Stanford crushes Oregon State Beavers
STANFORD, Calif. – Andrew Luck threw four touchdown passes to set a single-season school record and No. 7 Stanford stated its case for a berth in the Bowl Championship Series by dismantling Oregon State 38-0 Saturday night.
Stepfan Taylor ran for 115 yards and a touchdown and Doug Baldwin caught two TD passes for the Cardinal (11-1, 8-1 Pac-10), who set a school record for wins with an emphatic close to the regular season.
Now Stanford needs to wait a week to learn its bowl fate, hoping for an at-large berth in the BCS with No. 1 Oregon having already wrapped up the Pac-10’s automatic berth.
The Beavers (5-6, 4-4) need to beat the Ducks at home next Saturday to make it to a bowl game for a school-record fifth consecutive season.
(7) Stanford 38, Oregon St. 0
| Oregon St. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Stanford | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | — | 38 |
Stan—Ertz 21 pass from Luck (N.Whitaker kick), 9:38.
Stan—Baldwin 42 pass from Luck (N.Whitaker kick), 2:21.
Stan—FG N.Whitaker 20, 8:08.
Stan—Baldwin 29 pass from Luck (N.Whitaker kick), 1:56.
Stan—Taylor 62 run (N.Whitaker kick), 5:16.
Stan—Gaffney 52 pass from Luck (N.Whitaker kick), 14:50.
| OSU | Stan | |
| First downs | 20 | 20 |
| Rushes-yards | 24-68 | 39-165 |
| Passing | 217 | 305 |
| Comp-Att-Int | 23-46-3 | 21-30-0 |
| Return Yards | 8 | 60 |
| Punts-Avg. | 5-33.0 | 4-42.8 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 5-52 | 4-45 |
| Time of Possession | 26:11 | 33:49 |
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Oregon St., Jac.Rodgers 17-76, Wheaton 1-14, Vaz 1-0, Katz 5-(minus 22). Stanford, Taylor 14-115, Wilkerson 13-29, Gaffney 8-27, Marecic 1-3, Team 1-(minus 2), Luck 2-(minus 7).
PASSING—Oregon St., Katz 19-36-3-183, Vaz 4-10-0-34. Stanford, Luck 21-30-0-305.
RECEIVING—Oregon St., Nichols 5-53, Wheaton 5-40, Reese 4-43, Jac.Rodgers 4-31, Halahuni 2-36, Bishop 2-7, Darkins 1-7. Stanford, R.Whalen 7-54, Baldwin 5-97, Ertz 4-65, Gaffney 2-55, Wilkerson 1-23, Terrell 1-8, McGillicuddy 1-3.