Usc Moves Closer To Rose Bowl Bid

Southern California abandoned its two-quarterback system for the second straight week, although this time coach John Robinson had no choice.

Keyshawn Johnson caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Wachholtz with 39 seconds remaining as the 14th-ranked Trojans eked out a 31-30 victory over Stanford on Saturday at Los Angeles.

Last week, in a 21-21 tie with Washington, Wachholtz was the quarterback who left the rotation as Robinson stayed with Brad Otton, who guided the Trojans to three fourth-quarter touchdowns.

Wachholtz played the final three quarters against Stanford after Otton was ineffective and sustained a mild concussion in the opening period. He was taken to USC University Hospital for observation.

Robinson’s pattern had been to play Otton in the first and third quarters and Wachholtz in the second and fourth periods.

USC (5-0-1, 7-1-1) will have a better overall record than No. 15 Washington (4-1-1, 5-3-1), if the teams tie for first place. Every other Pac-10 team has at least two conference losses.

USC 31, Stanford 30

Stanford 13 11 0 6 - 30 USC 0 17 0 14 - 31

Stan-FG Abrams 25

Stan-FG Abrams 24

Stan-Harris 60 pass from Butterfield (Abrams kick)

Stan-FG Abrams 32 USCWashington 8 run (Rendon kick) USCFG Rendon 36

Stan-Salina 1 run (Harris pass from Butterfield)

USCSermons 2 run (Rendon kick) USCSermons 1 run (C.Miller pass from Wachholtz)

Stan-Comella 6 run (pass failed) USCK.Johnson 8 pass from Wachholtz (run failed)

A-62,368.

Stan USC First downs 27 25 Rushes-yards 41-117 45-232 Passing 345 236 Return Yards 36 16 Comp-Att-Int 29-47-0 16-35-2 Punts 4-34 4-39 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 4-30 4-34 Time of Possession 32:23 27:37

RUSHINGStanford, Mitchell 14-66, Comella 6-39, Bookman 13-17, Salina 2-3, Butterfield 5-1, K.Miller 1-(minus 9). USC, Washington 22-144, Sermons 13-63, K.Johnson 1-30, Wachholtz 7-1, Otton 2-(minus 6).

PASSINGStanford, Butterfield 29-47-0-345. USC, Otton 1-7-1-38, Wachholtz 15-28-1-198.

RECEIVINGStanford, Harris 10-187, Bookman 6-41, Manning 3-33, Mitchell 3-30, Clark 3-26, Dunn 3-22, Comella 1-6. USC, K.Johnson 4-69, Barnum 4-53, Parker 3-68, Cashman 2-26, McWilliams 2-16, Sermons 1-4.

Arizona St. 37, (22) UCLA 33

At Tempe, Ariz., Jake Plummer threw two touchdown passes to key a 27-point second half as the Sun Devils (3-3, 4-5) rallied to beat the Bruins, denying coach Terry Donahue a record 98th Pac-10 triumph.

The Sun Devils, who trailed 27-10 at halftime, took a 34-27 lead on Plummer’s 27-yard touchdown pass to freshman Kenny Mitchell 1:18 into the fourth quarter. UCLA dipped to 3-3, 6-3.

UCLA 10 17 0 6 - 33 Arizona St. 7 3 16 11 - 37

UCLAFG Merten 39 UCLAP.Guidry 70 punt return (Merten kick) ASUMartin 3 run (Nycz kick) UCLAFG Merten 22 ASUFG Nycz 26

UCLAAbdul-Jabbar 1 run (Merten kick) UCLAMcNown 4 run (Merten kick) ASUPoole 9 run (Nycz kick) ASUBoyer 5 pass from Plummer (Nycz kick) ASUSafety, Ayers tackled in end zone ASUMitchell 27 pass from Plummer (Plummer run) ASUFG Nycz 36 UCLAMcNown 5 run (run failed)

A-48,126.

UCLA ASU First downs 22 24 Rushes-yards 45-249 43-142 Passing 289 312 Return Yards 74 148 Comp-Att-Int 13-23-0 21-35-0 Punts 3-42 6-46 Fumbles-Lost 5-4 2-0 Penalties-Yards 7-58 5-56 Time of Possession 28:37 31:23 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHINGUCLA, Abdul-Jabbar 35-207, McNown 9-37, Milliner 1-5. Arizona St., Martin 25-90, T.Battle 8-46, Hopkins 3-19, Poole 1-9, Boyer 2-(minus 5), Plummer 4-(minus 17).

PASSINGUCLA, McNown 13-23-0-289. Arizona St., Plummer 21-35-0-312.

RECEIVINGUCLA, Melsby 3-74, Ayers 3-38, McElroy 2-95, McBride 2-25, Scott 1-33, Abdul-Jabbar 1-14, Caldwell 1-10. Arizona St., Poole 9-167, Mitchell 4-42, Martin 3-24, Bush 2-29, Boyer 2-16, T.Battle 1-34.

Arizona 14, Oregon State 9

At Corvallis, Ore., Dan White threw two touchdown passes and the Wildcats (3-3, 5-4) stopped the Beavers (0-6, 1-8) inside ASU’s‘ 1-yard line in the final quarter to hand OSU its eighth straight defeat.

Arizona was held to a season-low 156 yards, but the Wildcats stopped Oregon State on fourth down three times in the fourth quarter.

Arizona 0 7 7 0 - 14 Oregon St. 6 0 3 0 - 9

OSU Shanklin 2 run (kick failed)

Ari - Nadeau 9 pass from White (Prasuhn kick)

OSU FG Lund 34

Ari - Holmes 8 pass from White (Prasuhn kick)

A-22,913

Ari Ore St First downs 11 10 Rushes-yards 38-53 56-155 Passing 103 43 Return yards 28 36 Comp-Att-Int 13-24-1 4-10-0 Punts 10-40 7-45 Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-1 Penalties-yards 4-30 3-19 Time of possession 30:42 29:18

RUSHINGArizona, G. Taylor 18-52, Schmidtke 9-33, Hooper 3-9, Myles 1-minus 2, White 7-minus 39. Oregon St., Olford 25-63, Muhammad 8-39, Thomas 4-17, Shanklin 8-11, C. Reynolds 3-9, D. Williams 5-9, Stewart 3-7.

PASSINGArizona, White 12-23-1-90, G. Taylor 1-1-0-13. Oregon St., Shanklin 3-8-0-35, Muhammad 1-2-0-8.

RECEIVINGArizona, C. Taylor 2-29, Nadeau 2-22, R. Williams 2-18, Holmes 2-9, G. Taylor 2-minus 2, White 1-13, Lucky 1-9, Schmidtke 1-5. Oregon St., Green 3-29, Cross 1-14.