Stanford Survives Beaver Attack

Pac-10

Greg Comella bulled over from 2 yards out for a touchdown with 27 seconds to play to give No. 21 Stanford a 27-24 victory over upstart Oregon State Saturday in their Pac-10 opener at Corvallis, Ore.

Trailing 24-20, the Cardinal (2-1) drove 78 yards in 15 plays for the game-winning touchdown.

Oregon State, 1-1 under new coach Mike Riley, had stunned Stanford with DeShawn Williams’ 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on the final play of the first half to cut the Cardinal’s lead to 20-18.

The Beavers, looking to upset Stanford in Corvallis for the second year in a row, moved ahead on field goals of 45 and 33 yards by juniorcollege transfer Jose Cortez in the second half.

Stanford’s Chad Hutchinson, sacked 11 times by the Beavers in last year’s 26-12 upset, was sacked seven times Saturday. But he regrouped to complete 4 of 4 passes on the winning drive.

The Beavers’ defense held tough, but on fourth-and-2 from the 5-yard line, Mike Mitchell struggled up the middle for a first down at the 2. Two plays later, Comella scored his second touchdown of the game.

Stanford 27, Oregon State 24

Stanford 7 13 0 7 - 27

Oregon St. 5 13 3 3 - 24

Sta-Bookman 60 run (Miller kick), 12:39.

OSU-FG Cortez 33, 6:50.

OSU-Safety, Miller runs out of end zone, :12.

Sta-Comella 1 run (kick blocked), 12:58.

OSU-Walker 9 run (pass failed), 7:15.

Sta-Dunn 14 pass from Hutchinson (Shinnefield kick), :14.

OSU-Williams 96 kickoff return (Cortez kick), :00.

OSU-FG Cortez 45, :33.

OSU-FG Cortez 33, 13:30.

Sta-Comella 2 run (Shinnefield kick), :27.

A-26,244

Sta OSU

First downs 23 17

Rushes-yards 48-146 35-103

Passing 171 229

Comp-Att-Int 19-26-1 22-37-2

Return Yards 50 50

Punts-Avg. 6-45.7 7-36.6

Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1

Penalties-Yards 6-44 7-97

Time of Possession 27:23 32:23

RUSHING-Stanford, Bookman 14-120, Mitchell 18-102, Comella 4-8, Hutchinson 11-(minus 33), team 1-(minus 51). Oregon St., Walker 4-73, Williams 17-28, Alexander 14-2.

PASSING-Stanford, Hutchinson 19-26-1-171. Oregon St., Alexander 22-37-2-229.

RECEIVING-Stanford, Dunn 7-48, Walters 6-55, Mitchell 3-21, Johnson 1-25, Stewart 1-22, Comella 1-0. Oregon St., Tompkins 6-62, Ainsworth 6-56, Prescott 4-75, Maurer 2-13, Walker 1-11, Campbell 1-6, Kuykendall 1-5, Lazetich 1-1.

(9) Ohio Sate 28, Arizona 20

In Columbus, Ohio, Andy Katzenmoyer picked off a shovel pass and returned it 20 yards as the Buckeyes (3-0) scored 14 points in 14 seconds of the second quarter and hung on to escape the Wildcats (1-2).

Ohio State, which moved to 3-0 for the seventh year in a row, had to recover an onside kick and pick up a first down on a third-down running play with 1:30 left to lock up the victory.

