Penix's late TD pass lifts Washington to wild win over Oregon - ESPN

SEATTLE — Michael Penix Jr. threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Rome Odunze with 1:38 remaining after another debatable fourth-down decision by Oregon, and Camden Lewis missed a 43-yard field goal attempt on the final play as No. 7 Washington held off No. 8 Oregon 36-33 on Saturday in another wild chapter of their heated rivalry.

The 115th matchup between the rivals was the first that featured both teams ranked in the top 10, along with a couple of a couple quarterbacks in Penix and Bo Nix who should contend for the Heisman Trophy.

And it lived up to the hype as perhaps the biggest of all time between the Pacific Northwest foes. The final regular-season meeting before both programs move to the Big Ten next year could be the first of two to decide the last season of the Pac-12 as we know it.

A rematch in the conference title game in Las Vegas is possible. Part I was 60 minutes of intensity, excitement and intrigue.

«That was an amazing football game,» Washington coach Kalen DeBoer said. «If there's one that I've been a part of that was bigger and better, I can't think of it right now.»

Penix needed just two plays to go 53 yards in 33 seconds after Oregon was stopped on foruth-and-3 at the Washington 47 with 2:11 remaining. Penix threw a 35-yard strike to Ja'Lynn Polk between two defenders, then hit Odunze on a back shoulder throw at the goal line to give Washington (6-0, 3-0 Pac-12) the lead.

«He kind of gave me the head nod to do what I needed to do,» Odunze said. «He threw it up, gave me a shot, believed in me.»

It was Penix's fourth touchdown pass of the game and his second time connecting with Odunze, who had eight catches for 128 yards.

Nix had one last chance to get the Ducks (5-1, 2-1) into field goal range and