Pacific 10 Roundup : Stanford (0-2) Falls to Oregon St., 20-16

Pat Chaffey ran for a touchdown and a staunch Oregon State defense held off Stanford as the Beavers defeated the Cardinal, 20-16, Saturday night at Corvallis, Ore.

Troy Bussanich kicked two field goals, both into a stiff wind, as the Beavers won their season and Pacific 10 opener.

Stanford, a 19-3 loser to Arizona last week, fell to 0-2.

Oregon State blocked a field-goal attempt and stopped a Cardinal drive on fourth-and-one at the Oregon State 13-yard line late in the fourth quarter, and came up with three interceptions.

Todd McKinney intercepted a pass by Steve Smith with 10:40 to play in the first half and returned it for a touchdown to give Oregon State a 14-0 lead.

Torey Overstreet killed a late bid by Stanford when he intercepted a pass by Brian Johnson in the end zone with 1:43 to play.

Stanford Coach Dennis Green pulled Smith for Johnson with 10:09 left in the first half, and Stanford made it 14-7 with 7:02 remaining in the half when Tuan Van Le blocked a punt and Kevin Puk scooped up the loose ball, running 40 yards for the score.

It was 17-7 at halftime, but Stanford’s Jon Volpe scored on a 23-yard run with 10:16 to play in the third quarter to make it 17-14. After a field goal made it 20-14, Oregon State quarterback Nick Schichtle took an intentional safety to kill time with 14 seconds left.

Oregon 35, California 19--Bill Musgrave threw three touchdown passes and Latin Berry rushed for a career-high 151 yards to lead the Ducks to a season-opening Pac-10 victory over the Bears at Eugene, Ore.

Gregg McCallum, playing in his first college game, kicked field goals of 45, 37 and 24 yards as the Ducks won their sixth consecutive season opener.

Musgrave, playing for the first time since breaking his collarbone in the eighth game last season, completed 17 of 31 passes for 231 yards and was not intercepted.

Cal’s Troy Taylor threw for two scores to become the Bears’ all-time leader in touchdown passes with 37, but he was intercepted twice. He completed 25 of 45 passes for 305 yards.

On its first possession, Oregon went 75 yards in 16 plays, with Musgrave hitting Tony Hargain in the corner of the end zone with a 10-yard pass. The Ducks bobbled the conversion attempt and led, 6-0.

McCallum’s 45-yarder on Oregon’s next possession made it 9-0. After Darrin Greer’s 63-yard kickoff return, Cal sliced the lead to 9-7 on Taylor’s six-yard scoring pass to Junior Tagaloa.

After McCallum’s 37-yarder made it 12-7, Cal took its only lead at 13-12 on Taylor’s eight-yard scoring pass to Ken Griggs with 3:40 left in the half.

Oregon took the lead for good at 18-13 on a 58-second, 77-yard scoring drive capped by Musgrave’s three-yard touchdown toss to tight end Jeff Thomason with 39 seconds left in the half.

Arizona St. 31, Kansas St. 0--Paul Justin completed 17 of 22 passes for 194 yards and two touchdowns as the Sun Devils opened their season with an easy victory before 68,606 at Tempe.

Kansas State lost its 14th consecutive game in Coach Bill Snyder’s debut and hasn’t won since beating Kansas, 29-12, in October, 1986, sporting an 0-27-1 record since then. The Wildcats’ 14-game losing streak is the longest in NCAA Division I-A.