Dante Moore injury update: Oregon QB has a concussion, no timeline, after Ducks beat USC 41-27

Oregon quarterback Dante Moore suffered a concussion in Saturday night's 41-27 win at USC, CBS Sports reported on Sunday, citing sources. He is believed to have avoided any other injury, will go through concussion protocol, and there is no immediate timeline for his return.

That is the answer to the search behind the name this weekend. Moore was carted off the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum field in the second quarter and taken by ambulance to a nearby Los Angeles hospital after USC linebacker Desman Stephens II hit him late as he slid at the end of a scramble, ESPN reported. Stephens was ejected for targeting. A team spokesperson said Moore had movement in all of his extremities.

What Oregon has said

Coach Dan Lanning gave only a cautious update after the game, saying he had secondhand reports from the medical staff. "He's in recovery, so I don't want to speak too soon, but he is moving," Lanning said, according to the AP recap on ESPN. He called the hit "a disgusting play." As of Sunday afternoon Oregon had not announced a return date, and we have not seen one confirmed by the school. Treat any specific timeline as unconfirmed until Oregon gives one.

The game Oregon won without him

Moore was 8 of 10 for 77 yards before he left. Dylan Raiola, the two-year Nebraska starter who transferred in January, went 19 of 25 for 289 yards and two touchdowns, according to the ESPN box score. Oregon finished with 504 total yards, no turnovers and 7.4 yards per snap, and the AP counted seven scores on nine drives.

Oregon at USC	Oregon	USC
Final	41	27
Total yards	504	446
Passing yards	366	326
Rushing yards	138	120
Third down	6 of 12	2 of 11
Turnovers	0	1

USC tied the game 27-27 on a Tanook Hines touchdown catch with 12:41 left. Raiola answered with a 29-yard touchdown pass to Dakorien Moore with 8:35 to play, and Jordon Davison's 2-yard run with 2:03 left closed it. Dierre Hill Jr. ran for two second-half touchdowns. Jayden Maiava threw for 326 yards and two scores for USC, which fell to 4-1 and 1-1 in the Big Ten. Oregon is 3-1 and 1-0.

What the result did to the betting line

Oregon closed as a 3.5-point road favorite with a total of 60.5, according to the DraftKings line shown on ESPN's game page. The Ducks won by 14 and the teams combined for 68 points, so Oregon covered and the game went over, even after losing its starting quarterback in the second quarter. That matters for how the market prices Oregon next. The question for the UCLA line is how much of Oregon's number was Moore, and Saturday's second half, when Raiola led the Ducks to 270 yards and four touchdown drives, is the only evidence anyone has.

What comes next

• Oregon: a bye week, then UCLA at home on October 10, per the AP. CBS Sports noted Nebraska, Raiola's former team, follows. The bye gives Moore extra days inside the protocol before the next kickoff.
• Stephens: CBS Sports reported he could face additional Big Ten discipline under the conference sportsmanship policy, which is separate from the targeting call. Under this season's revised targeting rules, a first-half foul does not carry over, so he is eligible for USC's October 3 game against Washington unless the conference acts. The Big Ten had not commented as of CBS's report.
• Moore's season so far: 926 passing yards, nine touchdowns and a 69.7% completion rate through four games, according to CBS Sports. He returned to school rather than enter the 2026 NFL draft.

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Sources: AP recap and box score via ESPN, ESPN, CBS Sports (concussion report), CBS Sports (Stephens). Betting line as displayed on ESPN. This is sports information, not betting advice.