Arizona 0 0 0 20 - 20

Ohio St. 0 21 7 0 - 28

OSU-Boston 6 pass from Jackson (Stultz kick), 9:13

OSU-Katzenmoyer 20 interception return (Stultz kick), 8:59

OSU-Pearson 1 run (Stultz kick), :45

OSU-Jackson 24 run (Stultz kick), 7:13

Ariz-Smith 9 run (kick failed), 12:27

Ariz-Brennan 2 pass from Smith (Rodriguez kick), 6:59

Ariz-Nadeau 17 pass from Smith (Rodriguez kick), 2:31

A-91,152

Ari OSU

First downs 19 14

Rushes-yards 44-170 41-70

Passing 210 222

Comp-Att-Int 18-37-2 14-23-1

Return Yards 163 72

Punts-Avg. 6-43.5 5-47.4

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-3

Penalties-Yards 7-90 2-10

Time of Possession 33:07 26:53

RUSHING-Arizona, Canidate 26-85, Smith 11-69, Eafon 6-17, Springston 1-(minus 1). Ohio St., Pearson 19-39, Keller 6-33, Wiley 6-13, Jackson 3-5, Rambo 1-(minus 2), Germaine 6-(minus 18).

PASSING-Arizona, Smith 18-37-2-210. Ohio St. Jackson 7-11-0-104, Germaine 7-11-1-118, Wiley 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING-Arizona, Brennan 6-106, Eafon 3-46, Nadeau 3-33, Williams 2-13, Lucky 2-11, Northcutt 2-1. Ohio St., Boston 7-131, Miller 4-60, Lumpkin 2-20, Griffin 1-11.

BYU 13, (14) Arizona State 10

In Tempe, Ariz., freshman Owen Pochman, shrugging off two earlier misses and a block, kicked a 32-yard field goal with 4:39 remaining to give the Cougars (1-1) an upset of the Sun Devils (2-1).

Redshirt ASU freshman QB Ryan Kealy wound up 12 of 29 for 153 yards and was sacked four times.

Brigham Young 0 10 0 3 - 13

Arizona St. 3 7 0 0 - 10

ASU-FG Nycz 44, 8:32

BYU-McKenzie 6 run (Pochman kick), 14:55

ASU-Martin 1 run (Nycz kick), 9:57

BYU-FG Pochman 45, 4:35

BYU-FG Pochman 32, 4:39

A-62,376.

BYU ASU

First downs 20 12

Rushes-yards 41-99 35-92

Passing 328 153

Comp-Att-Int 17-30-0 12-19-0

Return Yards 87 116

Punts-Avg. 5-43.6 9-43.2

Fumbles-Lost 5-2 2-1

Penalties-Yards 7-47 7-86

Time of Possession 32:22 27:38

RUSHING-Brigham Young, McKenzie 23-112, Snowden 6-24, Roderick 1-3, Cupp 1-2, Sitake 3-1, Feterik 7-(minus 43). Arizona St., Redmond 13-66, Martin 16-43, Boyer 1-19, Paulk 1-0, Kealy 4-(minus 36).

PASSING-Brigham Young, Feterik 17-30-0-328. Arizona St., Kealy 12-29-0-153.

RECEIVING-Brigham Young, Cahoon 8-219, Sitake 2-46, Snowden 2-28, Hooks 2-21, Roderick 1-7, Cupp 1-4, Johnson 1-3. Arizona St., Bates 5-50, Jackson 4-64, Mitchell 3-39.

Oregon 43, Fresno St. 40 (OT)

At Eugene, Ore., quarterback Jason Maas scored on a 1-yard keeper in overtime as the Ducks (3-0) held off the Bulldogs (1-3).

The Ducks had a 17-point lead early in the fourth quarter, but Fresno State rallied behind quarterback Billy Volek, who completed 13 straight passes at one point.

The Bulldogs had the ball first in overtime, and used Jeff Hanna’s 28-yard field goal to make it 40-37.

On the Ducks’ OT try, Maas hit Blake Spence with an 11-yard pass to the 1. Maas lunged across the goal line a play later.

Fresno St. 14 0 6 17 3 - 40

Oregon 7 14 10 6 6 - 43

Fres-Pittman 4 run (Hanna kick), 13:58.

UO-Spence 19 pass from Maas (J. Smith kick), 9:12.

Fres-Kimbrough 6 pass from Volek (Hanna kick), 3:00.

UO-Jelks 4 pass from A. Smith (J. Smith kick), 12:11.

UO-Spence 2 pass from A. Smith (J. Smith kick), 2:49.

