Pacific 10 Roundup : This Time, Stanford Fails to Come Back

Everett Lampkins intercepted a pass by Steve Smith and returned it 39 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as San Jose State defeated Stanford, 40-33, Saturday at Stanford.

With 5:21 remaining, Stanford’s John Hopkins, who kicked four field goals, made a 46-yarder to pull the Cardinal within six points, but San Jose held on for the victory.

A 22-yard touchdown pass from Matt Veatch to Doug Hooker was ruled caught after pass interference by Stanford’s Kevin Scott, putting San Jose in front, 34-30.

The decision came after much discussion and no initial touchdown signal.

“As far as the interference, I can’t argue that because it’s the official’s call,” Scott said. “But when they gave him the touchdown. He didn’t catch the ball, it hit the ground. And I was in front of him, so I don’t see how I could have interfered with him.”

San Jose State is 2-1. Stanford, which plays host to Notre Dame next Saturday, fell to 1-3.

Stanford, after trailing 17-0, beat Oregon, 18-17, last week on a 37-yard field goal with no time left.

But Stanford came up short against San Jose.

Stanford turnovers led to the first two San Jose touchdowns, both eight-yard scoring runs by Sheldon Canley.

The first Stanford touchdown came after Tony Trousset intercepted a bomb by Veatch at the Stanford 13. The Cardinal moved the ball 87 yards in 10 plays and scored on a 23-yard pass from Smith to a diving Jon Pinckney.

Smith connected for another touchdown in the first half, hitting Ed McCaffrey in the right side of the end zone from 17 yards out to put the Cardinal ahead, 17-14.

The Spartans took a 21-17 lead on Veatch’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Evans.

Hopkins’ 54-yard field goal, a career best, with two seconds remaining in the half cut the score to 21-20.

McCaffery caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Smith in the third quarter to give the Cardinal a 27-21 advantage. A 39-yard scoring run by Veatch put San Jose State back on top, 28-27.

Hopkins, who kicked a 36-yard field goal three seconds into the second quarter for Stanford’s first points of the game, made another 36-yard kick in the third quarter to give the Cardinal a 30-28 lead.

Arizona St. 19, Missouri 3--Jeff Simoneau scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns and David Winsley rushed for a career-high 134 yards as the Sun Devils beat the Tigers in a nonconference game at Tempe.

It was the first win for the Sun Devils (3-1) over Missouri (1-3) since the 1972 Fiesta Bowl. The Tigers had won the last two meetings by shutouts--9-0 in 1974 at Columbia, Mo., and 15-0 at Tempe in 1977.

Alan Zendejas kicked a 36-yard field goal with 12:14 left in the third quarter to put Arizona State ahead to stay at 5-3.

Simoneau scored on a four-yard run with 12:57 remaining and a one-yard plunge with 3:41 to play.