Sun Devils Clinch Title Easy Win Puts Asu In Rose Bowl; Stanford Stuns Usc

The California Golden Bears have become Arizona State’s gateway to the Rose Bowl.

The fourth-ranked Sun Devils captured their second Pac-10 championship and a Rose Bowl berth Saturday night with a 35-7 victory over Cal. Ten years and one day ago, ASU beat Cal 49-0 to clinch its first trip to Pasadena.

Thousands among the crowd of 74,963 - largest to watch Arizona State play in Sun Devils Stadium - swarmed the field as the seconds ticked off. Officials planned to take down the goal posts for safety and then turn them over to the mob, but that was only partially completed before fans tore them down.

“It was crazy. Everybody was hugging each other,” said Terry Battle, who gained 165 yards and scored four touchdowns in 24 carries, spearheading a tailback-based attack that wore down the Bears.

Arizona St. 35, California 7

California 7 0 0 0 - 7

Arizona St. 0 14 7 14 - 35

Cal-Willis 2 run (Longwell kick) ASUBattle 27 run (Nycz kick) ASUBattle 3 run (Nycz kick) ASUBattle 3 run (Nycz kick) ASUBattle 5 run (Nycz kick) ASURedmond 3 run (Nycz kick) A-74,963.

Cal ASU First downs 16 18 Rushes-yards 36-5 47-290 Passing 261 184 Comp-Att-Int 19-36-0 10-18-0 Return Yards 78 47 Punts-Avg. 9-46.9 5-47.4 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 2-0 Penalties-Yards 10-95 8-75 Time of Possession 32:02 27:58

Individual statistics

RUSHINGCalifornia, O’Neal 12-23, Vera 5-17, Willis 8-14, Barnes 11-(minus 49). Arizona St., Battle 24-165, Redmont 9-68, Paulk 4-25, Poole 1-21, Plummer 9-11.

PASSINGCalifornia, Barnes 19-36-0-261. Arizona St., Plummer 10-18-0-184.

RECEIVINGCalifornia, Gonzalez 5-85, Shaw 5-64, Douglas 4-60, Benjamin 4-27, Malili 1-25. Arizona St., Jackson 3-40, Poole 2-51, Redmond 1-42, Kendall 1-29, Bush 1-13, Boyer 1-7, Battle 1-2.

Stanford 24, USC 20

At Stanford, Calif., Mike Mitchell rushed for 148 yards in the second half and the Cardinal shut out the Trojans after halftime.

Stanford, which trailed 20-7 at halftime, won for just the third time at home against USC in the past 40 years. The loss severely damaged the Trojans (5-5, 3-4) changes of getting into a bowl game.

Stanford, which entered the contest next-to-last in Div. I-A with an average of just 77 yards rushing per game, ran for 195 yards on 37 carries against Southern California.

Mitchell, who had one carry for minus-1 yard in the first half, had 21 rushes in the second half - including a 4-yard touchdown run that pulled Stanford within 20-14 early in the third period.

The attendance of 41,980 was the smallest for a Southern California-Stanford game since 1962, when the teams drew 41,000 at Stanford Stadium.

Southern Cal 10 10 0 0 -20

Stanford 7 0 14 3 -24

USCSoward 33 pass from Otton (Abrams kick), 5:20 Stan-Dunn 93 kickoff return (Miller kick), 5:34 USCFG Abrams 27, 8:07 USCC. Miller 4 pass from Otten (Abrams kick), :04 USCFG Abrams 27, 11:59 Stan-Mitchell 4 run (Miller kick), 2:33 Stan-Comella 2 run (Miller kick), 13:06 Stan-FG Miller 32, 14:28 A-41,980.

USC Stan First downs 22 18 Rushes-yards 30-68 37-195 Passing 277 166 Comp-Att-Int 23-47-3 20-35-1 Return Yards 14 19 Punts-Avg. 6-43.2 4-40.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 7-72 10-97 Time of Possession 29:46 30:14

Individual statistics

RUSHINGUSC, L. Woods 13-48, Walters 5-23, Sermons 3-10, Washington 7-(minus 2), Otton 2-(minus 11); Stanford, Mitchell 22-147, Bookman 7-48, Comella 4-13, Ritchie 1-0, Hutchinson 3-(minus 13).

PASSINGUSC, Otton 23-47-3-277; Stanford, Hutchinson 20-35-1-166.

RECEIVINGUSC, C. Miller 7-71, Bastianelli 5-53, Soward 4-77, Sermons 3-36, L. Woods 2-32, Parker 1-5, Hall 1-3; Stanford, Walters 5-38, Manning 5-37, Kirwan 3-46, Dunn 2-23, Clark 2-17, Salina 1-6, Comella 1-2, Bookman 1-(minus 3).

Oregon 49, Arizona 31

Saladin McCullough certainly knows how to atone for his mistakes.

After his fumble was returned 75 yards for an early Arizona touchdown, McCullough came back for the third-best rushing performance in Oregon history as the Ducks snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Wildcats .

McCullough gained 223 yards in 25 carries and scored five touchdowns even though he sat out most of the final quarter with a pulled right hamstring. McCullough promised more to come.

“This is just one,” he said. “There will be more after this - guaranteed.

“I went through a lot of problems but I overcame them,” he said of his long journey to Oregon. “A lot of people didn’t think I could make it, but I did. Plus, it’s my son’s third birthday today.”

His five touchdowns set a modern-day school record. Charles Taylor scored seven touchdowns against Puget Sound in 1910.

Arizona 14 10 7 0 - 31

Oregon 14 14 7 14 - 49

Ariz-Taylor 13 run (Peyton kick) Ariz-M. Smith 75 fumble return (Peyton kick) Ore-McCullough 42 run (Smith kick) Ore-Graziani 1 run (Smith kick) Ariz-FG Peyton 38 Ore-McCullough 40 run (Smith kick) Ore-McCullough 34 run (Smith kick) Ariz-Lucky 13 pass from Batten (Peyton kick) Ore-McCullough 1 run (Smith kick) Ariz-Eafon 2 pass from Batten (Peyton kick) Ore-McCullough 6 run (Smith kick) Ore-Griffin 26 pass from Perry-Smith (Smith kick) A-40,721.

Ariz Ore First downs 11 20 Rushes-yards 32-101 43-310 Passing 186 152 Comp-Att-Int 16-26-0 14-23-1 Return Yards 90 20 Punts-Avg. 7-41.7 3-48.3 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 5-24 5-39 Time of Possession 30:02 29:58

Individual statistics

RUSHINGArizona, Taylor 12-42, K. Smith 8-31, Myles 4-18, Schmidtke 3-9, Eafon 2-6, Callen 1-3, Batten 2-minus 8. Oregon, McCullough 25-223, Graziani 6-38, Parker 4-17, Latimer 3-16, Jelks 2-8, P. Malepeai 1-5, Maas 1-2, Winn 1-1.

PASSINGArizona, K. Smith 7-10-0 75, Batten 9-16-0 111. Oregon, Graziani 11-19-1 113, Perry-Smith 3-4-0 39.

RECEIVINGArizona, McDaniel 3-50, Metzler 3-33, Lucky 3-28, Williams 3-28, Holmes 1-34, Taylor 1-7, Northcutt 1-4, Eafon 1-2. Oregon, Griffin 4-67, Hodge 3-40, Wilcox 2-26, Winn 2-12, Parker 1-10, Spence 1-3, Jelks 1-minus 6.