Dante Moore injury: Oregon QB takes scary hit to head, carted off field, put in ambulance

LOS ANGELES − Dante Moore suffered a serious injury against Southern California on Saturday.

The play happened with just over 10 minutes in the second quarter inside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Moore scrambled on a play and when he took a slide, USC defender Desman Stephen II hit him late with a forearm to Moore's head, which hit the grass hard. A flag was thrown and Moore was not immediately moving but his body was twitching as the Oregon support staff rushed to attend to him.

Oregon players immediately got in the faces of USC defenders and a near brawl broke out as the officials and coaches tried to break it up. A targeting penalty was called on Stephen and offsetting unsportsmanlike conduct flags were assessed to both teams for the scuffle after the moment.

Moore stayed on the ground for an extended period of time and didn't appear to be moving. The Oregon team huddled together while Moore was attended to, and USC quarterback Jayden Maiava came over to check on him.

After minutes of being down, Moore was put onto a stretcher and when he did, the entire Oregon team rushed to him to check on their star…

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