Cal’s Longshore sets sail with four TD passes

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Nate Longshore threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns, including two to Marshawn Lynch, and No. 20 California defeated Oregon State 41-13 on Saturday.

Lynch finished with three touchdowns for the Bears (4-1, 2-0 Pac-10), running 15 yards for another score.

Longshore’s 39-yard TD pass to Lavelle Hawkins gave Cal the early lead. Before the first quarter was over, Longshore found DeSean Jackson with a 27-yard scoring pass and Lynch’s TD run made it 21-0.

Lynch had his second touchdown reception of the season, a 27-yard pass from Longshore, midway through the second quarter.

Tom Schneider kicked a 37-yard field goal to make it 31-0, before Alexis Serna, last season’s Lou Groza award winner for the nation’s top kicker, hit a 58-yarder to make it 31-3 at the half.

The kick matched the school record set by Chris Mangold against San Jose State in 1982.

Serna also hit a 40-yarder for Oregon State (2-2, 0-1), and a turnover led to the team’s lone touchdown.

Lynch caught a 28-yard scoring pass from Longshore to make it 38-6 in the third quarter.