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San Antonio • No. 10 Oregon first felt overlooked by the BCS, and then came to the Alamo Bowl overshadowed by Mack Brown's final game at Texas.

But the Ducks are flying home with an attention-getting blowout.

Quarterback Marcus Mariota had 386 total yards and Oregon returned two interceptions for touchdowns, spoiling Brown's emotional farewell after 16 seasons at Texas with a runaway 30-7 victory Monday night.

The BCS-snubbed Ducks (11-2) dominated throughout — even though their famously high-powered offense scored just one touchdown and repeatedly settled for field goals. Yet the rout didn't seem to completely balm the sting of not playing in a BCS bowl for the first time in five years, with Oregon players after the game still reflecting on their championship hopes derailed by November losses.

Oregon coach Mark Helfrich declined to answer whether this season was a success.

"That's for you to decide," Helfrich said. "I don't think in those terms. I think of how well we can prepare and what's next."

Brown received warm goodbyes from a sellout crowd in what was practically a home game for Texas (8-5). Even the school marching band spelled his name at halftime.

But the blowout was a final reminder of why Brown is resigning after a rocky and tense season at Texas, which he led to a national championship in 2005 but couldn't reverse a sharp decline in recent years.

Leaving the field for the last time with Texas, Brown flashed the "Hook 'em Horns" hand signal to the scattered remaining Longhorns fans who stuck around to the end of another humbling loss this season. His players didn't say a word while surrounding Brown and his wife, who walked side by side into the tunnel and toward the locker room.

Brown said he had no regrets about making this his exit.

"I think it's best for Texas. It's best for me, it's best for the players," he said. "We need to win more than eight games." —

No. 10 Oregon 30, Texas 7

Oregon 10 10 3 7 — 30

Texas 7 0 0 0 — 7

First Quarter

Ore • Patterson 37 interception return (Wogan kick), 13:52.

Ore • FG Wogan 25, 8:36.

Tex • McCoy 1 run (Fera kick), 1:24.

Second Quarter

Ore • FG Wogan 32, 12:30.

Ore • Huff 16 pass from Mariota (Wogan kick), :44.

Third Quarter

Ore • FG Wogan 39, 13:06.

Fourth Quarter

Ore • Malone 38 interception return (Wogan kick), 8:55.

Attendance • 65,918.

Ore Tex

First downs 24 13

Rushes-yards 42-216 44-180

Passing 253 56

Comp-Att-Int 18-26-0 9-23-2

Return Yards 71 0

Punts-Avg. 4-38.3 7-42.1

Fumbles-Lost 3-0 0-0

Penalties-yards 11-87 4-35

Time of Possession 28:16 31:44

Individual Statistics

Rushing • Oregon, Mariota 15-133, Marshall 13-43, Tyner 6-22, D.Thomas 3-13, Forde 3-10, Huff 1-1, Lockie 1-(minus 6). Texas, Malcol.Brown 26-130, Swoopes 8-38, Bergeron 8-21, McCoy 2-(minus 9).

Passing • Oregon, Mariota 18-26-0-253. Texas, McCoy 8-17-2-48, Swoopes 1-6-0-8.

Receiving • Oregon, Huff 5-104, Addison 5-48, Tyner 2-25, D.Thomas 2-24, Marshall 2-5, Baylis 1-27, Mundt 1-20. Texas, Bergeron 2-16, M.Davis 2-12, Sanders 2-10, Daniels 1-8, Shipley 1-8, Swaim 1-2.