Bruins blank hapless Cardinal

PASADENA, Calif. – Freshman Chane Moline scored twice on short runs in the second half and UCLA pulled away for a 31-0 victory over winless Stanford on Saturday night.

Led by cornerbacks Trey Brown and Rodney Van, the Bruins’ defense caused five turnovers by the Cardinal. The shutout was UCLA’s first since 2004, when it blanked Stanford 21-0.

Sluggish on offense in the rematch at the Rose Bowl, the Bruins scored one touchdown on a blocked punt and another on a fumble recovery.

They led just 7-0 at halftime, but took control with 17 points in the fourth quarter.

UCLA (3-1, 1-1 Pac-10) was coming off a 29-19 loss at Washington. Stanford (0-5, 0-3) is off to its worst start since 1983, when it lost its first six on the way to a 1-10 season.

Things don’t get any easier for the Cardinal – they are at Notre Dame next weekend.

Ben Olson went 20 of 37 for 219 yards for UCLA, but was intercepted twice with no TD passes.

Moline made it 24-0 with a 1-yard scoring run with 5:41 remaining. Chris Horton’s interception, the third of the game off Stanford’s Trent Edwards, set up the TD.

Defensive tackle Kenneth Lombard added another TD just 28 seconds later. Edwards was sacked and fumbled, and Lombard picked up the ball and rumbled 5 yards into the end zone.

Edwards, under pressure from the Bruins’ pass rush, completed just 12 of 23 for 117 yards.

The Bruins finished with 389 yards of offense while holding the Cardinal to 166.