Unbeaten Bears Shock Southern Cal

Pac-10

California coach Steve Mariucci told the Golden Bears it was about time they beat USC at the Coliseum in Los Angeles. They obviously listened.

The unbeaten but underdog Bears built a 19-point lead over No. 17 Southern Cal on Saturday, then held on for a 22-15 Pac-10 victory - their first over USC at the Coliseum since 1970.

Before the game, Mariucci reminded his team of its losing streak at USC.

“I told them that someday, some Cal team is going to beat SC, and asked them, ‘Why not now and why not us?”’ Mariucci said.

Brandon Willis rushed for 150 yards and caught five passes for 79 yards to lead the Bears’ offense, while Andy Jacobs sparked a defense that sacked USC quarterback Brad Otton six times.

The Trojans (3-2, 1-1 Pac-10) played without four starters who drew one-game suspensions.

The Bears (5-0, 2-0) led 16-0 at halftime and added field goals by Ryan Longwell in the third and fourth quarters.

With USC trying to pull the game out, the Bears sealed the win by sacking Otton twice after the Trojans got the ball at their own 20 with 1:46 remaining.

Cal quarterback Pat Barnes completed 19 of 31 for 229 yards and two TDs, a 6-yarder to Dameane Douglas in the first quarter and a 12-yarder to Tony Gonzales in the second period.

Longwell kicked field goals of 27, 39 and 22 yards.

Cal 22, USC 15

California 7 9 3 3 - 22

USC 0 0 0 15 - 15

Cal-Douglas 6 pass from Barnes (Longwell kick) Cal-Gonzalez 12 pass from Barnes (kick failed) Cal-FG Longwell 27 Cal-FG Longwell 39 USCWoods 9 pass from Otton (Allred pass from Otton) Cal-FG Longwell 22 USCSermons 7 pass from Otton (Abrams kick) A-51,511.

Cal USC First downs 22 15 Rushes-yards 49-186 28-102 Passing 229 234 Comp-Att-Int 19-31-0 19-34-1 Return Yards 20 11 Punts-Avg. 5-39.2 4-48.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-62 5-37 Time of Possession 38:23 21:37 Individual statistics RUSHINGCal, Willis 33-150, O’Neal 11-37, Vera 1-4, Malili 1-(minus 1), Barnes 3-(minus 4). USC, Woods 7-71, Washington 13-54, Sermons 1-16, Otton 7-(minus 39).

PASSINGCal, Barnes 19-31-0-229. USC, Otton 19-34-1-234.

RECEIVINGCal, Willis 5-79, Gonzalez 5-74, Shaw 3-16, Benjamin 2-27, Douglas 2-15, O’Neal 1-11, Vera 1-7. USC, Bastianelli 4-59, Sermons 4-32, Allred 3-38, Diltz 2-35, Soward 2-23, Woods 2-13, C. Miller 1-22, B. Miller 1-12.

UCLA 41, Oregon 22

In Eugene, Ore., Skip Hicks gained 153 of his career-high 175 yards in a 24-point third quarter as the Bruins (2-2, 1-0) opened their Pac-10 schedule with a win over the Ducks (3-3, 0-3).

Former Oregon prep star Cade McNown passed for a score and ran for another for the Bruins, who gave ex-Oregon offensive coordinator Bob Toledo a victory in his first conference game as UCLA head coach.

After a 3-0 non-conference start, the Ducks have dropped three consecutive Pac-10 games.

UCLA (2-2 overall) scored two touchdowns in a 15-second span late in the third quarter to turn the game into a rout.

UCLA 0 7 24 10 - 41

Oregon 0 7 0 15 - 22

Ore-Latimer 1 run (Smith kick), 6:15.

UCLAMcBride 18 pass from McNown (Merten kick), 14:23. Third quarter UCLAHicks 2 run (Merten kick), 2:58.

UCLAFG Merten 46, 8:01.

UCLAMcNown 6 run (Merten kick), 12:24.

UCLAHicks 20 run (Merten kick), 12:39.

Fourth quarter UCLAFG Merten 35, 2:04.

Ore-Crump 1 run (Hartley pass from Perry-Smith), 6:34.

UCLABrown 2 run (Merten kick), 11:03.

Ore-Johnson 17 pass from Perry-Smith (Smith kick), 13:58.

A-45,779.

UCLA Ore First downs 31 17 Rushes-yards 62-303 22-45 Passing 158 221 Comp-Att-Int 13-25-2 17-39-1 Return Yards 19 37 Punts-Avg. 3-30.3 7-40.6 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2 Penalties-Yards 7-82 8-68 Time of Possession 38:12 21:48 Individual statistics RUSHINGUCLA, Hicks 34-175, Brown 8-46, Price 8-32, McNown 6-29, Roques 2-9, Verti 1-6, Walendy 2-3, Ayers 1-3. Oregon, Parker 7-22, Crump 4-12, Winn 2-10, Latimer 6-7, Maas 1-7, Perry-Smith 2-minus 13.

PASSINGUCLA, McNown 13-24-2-158, McElroy 0-1-0 0. Oregon, Perry-Smith 17-38-1 221, Bidwell 0-1-0 0.

RECEIVINGUCLA, Ayers 3-36, Clark 3-31, McBride 2-32, Farmer 2-32, Grieb 2-25, Walendy 1-2. Oregon, Hartley 5-81, Griffin 5-45, Hodge 3-55, Wilcox 1-24, Johnson 1-17, Spence 1-5, Perry-Smith 1-minus 6.

(5) Arizona St. 56, Boise St. 7

In Tempe, Ariz., Jake Plummer threw for 203 yards and two touchdowns and Terry Battle had two of ASU’s four rushing scores in a lopsided first half as the Sun Devils (5-0) beat the Broncos (1-5).

Boise St. 7 0 0 0 - 7

Arizona St. 14 28 7 7 - 56

BSUHorace 42 pass from Hilde (Belcastro kick) ASUT. Battle 12 run (Nycz kick) ASUPoole 34 pass from Plummer (Nycz kick) ASUT. Battle 13 run (Nycz kick) ASUL. Jackson 52 pass from Plummer (Nycz kick) ASUFarlow 2 run (Nycz kick) ASUPlummer 1 run (Nycz kick) ASUTillman 16 interception return (Nycz kick) ASUFord 55 fumble return (Nycz kick) A-49,018.

BSU ASU First downs 19 27 Rushes-yards 32-58 47-284 Passing 178 218 Comp-Att-Int 17-41-1 12-22-0 Return Yards 74 87 Punts-Avg. 9-42.8 6-44.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-0 Penalties-Yards 10-72 13-115 Time of Possession 32:53 27:07 Individual statistics RUSHINGBoise St., Ethridge 15-69, Hilde 5-14, Tatum 9-(minus 2), Harsin 1-(minus 10), Davis 2-(minus 13). Arizona St., Farlow 26-125, Battle 7-83, Martin 8-79, Plummer 2-1, Paulk 1-0, Campbell 3-(minus 4).

PASSINGBoise St., Hilde 9-29-1-116, Davis 6-9-0-53, Harsin 2-3-0-9. Arizona St., Plummer 10-15-0-203, Campbell 1-4-0-10, Farwell 1-3-0-5.

RECEIVINGBoise St., Horace 5-83, Chan 4-45, Ikebe 3-21, Ethridge 1-12, B. Johnson 1-7, Tatum 1-4, Stachelski 1-3, Mamaril 1-3. Arizona St., L. Jackson 4-91, Poole 3-79, Kendall 3-39, Romero 1-5, Boyer 1-4.