Trojans rebound, pluck Ducks

Mark Sanchez threw for 332 yards and three touchdowns Saturday night and No. 9 Southern California stormed back from a stunning loss to rout No. 23 Oregon 44-10 in Los Angeles.

The Trojans (3-1, 1-1 Pac-10) shook off a defeat at Oregon State in Corvallis that knocked them out of the No. 1 ranking, and dominated the Ducks (4-2, 2-1), who had been considered the better of Oregon’s two Pac-10 schools.

Sanchez, coming off a so-so performance in the 27-21 loss, completed 19 of 28 and did not throw an interception.

He threw to seven different receivers, with Joe McKnight catching five passes for 86 yards, and Patrick Turner grabbing five for 77 yards and a TD. The Trojans also used a committee of five runners, led by C.J. Gable’s 49 yards on 10 carries, and Stafon Johnson’s 43 yards on seven carries.

Oregon’s Jeremiah Masoli, a third-stringer pressed into duty by injuries and making his second college start, completed 18 of 29 for 156 yards, with one interception.

USC’s defense, which allowed Oregon State’s Jacquizz Rodgers to run for 186 yards and two scores the previous game, held the Ducks’ tandem of Jeremiah Johnson and LaGarrette Blount to a combined 45 yards – all by Johnson. Blount was held to zero yards on nine carries.

Trailing 10-3 midway through the second quarter, USC reeled off 24 points before halftime, then tacked on another touchdown in the opening minutes of the third quarter.

California 24, Arizona State 14: Nate Longshore passed for 198 yards and three touchdowns in his return to the starting lineup, and the Golden Bears (4-1, 2-0) held off the punchless Sun Devils (2-3, 1-1) in the second half in Berkeley, Calif.

LaReylle Cunningham, Cameron Morrah and Nyan Boateng caught scoring passes from Longshore, the senior two-year starter who lost his job in training camp to Kevin Riley.

Cal reopened its quarterback competition this week after the offense made slow starts in its last two games, and coach Jeff Tedford kept the winner’s identity secret until Longshore ran onto the Memorial Stadium field.

Longshore went 17 for 28 with an interception, and the Cal offense failed to score after the opening minutes of the third quarter.

Notre Dame 28, Stanford 21: Jimmy Clausen threw for a career-high 347 yards and three touchdowns and the Fighting Irish (4-1) held off the Cardinal (3-3) in South Bend, Ind.

Notre Dame’s seventh straight victory over Stanford looked as if it was going to be a rout with a 28-7 fourth-quarter lead.

Stanford made a late run behind Tavita Pritchard. He threw a 1-yard pass to Jim Dray and a 10-yard TD pass to Doug Baldwin with 6 minutes left to close to within a touchdown.

The Cardinal got the ball back on their own 2 with 3:34 left, but couldn’t mount a drive.

The Irish, who started last season 0-5, won their fifth straight home game after losing a school-record six straight at Notre Dame Stadium a year ago. The Cardinal haven’t won at Notre Dame Stadium since 1992.