Oregon held its first spring scrimmage Saturday morning in Autzen Stadium.

It was closed to media, but coach Dan Lanning and a few players talked to reporters afterward about the session.

"Scrimmage 1, it was good to get the guys out there, see them compete. It was the first time that we've been live this spring tackling to the ground, guys did a great job handling that -- also did a good job protecting their teammates," Lanning said. "I thought we ran the ball with physicality. On the day early, I think the defense was doing a really good job. We hit an explosive play, pass for a touchdown early on in the scrimmage and the offense was able to convert on some red area opportunity down there, and both two-minute [drills] offense was able to get it down to where they could kick a field goal for two-minute opportunities. We missed one of those. But altogether, good competitive day."

Lanning noted that wide receivers Traeshon Holden and Kris Hutson scored touchdowns but provided few other specifics from the scrimmage.

He talked about backup QB Ty Thompson, the kicker and punter situations, the freshman running backs, the new NCAA rule allowing recruits no cap on official visits, the ongoing transfer portal window and more.

Read his full comments below:

How did the offensive line look from an operations standpoint?

"We didn't have a lot of penalties up front. I think we had a false start early and then our snaps were much better today than they've been. Had some different pieces and parts rotating, but overall I thought they operated well. We've still got to work to push the tempo and be able to be as fast as we want to go at times."

What was it like being in Autzen?

"It's just fun to practice where you play, right? Just create as much of a game environment as possible for our guys. It's one of the best stadium/venues in the nation -- any time we get to go in there and compete is fun for us."