Last updated: Nov. 8 at 1:22 p.m. PT
With just over seven minutes remaining in the first quarter against Iowa, the Ducks' veteran wide receiver Gary Bryant Jr. went down after earning the biggest play of the first half.
Following a 22-yard reception from quarterback Dante Moore, Bryant went down and had to be helped off the field, literally getting carried to the sidelines by backup tight end Kade Canton.
Just hours before the game, rumors started circling that true freshman wide receiver Dakorien Moore would be sidelined with an apparent knee injury that he suffered in practice during the bye week, joining fellow wideout Evan Stewart on the injury report.
By the time the official injury report was released, it was well known that Moore wouldn't be seen in the top-25 Big Ten matchup.
Oregon's star tight end Kenyon Sadiq was also sidelined in the Ducks' game against the Iowa Hawkeyes, with an unspecified injury, further thinning the list of targets that QB Moore had for the non-ideal conditions.
At kickoff, it was 44 degrees and pouring rain in Iowa City, a worse version of the weather Oregon had to play through against Wisconsin just a few weeks earlier.
Simply put, it was cold as heck, and the ball was extremely slippery. Far from ideal conditions for missing your go-to guys down the field.
With Bryant and Moore both sidelined, senior wide receiver Malik Benson was sent onto the field to act as Oregon's backup, backup punt returner.
Less than a minute until the end of the first quarter, Bryant was seen being escorted to the Ducks' locker room. Head coach Dan Lanning and his staff had yet to provide an update on the veteran wideout's status.
With 4:17 remaining in the second quarter, CBS sideline reporter Jenny Dell shared that Bryant was still in the locker room after trainers had examined his right ankle, but subsequently taped both ankles, on the sidelines.
Bryant walked to the locker room under his own power but did not return to the sidelines by the time the clocks hit zero at the end of the first half.