Fres-Kimbrough 47 pass from Volek (kick failed), 10:53.

UO-Spence 11 pass from Maas (J. Smith kick), 7:55.

UO-FG J. Smith 32, 1:40.

UO-McCullough 16 run (kick failed), 14:16.

Fres-Fortier 3 pass from Volek (Hanna kick), 12:00.

Fres-Kimbrough 1 run (Hanna kick), 8:39.

Fres-FG Hanna 28, :46.

Fres-FG Hanna 28 (overtime)

UO-Maas 1 run (overtime)

A-38,288

Fres UO

First downs 27 30

Rushes-yards 42-184 43-168

Passing 288 259

Comp-Att-Int 29-39-0 24-36-2

Return Yards 101 109

Punts-Avg. 4-45.8 4-41.0

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0

Penalties-Yards 12-135 6-60

Time of Possession 28:53 31:07

RUSHING-Fresno St., Pittman 24-131, Kimbrough 12-59, Volek 6-(minus-6). Oregon, McCullough 26-145, A. Smith 5-11, Maas 7-8, Parker 4-3.

PASSING-Fresno St., Volek 29-38-288. Oregon, Maas 17-24-2-189, A. Smith 7-12-70.

RECEIVING-Fresno St., Thompson 10-70, Pittman 5-63, Kimbrough 4-92, Jones 4-27. Oregon, Blake 9-127, Jelks 4-36, Hartley 3-30, Johnson 3-26.

California 40, Oklahoma 36

At Berkeley, Calif., Justin Vedder threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Bobby Shaw with 2:37 remaining and the Bears (2-0), who had blown a 21-point secondhalf lead, edged the Sooners (1-2).

Ignacio Brache’s extra-point attempt was blocked and C.T. Ivy returned it 93 yards to score two points for the Sooners.

Oklahoma 7 6 14 9 - 36

California 9 17 8 6 - 40

OU-Parker 54 run (J. Alexander kick), 14:11

Cal-Shaw 16 pass from Vedder (kick failed), 9:34

Cal-FG Brache 42, 2:13

Cal-FG Brache 30, 14:46

Cal-Fields 4 run (Brache kick), 5:53

Cal-Kunkle 12 pass from Vedder (Brache kick), 2:42

OU-Tr. Smith 65 interception return (kick failed), 1:28

Cal-Ta. Smith 10 run (Ta. Smith run), 12:12

OU-Blocker 73 pass from Moore (J. Alexander kick), 8:15

OU-Little 33 pass from Fuente (J. Alexander kick), 3:59

OU-Fazande 3 run (J. Alexander kick), 13:38

Cal-Shaw 15 pass from Vedder, 2:37

OU-C.T. Ivy 93 return of blocked conversion, 2:37

A-48,216.

OU Cal

First downs 13 23

Rushes-yards 36-113 45-171

Passing 235 253

Comp-Att-Int 9-22-2 24-39-2

Return Yards 138 44

Punts-Avg. 8-40.4 8-42.8

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0

Penalties-Yards 11-118 12-130

Time of Possession N/A N/A

RUSHING-Oklahoma, Parker 19-81, Moore 4-21, Jackson 1-15, Fazande 8-8, Rose 1-1, Fuente 2-(minus-10). California, Ta. Smith 20-90, Fields 8-30, Harris 1-20, Shaw 1-16, O’Neal 4-13, White 4-7, Willis 1-0, Vedder 6-(minus-5).

PASSING-Oklahoma, Moore 2-7-1-113, Fuente 7-15-1-122. California, Vedder 24-39-2-253.

RECEIVING-Oklahoma, S. Alexander 3-59, Blocker 2-80, J. Jackson 1-40, Little 1-33, Freeman 1-27, Parker 1-(minus-4). California, Shaw 11-158, O’Neal 3-40, Nartey 3-5, Ta. Smith 2-7, Douglas 1-14, Vera 1-8, C. Smith 1-7.