Oregon coach Dan Lanning shoulders blame for 4th-down failures vs. Washington - ESPN

SEATTLE — In an all-time great rivalry game, Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. threw a go-ahead touchdown pass with 1 minute, 33 seconds left and, after Oregon missed a game-tying field goal as time expired, the No. 7-ranked Huskies won 36-33 to take control of the Pac-12 title race.

Ducks coach Dan Lanning, whose three failed fourth-down attempts backfired, said he has only himself to blame.

«I think this game is 100% on me,» he said.

After trailing by 11 late in the third quarter, No. 8 Oregon (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12) came back to take a 33-29 lead and, following a goal-line stand with 6:33 left to play, the Ducks had a chance to put the game away. They picked up two first downs and drove 51 yards, but facing fourth-and-3 from the Washington 47-yard line with 2:11 left, Lanning tried to end the game on the spot. Instead, a pass from quarterback Bo Nix fell incomplete, setting the high-powered Huskies up with a short field for the go-ahead score.

Lanning said he felt comfortable going for it because the defense had been playing well in the second half and the Ducks had a play-call they were confident would work.

«That being said, it didn't work,» Lanning said. «So obviously it will be second-guessed.»

Washington (6-0, 3-0) needed just two plays to make Oregon pay. After a 35-yard pass to Ja'Lynn Polk, Penix hit Rome Odunze in the end zone to put Washington ahead.

Oregon's missed fourth-down attempt was its third of the game. Trailing 22-18, the Ducks missed on fourth-and-goal from the 3 as time expired in the first half. Then, trailing 29-18 in the third, Nix threw another incomplete pass on fourth-and-3 from the Washington 8.

«The one before half is where you can say let's take that field goal,» Lanning said. «And it's