Nebraska vs Oregon Tonight: Time, TV Channel and How to Watch

Nebraska plays at Oregon on Saturday night, Oct. 17, at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. Kickoff is set for 11 p.m. Eastern, 8 p.m. Pacific. It is the first meeting between the schools as Big Ten opponents.

Nebraska vs Oregon: time and TV channel

The game airs nationally on FOX. Streaming options include FOX One and the Fox Sports app.

The quarterback story

Oregon lists starting quarterback Dante Moore as out for this game. USA Today reports that Brock Thomas is set to start in his place. Thomas played well in relief last week. Dylan Raiola started that game for Oregon and struggled. Raiola knows the other sideline well: he started 22 games for Nebraska over the last two seasons before moving to Oregon.

What is at stake

Nebraska is 5-1. The Cornhuskers led Indiana by two scores in the fourth quarter last week and lost 20-17. Oregon is 3-2 after a 17-15 home loss to UCLA last week, a result that dropped the Ducks out of the AP Top 25. Head coach Dan Lanning leads Oregon. Matt Rhule leads Nebraska.

The teams last met on Sep. 9, 2017, in Eugene, when Oregon won 42-35.

Why this game drew a crowd

The kickoff time tells part of the story. An 11 p.m. Eastern start put this game at the end of the longest Saturday of the college season, a window the Big Ten uses for its West Coast members, and it still drew a national audience on FOX because of the names involved and one personal storyline. Dylan Raiola, Oregon's quarterback in this game a week ago, started 22 games for Nebraska over the last two seasons, so every Oregon possession carried his history with the visiting team.

The form lines pointed in opposite directions. Nebraska arrived at 5-1 but had just given away a two score fourth quarter lead to Indiana in a 20-17 loss. Oregon arrived at 3-2, out of the AP Top 25 after a 17-15 home loss to UCLA, and without starting quarterback Dante Moore. The schools had not met since 2017, long before both landed in the Big Ten, and that 42-35 Oregon win in Eugene was the only recent reference point between them.

How it finished

Oregon won 17-14, and the ending belonged to Raiola after all. Nebraska led 14-6 after three quarters and had kept Oregon's offense quiet most of the night. Raiola came off the Oregon bench in the fourth quarter and threw a 4 yard touchdown pass to tight end Jamari Johnson with 28 seconds left. Oregon converted the two point play to lead for the first time all night, and Nebraska ran out of time near midfield.

The win moves Oregon to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten. Nebraska falls to 5-2 and 2-2 in the conference, a second straight week in which a late lead slipped away.