College Football

Holiday Bowl highlights: Oregon rallies past UNC in thrilling finish

Updated Dec. 28, 2022 11:39 p.m. ET

The 2022 college football bowl season continued on Wednesday night on FOX and the FOX Sports app, as No. 15 Oregon took on North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl.

Both teams were looking to end their respective seasons on a high note after each faded late in the season.

In the end, it was Bo Nix and Oregon that came out on top, riding a late rally to a 28-27 victory.

Holiday Bowl: No. 15 Oregon 28, North Carolina 27

Pregame scene

Each team was featured in its own, fun pregame hype video.

Quack!

Six plays, 54 yards and Oregon was up 7-0 just four minutes into the game.

Oregon's Bucky Irving pushes through for a touchdown

UNC with an impressive response

Maye brought the Heels back, however, leading an impressive drive that ended with his 36th touchdown pass of the season.

Drake Maye throws a dime to Andre Greene Jr. to tie it up

Bucky does NOT stop here

Bucky Irving scored his second touchdown of the game early in the second quarter, dashing 66 yards to pay dirt as the Ducks took a 14-7 lead. The sophomore had 107 yards on just five carries to this point.

Bucky Irving jets 66 yards for a touchdown

Back and forth we go

The Ducks had difficulty containing Maye …

… and the result was 14-14 tie as halftime drew near.

Kicking into gear

Oregon was driving when UNC caught a break with a bizarre interception that bounced off Tar Heel cleats like a soccer ball.

Moments later, UNC took a 21-14 lead on yet another Maye touchdown pass, this one a 49-yard dart to Kobe Paysou.

Sticky fingers

After a back-and-forth first half, the third quarter was scoreless, though John Copenhaver did gift viewers a highlight reel catch.

Ducks fly closer

Oregon pulled within three in the fourth quarter, when Bo Nix hit Troy Franklin from 6 yards out.

Lucky Ducks, lucky bounce

Nix led Oregon to a late touchdown to tie the score at 27-27 with 19 seconds left. All the Ducks needed was to make the extra point to pull out the victory. Easy right?

Maybe not easy, but the bank shot went through — barely — and the Ducks pulled out the victory.

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