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Haunted By WSU Loss, Bruins Do All They Can

Associated Press

Pac-10

The streaking UCLA Bruins have won nine games in a row and beaten crosstown rival Southern California seven consecutive years.

A loss almost three months ago, however, will keep them from playing No. 1 Michigan in the Rose Bowl.

Seventh-ranked UCLA downed USC 31-24 Saturday in Los Angeles to clinch a share of the Pacific-10 title, but lost its chance to play in Pasadena on New Year’s Day when No. 11 Washington State outlasted No. 17 Washington 41-35 in Seattle.

Cade McNown threw for three touchdowns and Skip Hicks ran for a score to become the Pac-10’s career leader with 54 TDs for the Bruins, who pulled away from a 21-21 halftime tie before a sellout crowd of 91,350 at the Coliseum.

“We can’t be upset (about not going to the Rose Bowl),” Hicks said. “We had our shot; they (Washington State) beat us. We can’t be disappointed in our season. You’ve got to be happy with what you’ve got.

“We’re in the top 10 and we beat some great teams.”

McNown, who leads the nation in passing efficiency and has thrown 22 touchdown passes, completed 15 of 24 for 213 yards, including a pair of scoring throws to tight end Mike Grieb. The Bruins quarterback also gained 48 yards on 11 carries.

UCLA took command by scoring the only 10 points of the third quarter for a 31-21 lead. Grieb and McNown connected for a 38-yard TD pass.

UCLA 31, USC 24

UCLA 14 7 10 0 - 31

USC 14 7 0 3 - 24

UCLA-Grieb 9 pass from McNown (Sailer kick) USC-Soward 80 pass from Fox (Abrams kick) UCLA-S. Hicks 16 run (Sailer kick) USC-Bastianelli 17 pass from Fox (Abrams kick) USC-Morton 49 run (Abrams kick) UCLA-McElroy 8 pass from McNown (Sailer kick) UCLA-Grieb 38 pass from McNown (Sailer kick) UCLA-FG Sailer 32 USC-FG Abrams 36 A-91,350.

UCLA USC First downs 23 16 Rushes-yards 45-191 27-144 Passing 213 258 Comp-Att-Int 15-24-0 14-35-2 Return Yards 84 0 Punts-Avg. 5-46 6-48 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-59 12-118 Time of Possession 35:43 24:17 RUSHING-UCLA, S. Hicks 25-117, McNown 11-48, Lewis 9-26. USC, Washington 10-67, Morton 10-64, Sermons 2-9, Fox 3-2, Woods 2-2.

PASSING-UCLA, McNown 15-24-0-213. USC, Fox 14-34-2-258, Wren 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING-UCLA, Farmer 4-74, Walendy 3-16, Grieb 2-47, Poli-Dixon 2-35, Neufeld 1-35, McElroy 1-8, S. Hicks 1-2, Lewis 1-(minus 4). USC, Soward 8-181, Bastianelli 3-45, Miller 2-23, Sermons 1-9.

Stanford 21, California 20

At Stanford, Calif., Stanford’s defense turned away Cal in the final seconds as the Cardinal won the 100th Big Game.

Trailing by 11 points, Cal put together an 11-play, 77-yard drive that ended in Justin Vedder’s 12-yard touchdown pass to Bobby Shaw with 4:44 left. Vedder then threw to Brian Surgener for a 2-point conversion.

After a Stanford punt, Vedder’s pass was intercepted by Chris Draft with 1:22 remaining.

Stanford took an intentional safety with 19 seconds left. Stanford kicked off and Deltha O’Neal returned to the Cal 40 before going out of bounds with 13 seconds left. Vedder’s first pass fell incomplete and he failed to get off a last pass as he was tackled by Andrew Currie.

California 0 10 0 10 - 20

Stanford 7 14 0 0 - 21

Stan-Hill 41 interception return (Miller kick) Stan-Bookman 13 run (kick blocked) Cal-T. Smith 19 run (Brache kick) Stan-Walters 36 pass from Hutchinson (Bookman pass from Hutchinson) Cal-FG Brache 46 Cal-Shaw 12 pass from Vedder (Surgener pass from Vedder) Cal-Safety, Miller runs out of end zone A-85,000.

Cal Stan First downs 20 14 Rushes-yards 43-148 32-46 Passing 232 194 Comp-Att-Int 21-37-2 21-25-0 Return Yards 97 58 Punts-Avg. 8-37.8 7-45.4 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 4-2 Penalties-Yards 9-89 1-15 Time of Possession 32:25 27:35 RUSHING-Cal, T. Smith 18-84, Fields 7-31, Vedder 12-20, Vera 6-13. Stanford, Bookman 15-70, Mitchell 8-15, Walters 1-(minus 7), Comella 1-(minus 8), Miller 1-(minus 8), Hutchinson 8-(minus 16).

PASSING-Cal, Vedder 21-37-2-232. Stanford, Hutchinson 21-25-0-194 RECEIVING-Cal, Douglas 11-143, Shaw 6-50, O’Neal 2-6, Surgener 1-27, Nartey 1-6. Stanford, Dunn 9-73, Walters 6-100, J. Johnson 2-15, Hanson 1-7, Comella 1-3, Mitchel 1-(minus 2), Pitts 1-(minus 2).

Oregon 48, Oregon St. 30

At Eugene, Ore., Pat Johnson had TD catches of 90, 45 and 36 yards and returned a punt 74 yards for another score as the Ducks routed the Beavers for their fourth straight winning season.

Johnson returned the opening kickoff 59 yards to help set up his first score. His 337 all-purpose yards were 1 short of the Oregon record of 338 set by Bobby Moore (now Ahmad Rashad), in 1971.

Oregon St. 3 7 6 14 - 30

Oregon 20 7 14 7 - 48

Ore-Johnson 36 pass from A. Smith (kick blocked) OSU-FG Cortez 43 Ore-McCullough 19 run (Frankel kick) Ore-Hartley 21 pass from A. Smith (Frankel kick) OSU-Dandridge 35 run (Cortez kick) Ore-Johnson 45 pass from Maas (Frankel kick) Ore-Hartley 20 pass from A. Smith (Frankel kick) Ore-Johnson 74 punt return (Frankel kick) OSU-Dandridge 12 run (pass failed) Ore-Johnson 90 pass from Maas (Frankel kick) OSU-Prescott 33 pass from Alexander (Cortez kick) OSU-Reynolds 37 pass from Alexander (Cortez kick) A-45,735 OSU Ore First downs 18 25 Rushes-yards 35-134 50-145 Passing 215 299 Comp-Att-Int 13-29-1 14-25-2 Return Yards 16 104 Punts-Avg. 7-34.3 3-37.7 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 12-96 12-113 Time of Possession 26:22 33:38 RUSHING-Oregon St., Dandridge 23-104, Alexander 10-34, Lazetich 1-1, Ainsworth 1-minus 5. Oregon, McCullough 36-156, Winn 2-7, Cooper 2-0, Latimer 1-minus 2, Johnson 1-minus 6. A. Smith 8-minus 10.

PASSING-Oregon St., Alexander 13-29-1 215. Oregon, A. Smith 9-16-2 137, Maas 5-8-0 162. McCullough 0-1-0 0.

RECEIVING-Oregon St., Prescott 7-126, Ainsworth 2-25, Reynolds 1-37, Dandridge 1-13, Tompkins 1-11, Maurer 1-3. Oregon, Johnson 6-199, Hartley 4-54, McCullough 1-16, Spence 1-14, Parker 1-11, Brust 1-5.