NOVEMBER 19 F
ROAD TO THE
resh off its big victory at Stanford, Oregon had a chance to wrap up the North Division Championship, but 18th-ranked USC crashed the party by shock-
ing the fourth-ranked Ducks 38–35 in Eugene. The outcome snapped Oregon’s 21-game winning streak at Autzen Stadium. It was the fi rst time the Ducks lost at home in Chip Kelly’s three seasons as head coach. Matt Barkley passed for 323 yards and four touchdowns for the Trojans, who won their
third game in a row after a triple-overtime loss to Stanford in week nine. Freshman Marqise Lee had the biggest
game of his young career when he caught eight passes for 187 yards and a touchdown. Lee’s touchdown came on a 59-yard strike from
Barkley midway through the fi rst quarter. It broke a scoreless tie and gave USC an ad- vantage it would never relinquish. The Tro- jans led by as many as 24 points in the third quarter. Still, the Ducks didn’t go down without a fi ght. De’Anthony
Thomas’ 96-yard kickoff re- turn sparked a second-half comeback. Late in the fourth quarter, Oregon recovered a USC fumble and marched to a potential tying fi eld goal. But Alejandro Maldonado’s 37-yard kick sailed wide left as time ran out.
Jovan Stevenson BATTLE OF THE YOUNG QBS AROUND THE PAC-12:
Oregon State spoiled Washington quarterback Nick Montana’s starting debut with a 38–21 victory in Corvallis. The win snapped the Beavers’ three-game losing streak. The freshman Montana, son of NFL-legend Joe Montana, was starting in place of the injured Keith Price. Montana completed 11 of 21 passes, but Oregon State’s defense harried him into four sacks, an interception, and a lost fumble. Meanwhile, the Beavers’ own freshman quarterback, Sean Mannion, passed for 339 yards. Jovan Stevenson ran for three TDs in the fourth quarter.
AROUND THE PAC-12: THE BIG GAME
Stanford overcame rainy weather, a soggy fi eld, and a slow start to beat visiting Bay Area-rival California 31–28. Andrew Luck passed for 257 yards and two third-quarter touchdowns to key the triumph. The victory kept alive the Cardinal’s hopes for a BCS bowl bid, as several teams ranked ahead of Stanford in the BCS standings fell. First-year head coach David Shaw, though, was more concerned with retaining The Axe in the 114th edition of the Big Game. “It’s special,” he said. “It didn’t really hit me until today. You look in the seniors’ eyes, they wanted it so bad.”
95 Marqise Lee SCORES
Arizona 31, Arizona State 27 Oregon State 38, Washington 21 Stanford 31, California 28 UCLA 45, Colorado 6 USC 38, Oregon 35 Utah 30, Washington State 27
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