Beavers upset Golden Bears

The scoreboard never reflected Oregon State’s domination, so coach Mike Riley couldn’t enjoy an impressive upset until California made its final mistakes.

Yvenson Bernard rushed for a career-high 185 yards and the go-ahead touchdown with 6:41 to play, and Oregon State snapped No. 18 Cal’s 10-game home winning streak in a 23-20 victory on Saturday in Berkeley, Calif.

Matt Moore passed for 196 yards despite three interceptions, and Oregon State’s defense forced five turnovers in a miserable performance by the Golden Bears (5-2, 2-2 Pac-10), who lost their second straight after the school’s best start since 1996.

The Beavers (4-2, 2-1) throttled Cal’s vaunted rushing attack and moved the ball easily themselves for most of the day – yet turnovers, penalties and mistakes kept it close.

“It was scary,” said Riley, whose Beavers won at Cal for the second time in three seasons. “They were always in striking distance. … (But) our team never thought we couldn’t stop them, and that we couldn’t move the ball.”

“It’s been five years since we beat a ranked team,” Oregon State linebacker Andy Darkins said. “We’re going to roll with this.”

Stanford 20, Arizona 16

Trent Edwards threw two touchdown passes and the Cardinal (3-2, 2-1) forced five turnovers to beat the Wildcats (1-5, 0-3) in Tucson, Ariz.

It was the second Pac-10 road win in a row for the Cardinal, who beat Washington State last week.

Stanford managed just 195 total yards, but the Wildcats’ tough defense was offset by Arizona’s offensive blunders, including three turnovers in the second quarter.

Arizona lost its fourth in a row.