Bruins roll over Cardinal

Ben Olson helped UCLA spoil Jim Harbaugh’s debut at Stanford.

Olson threw five touchdown passes and Kahlil Bell ran for a career-high 195 yards to lead the 14th-ranked Bruins to a 45-17 victory Saturday in Stanford, Calif., in Harbaugh’s first game as the Cardinal coach.

Olson’s cool efficiency in his return to the starting lineup and 20 returning starters for the Bruins (1-0, 1-0 Pac-10) were too much for the emotion-fueled Cardinal (0-1, 0-1), who tried to match the high energy level of their new head coach.

Coaching across the street from where he went to high school, Harbaugh’s imprint on Stanford’s offense was evident as the Cardinal moved the ball much better than they did in a 1-11 season a year ago that led to Walt Harris’ firing.

But Harbaugh still has a long way to go to make Stanford a winner as the defense still struggled with missed tackles and gave up 624 total yards.

(14) UCLA 45, Stanford 17

UCLA—J.Cowan 19 pass from Olson (Forbath kick)

UCLA—Ketchum 6 pass from Olson (Forbath kick)

Stan—Dray 9 pass from Ostrander (Belch kick), :48.

UCLA—Johnson 4 pass from Olson (Forbath kick)

Stan—FG Belch 37

UCLA—J.Cowan 77 pass from Olson (Forbath kick)

UCLA—FG Forbath 39

Stan—Sherman 70 pass from Ostrander (Belch kick)

UCLA—Breazell 15 pass from Olson (Forbath kick)

UCLA—Ramirez 24 run (Forbath kick)

A—38,860.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—UCLA, Bell 19-195, Markey 20-71, Ramirez 5-55, J.Cowan 2-14, Austin 2-9, Olson 2-(minus 6). Stanford, Kimble 14-69, J.Evans 5-15, McGraw 2-11, Ostrander 5-(minus 43).

PASSING—UCLA, Olson 16-29-0-286. Stanford, Ostrander 27-59-0-331.

RECEIVING—UCLA, Breazell 6-111, J.Cowan 2-96, Snead 2-35, Austin 1-22, Paulsen 1-11, Ketchum 1-6, Johnson 1-4, Markey 1-2, Bell 1-(minus 1). Stanford, E.Moore 6-87, Sherman 4-100, Dray 4-72, Ladner 3-26, Bradford 3-21, Kimble 3-2, J.Evans 2-9, Marecic 1-8, Baldwin 1-6.

BYU 20, Arizona 7

Max Hall passed for 288 yards and two TDs in his college debut and the Cougars won a season opener for the first time under coach Bronco Mendenhall, beating the Wildcats in Provo, Utah.

The Cougars ended last season with 10 straight wins and extended the streak to 11 by nearly shutting out the Wildcats, who didn’t score until 53 seconds remained in the game.

BYU’s Harvey Unga ran for 67 yards and a touchdown and caught nine passes for 127 yards.

Oregon 48, Houston 27

Quarterback Dennis Dixon ran for 141 yards, including an 80-yard scoring dash, to lead the Ducks to a victory over the Cougars in Eugene, Ore.

Dixon also completed 9 of 15 passes for 134 yards and two TDs for the Ducks in a wild game that included three touchdowns in less than a minute.

Anthony Alridge had 22 carries for 205 yards and a touchdown for the Cougars. Alridge also caught three passes for 88 yards and a score.

ASU 45, San Jose State 3

Dennis Erickson’s debut as Arizona State coach was a rousing success.

With Ryan Torain rushing for 123 yards and three touchdowns on 17 carries and Rudy Carpenter completing 14 of 20 passes for 197 yards and two scores, the Sun Devils beat the Spartans in Tempe, Ariz., in Erickson’s first game as their coach.