SEPTEMBER 1–3 A
ROAD TO THE
ll eyes were on Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck when the Cardinal, coming off the fi rst 12-win season in school history, hosted San Jose State. The Heisman
Trophy candidate passed for two touchdowns and ran for another score in a 57–3 pasting of the Spartans. Luck’s performance headlined a weekend in which the Pac-12 debuted with every team
playing a non-conference game. While Conference schools won eight of their 12 games, the Pac-12’s two highest-ranked teams, Stanford and Oregon, split their two decisions. The seventh-ranked Cardinal, playing for the fi rst time
under new coach David Shaw, appeared formidable again. They scored on their fi rst four pos- sessions and never looked back. But the No. 3 Ducks turned over the ball four times and fell to No. 4 Louisiana State 40–27 in a nationally televised game played in Arlington, Texas. Just like Stanford and Oregon, Confer-
ence newcomers Utah and Colorado also opened to mixed results. The Utes downed visiting Mon- tana State 27–10 on Thurs- day night, but the Buffaloes dropped a 34–17 decision at Hawaii.
SCORES
Arizona 41, Northern Arizona 10 Arizona State 48, UC Davis 14 California 36, Fresno State 21 Hawaii 34, Colorado 17 Houston 38, UCLA 34 Louisiana State 40, Oregon 27 Sacramento St. 29, Oregon St. 28 Stanford 57, San Jose State 3 USC 19, Minnesota 17 Utah 27, Montana State 10 Washington 30, Eastern Wash. 27 Wash. State 64, Idaho State 21
A GOOD START Andrew Luck AROUND THE PAC-12
It was 104 degrees at kickoff when Arizona State opened the season in Tempe against UC Davis on Thursday night. The Sun Devils were as hot as the weather, and amassed 517 total yards in a 48–14 rout…Washington survived a scare from Eastern Washington when Desmond Trufant intercepted a pass in the end zone in the fi nal minute. The Huskies won 30–27…The good news for Washington State: a 64–21 rout of visiting Idaho State. The bad news: Quarterback Jeff Tuel broke his collarbone and was expected to be out six weeks.
STANDINGS NORTH
California Stanford
Washington
Conference 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington State 0 0 Oregon
Oregon State
0 0 0 0
Overall
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
SOUTH Arizona
Conference 0 0
Arizona State 0 0 USC Utah
81
Colorado UCLA
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overall
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Twenty-fi fth-ranked USC beat pesky Minnesota 19–17 when Robert Woods caught a school-record 17 passes for 177 yards and three touchdowns. Woods was named the Pac-12’s Offensive Player of the Week. Washington’s Desmond Trufant earned honors on defense for his 11 tackles and game-saving interception against Eastern Washington. Trufant’s teammate, kicker Erik Folk, got the special- teams nod for kicking fi eld goals of 53, 47, and 40 yards in the Huskies’ victory.
Robert Woods
Stanford University
John Tuell
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