the 14 points that duke scored were the most that the oregon state's defense had given up all year. the beaver defense seemed resolved to make sure the 20-points the offense had put up would stand up. duke's offense would cross into beaver territory three times in the fourth-quarter, but the beavers would not break, intercepting two passes and shutting out the duke offense the rest of the way. after a duke punt went out of bounds at the oregon state three, the beavers opted to quick kick. however, durden mishandled the snap. rather than attempting the punt, durden tried to advance the ball out of the end zone, but mike karmazin caught durden before durden was able to do so for a safety. the blue devils ensuing drive ended on a fumble at the beaver 29. what appeared to be a great oregon state return was nullified by an inadvertent whistle. duke's last drive began on its own 26. after a 28-yard pass play gave the blue devils a first down at the beaver 46, duke hurled two passes toward the beaver end zone both broken up by oregon state defenders, one inside the beaver 10. on the final play of the game, the beavers' dethman came up with a game-saving interception. the beavers won 20-16.