Stanford Knocks Off Oregon

Marlon Evans climbed out of first-year coach Tyrone Willingham’s doghouse with a 96-yard kickoff return for the go-ahead touchdown Saturday night as Stanford upset No. 12 Oregon 28-21 in Eugene, Ore.

The Cardinal (1-0, 3-0-1) is off to their best start since 1986.

The Ducks outgained Stanford 454-293 but were doomed by mistakes.

Oregon’s Tony Graziani completed 26 of 50 passes for 292 yards but was intercepted three times in the first half. Two of the pickoffs led to Stanford TDs.

The Ducks (1-1, 3-1),trailing 28-14, went 80 yards in 16 plays to score on Graziani’s 5-yard pass to Dameron Ricketts to make it 28-21 with 2:58 to play.

OU recovered the ensuing on-sides kick but their final drive never got past the Cardinal 39.

Stanford 28, Oregon 21

Stanford 7 7 7 7 - 28

Oregon 7 0 7 7 - 21

Ore-McLemore 11 pass from Graziani (Smith kick)

Sta-Comella 1 run (Abrams kick)

Sta-Bookman 4 run (Abrams kick)

Ore-Whittle 1 run (Smith kick)

Sta-Evans 96 kickoff return (Abrams kick)

Sta-Kirwan 28 pass from Butterfield (Abrams kick)

Ore-Ricketts 5 pass from Graziani (Smith kick)

A-45,237

Sta Ore First downs 17 27 Rushes-yards 44-97 35-109 Passing 186 345 Return yards 7 26 Comp-Att-Int 12-22-0 31-58-3 Punts 7-39 4-39 Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-yards 7-51 6-50 Time of possession 29:32 30:28

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINGStanford, Mitchell 11-57, Bookman 15-39, Comella 8-9, Salina 3-4, Butterfield 7-(minus 12). Oregon, Whittle 21-72, Graziani 5-23, McLemore 1-12, Parker 3-8, Jelks 4-0, Perry-Smith 1-(minus 6).

PASSINGStanford, Butterfield 12-22-0-186. Oregon, Graziani 26-50-3-292, Perry-Smith 5-8-0-53.

RECEIVINGStanford, Manning 4-73, Harris 3-29, Bookman 2-25, Clark 1-30, Kirwan 1-28, Mitchell 1-1. Oregon, McLemore 11-176, Whittle 8-68, Ricketts 3-21, Jelks 2-24, Spence 2-21, Johnson 1-12, Wilcox 1-10, Griffin 1-9, Winn 1-3, Graziani 1-1.

(5) USC 31, (25) Arizona 10

Kyle Wachholtz threw three TD passes as the Trojans (1-0, 3-0) cruised to a victory over the Wildcats (0-1, 2-2). Keyshawn Johnson had nine catches for 112 yards, his 11th game in a row with more than 100 yards.

Southern Cal 0 14 7 10 - 31

Arizona 0 0 0 10 - 10

USCK. Johnson 28 pass from Wachholz (Abrams kick) USCMcWilliams 38 pass from Wachholz (Abrams kick) USCWashington 18 run (Abrams kick) USCFG Abrams 41

Ari-FG Prasuhn 30 USCSermons 8 pass from Wachholtz (Abrams kick)

Ari-Batten 1 run (Prasuhn kick)

A-58,503.

USC Ari First downs 23 20 Rushes-yards 33-172 29-103 Passing 233 226 Return Yards 9 56 Comp-Att-Int 20-26-0 26-46-0 Punts 4-48 6-46 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 10-70 8-87 Time of Possession 29:15 30:45 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINGSouthern Cal, Walters 9-66, Washington 12-63, Green 6-38, Wachholtz 5-7, Koffler 1-(minus 2). Arizona, Taylor 8-33, Schmidtke 6-30, Myles 4-25, Sprotte 2-12, Batten 3-10, White 6-(minus 7).

PASSINGSouthern Cal, Wachholz 8-9-0-138, Otton 12-17-0-95. Arizona, White 22-40-0-176, Batten 4-6-0-50.

