 1 0 Choate 0/1 0 0 0
Oregon Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG James 2 22 0 17 Masoli 7 14 1 6	Boise State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Harper 19 88 1 33 Avery 27 74 0 9
Oregon Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Maehl 5 45 0 14 Paulson 1 27 0 27	Boise State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Pettis 6 68 1 25 Efaw 4 54 0 25

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER				ORE	BSU
	TD	07:05	Austin Pettis 10 Yd Pass From Kellen Moore (Michael Choate Run For Two-Point Conversion)	0	8
	SF	03:54	LeGarrette Blount Tackled By Billy Winn In End Zone	0	10
	FG	00:56	Kyle Brotzman 45 Yd	0	13
THIRD QUARTER				ORE	BSU
	TD	10:39	D.J. Harper 1 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)	0	19
	TD	04:21	Jeremiah Masoli 5 Yd Run (Legarrette Blount Run For Two-Point Conversion)	8	19

BOISE, Idaho -- Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount talked before the game about keeping emotions in check. Then he lost his own cool after No. 14 Boise State pushed around its big-conference neighbors.

Duck And Cover

Oregon posted just eight points in its season-opening loss to Boise State on Thursday night, by far the Ducks' lowest output for an opener since 2005.

Oregon Points Scored, Season-Opening Game

Year	Points	Opponent
2009	8	Boise State
2008	44	Washington
2007	48	Houston
2006	48	Stanford
2005	38	Houston

Kellen Moore threw for 197 yards and a touchdown and the biggest home game in Boise State history became a four-quarter bullying of the No. 16 Ducks, 19-8 on Thursday night, clearing the biggest apparent obstacle between them and a possible second BCS bowl.

D.J. Harper added a 1-yard scoring run for Boise State, but the impressive effort by the Broncos was overshadowed in the postgame scrum when Blount punched Boise State's Byron Hout and was then restrained from fans by police on the field.

"I just apologize to anyone watching that," Blount said. "I just apologize to all of our fans and all of Boise's fans. That's something I shouldn't have done. I lost my head."

Rumors even swirled afterward the Blount would be arrested, but Oregon sports information director Dave Williford said that talk was "absolutely false."

Fast Facts

• Hosting a ranked team in the regular season for the first time ever, Boise State extended its home win streak to 20 games and is now four behind Oklahoma for the longest such streak in the nation.

• Boise State has won four straight season openers and seven of its last eight.

• Oregon, in its first game under new coach Chip Kelly, managed just 14 yards in the first half and was forced to wait until the third quarter to record its initial first down.

• Thursday marked Oregon's first opening-game loss since 2004 and the fewest points the Ducks have scored in an opener since 1982 (34-3 loss vs. Arizona State).

-- ESPN Stats & Information

"Our position is that we have full confidence in the NCAA that they're going to address that. As far as from a criminal standpoint there's nothing that I'm aware of that we're doing," Lt. Bryan Hagler of the Boise Police Department told The Associated Press.

As the Broncos began celebrating on their famous blue turf, Hout yelled in Blount's face and tapped him on the shoulder pad. That drew an immediate scream from Boise State head coach Chris Petersen, but before Petersen could pull Hout away, Blount landed a right hand to the defensive end's jaw.

Then as Blount was being pulled off the field, he had to be restrained from fans heckling him on the way to the Oregon locker room.

"I couldn't have envisioned anything worse than this right here," said Blount, who set a Ducks record with 17 rushing touchdowns last season.

Oregon coach Chip Kelly said he would review the game film before making a decision on Blount's future.

"I did not see anything. I will see it on tape and make a decision on what we need to do with him," Kelly said. "There is no place for that. I do not condone that. I will make that decision if that is the case."

Petersen didn't want to comment on what happened.

"It's just unfortunate," he said.

Blount's actions took away from a night that for 2 1/2 quarters, was a celebration of all things blue and orange before the nervous final stretch as a Ducks offense that was stuck in neutral most of the night finally gained some traction.

But Boise State's defense answered every Oregon charge and knocked off the Ducks for the second consecutive season after last year's contentious matchup in Eugene.

"Hats off to our defense tonight. They made a ton of plays," Moore said.

Nearly every available space inside Bronco Stadium was crammed with fans desperate to see this border-state battle, one that everyone expected to turn into a high-scoring shootout.

If not for two missed field goals, a botched field-goal snap and three turnovers, it very well might have been a high-scoring rout for the Broncos.

They outgained Oregon 361 to 152, rolling up 22 first downs to the Ducks' six. The struggles of Kelly's offense were stunning, considering Oregon scored a combined 162 points in its final three games of 2008 and brought quarterback Jeremiah Masoli back to run the show.

The total yards were the fewest for Oregon in nearly 15 years.

"Boise State really moved the ball, we let them have the ball pretty much the whole game, it seemed like," Oregon defensive back Walter Thurmond III said.

But Masoli's passing was off and the Ducks could not get bruising Blount started. Blount carried only eight times and finished with minus-5 yards rushing, part of a miserable night for the Ducks.

"We didn't execute our gameplan. We didn't play Oregon football," Blount said. "Defense played tremendous. They gave us the ball a number of times and we didn't do anything with it. I didn't see this coming at all. Everything at practice was going well."

And Masoli's main passing target, Ed Dickson, might as well have not been on the field. He wasn't thrown to in the first half and finished with just two catches for 19 yards. His first grab, with 7:07 left in the third quarter, finally got the Ducks their first first down.

Masoli finished 14 of 27 for 121 yards and an interception.

"It's frustrating whenever you don't get a first down," Kelly said.

The Broncos had no problem marching. Moore hit 14 of 20 throws in the first half and finished 19 of 29. He was also given plenty of time in the pocket behind a young offensive line that for one night answered the biggest question about the Broncos in the offseason.

Moore connected with Austin Pettis for a 10-yard touchdown midway through the second quarter and the two-point conversion put Boise State up 8-0. They later went up 10-0 when Blount was pulled down in the end zone by Billy Winn for a safety.

The Broncos' line also pushed Oregon's defensive front and opened holes for Harper and Jeremy Avery. The pair combined for 162 yards rushing and Boise State finished with 164 yards rushing as a team.

"They came out talking a little bit thinking they owed us something, and we just came out and played our game," Harper said.