Pacific 10 Roundup : Bears, Behind 21-0, Get a Lift From Bedford and Win, 27-24

Quarterback Brian Bedford came off the bench to rally California from a 21-point deficit Saturday at Eugene, Ore., as the Bears defeated Oregon, 27-24, for their first Pacific 10 victory of the season.

The Bears, 3-4 overall and 1-4 in the Pac-10, took their only lead when Tyrone Moore scored on a 12-yard option play with 7:22 to play. Moore added the two-point conversion run on another option play.

Oregon (2-4, 2-2) used Cal mistakes to open a 21-0 first-quarter lead.

A Bear fumble on the Cal 10-yard line set up Tony Cherry’s three-yard scoring run 2:15 into the game. The Ducks picked off a Kevin Brown pass at the Cal 23 moments later, setting up Chris Miller’s six-yard scoring pass to Scott Holman to make it 14-0.

Then Cherry, who rushed for 137 yards in 22 carries, scored on a four-yard run with 6:51 left in the first period.

Bedford entered the game in the second quarter and Cal came to life. He scored on runs of 15 and 10 yards, the latter slicing the Oregon lead to 21-19 on the first play of the final quarter. A two-point conversion try failed.

Arizona 41, San Jose State 0--Arizona quarterback Alfred Jenkins passed for one touchdown and ran for another as the Wildcats routed San Jose State in a nonconference game at Tucson.

Jenkins completed 15 of 24 passes for 251 yards.

Arizona, the Pacific 10 leader with a 2-0 record, is now 5-1 overall. San Jose State, 1-2 in the PCAA, is now 1-6 overall.

Arizona St. 42, Utah St. 10--Jeff Van Raaphorst shook off a slow start to throw for 245 yards and Mike Crawford scored twice on short runs as Arizona State beat Utah State in a nonconference game at Tempe.

The Sun Devils are now 4-2 after notching their fourth straight home-field victory. Utah State fell to 2-5 with its fourth consecutive loss.