RECEIVINGSouthern Cal, Johnson 9-112, C. Miller 3-32, McWilliams 2-52, Cashman 1-13, Parker 1-12, Sermons 1-8, Walters 1-3, Barnum 1-1, Green 1-0. Arizona, G. Taylor 7-33, R. Williams 6-38, Dice 5-70, Chiasson 3-22, Metzler 2-33, Sprotte 1-16, Lucky 1-11, Branch 1-3.

Arizona St. 20, Oregon St. 11

QB Jake Plummer scored the decisive TD on a 5-yard sneak early in the third quarter as the Sun Devils (1-1, 2-2) continued their homefield mastery of the Beavers (0-1, 1-3) at home, beating OSU for the 11th consecutive time at Tempe, Ariz.

Oregon St. 0 3 6 2 - 11

Arizona St. 7 0 10 3 - 20

ASUBoyer 33 run (Nycz kick) OSUFG Lund 22 ASUPlummer 5 run (Nycz kick) OSUOlford 18 run (run failed) ASUFG Nycz 48 ASUFG Nycz 35 OSUSafety, punter ran out of end zone.

A-41,802.

OSU ASU First downs 18 17 Rushes-yards 53-221 42-173 Passing 145 128 Return Yards 93 72 Comp-Att-Int 9-16-0 13-24-0 Punts 6-38 6-42 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-30 14-124 Time of Possession 30:26 29:34

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINGOregon St., T.Alexander 12-70, Thomas 6-45, Shanklin 7-35, Williams 7-28, Stewart 7-25, Olford 7-18, Reynolds 7-0. Arizona St., Hopkins 16-74, T.Battle 14-67, Boyer 1-33, Wood 4-13, L.Anderson 1-(minus 5), Plummer 6-(minus 9).

PASSINGOregon St., T.Alexander 6-9-0-118, Shanklin 3-7-0-27. Arizona St., Plummer 13-24-0-128.

RECEIVINGOregon St., Reynolds 4-45, Cross 2-48, Ramirez 1-39, Thomas 1-12, Williams 1-1. Arizona St., Mustafa 5-47, Poole 3-35, Boyer 2-14, Bush 1-19, Jackson 1-12, Hopkins 1-1.

California 40, San Jose St. 7

Pat Barnes got California’s offense going with three touchdown passes as the Bears (1-2) beat the Spartans (0-4)

at Berkeley, Calif.

San Jose State 0 0 0 7 - 7 California 0 19 21 0 - 40

Cal-Rutherford 28 run (kick blocked)

Cal-Uwaezuoke 19 pass from Barnes (pass failed)

Cal-Gonzalez 2 pass from Barnes (Longwell kick)

Cal-Shaw 53 pass from Barnes (Longwell kick)

Cal-T. Smith 5 run (Longwell kick)

Cal-Rutherford 6 run (Longwell kick) SJSWalsh 6 run (Furlow kick)

A-31,000.

SJS Cal First downs 18 24 Rushes-yards 42-137 43-254 Passing 199 316 Return Yards 29 68 Comp-Att-Int 16-34-1 18-24-0 Punts 11-337-39 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 4-2 Penalties-Yards 8-73 12-117 Time of Possession 30:45 29:15

INDIVIDUAL STATS RUSHINGSan Jose State, Lindsey 12-62, Walsh 12-55, Adams 1-9, Harper 1-3, Meeks 1-(minus-3), O’Dell 6-(minus24), Dean 9-(minus-42). California, Rutherford 15-87, T. Smith 9-85, Mattox 12-50, Vera 1-3, McGonigal 4-(minus-1), Barnes 2-(minus-13).

PASSINGSan Jose State, Dean 11-21-0-138, O’Dell 5-13-1-61. California, Barnes 16-20-0-305, McGonigal 2-4-0-11.

RECEIVINGSan Jose State, Roche 4-67, Walsh 3-31, Adams 2-29, Lundy 2-21, Hayes 2-19, Paugh 1-17, Meeks 1-12, Lindsey 1-3. California, Gonzalez 5-72, Shaw 3-134, Uwaezuoke 2-34, Bullard 2-18, T. Smith 2-7, Rutherford 1-26, Benjamin 1-12, Gaskins 1-8, Douglas 1-5.