Shoe on Other Foot for Cal This Time : Pacific 10: After rallying to beat Oregon last week, Bears lose to Washington, 24-23, when Huskies score twice in final 2:06.

This time, California was the victim of a comeback.

Damon Huard passed for two touchdown in the final 2:06 as No. 13 Washington rallied for a 24-23 victory over 16th-ranked Cal, which last week overcame a 30-0 deficit to defeat Oregon, 42-41, in the biggest comeback in Pacific 10 Conference history.

The Huskies, 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the Pac-10, overcame seven turnovers and a 23-10 deficit in the final minutes to extend their winning streak against Cal to 13 games.

“It was probably the ugliest game we’ve ever won, but I’ll take it any day,” Washington’s Beno Bryant said.

Said Washington Coach Jim Lambright: “What goes through your mind when you’re down, 23-10, is you challenge the kids to go out and make plays. It’s got to be incredibly hard on Cal to have back-to-back games like this. I’m just ecstatic how it feels for us.”

Cal (5-1, 2-1) intercepted four of Huard’s passes and forced him to fumble twice, but couldn’t stop him in the late going. He connected with D.J. McCarthy on a 29-yard touchdown pass play with 2:06 to play and with Mark Bruener on a seven-yard scoring pass with 1:04 left. Travis Hanson’s conversion kick after Bruener’s score gave the Huskies the one-point victory.

“I don’t know why they carried me off the field with all those interceptions I threw,” said Huard, who credited his teammates for pulling him through a tough outing. “They told me to stick with it. Any time you go through tough times, you need a little encouragement.”

Washington got just that after Huard’s scoring pass to McCarthy. The Huskies tried an onside kick that glanced off the hands of Cal’s Marty Holly. Scott Greenlaw recovered for Washington at Cal’s 48-yard line.

“I fell on it and there wasn’t any way I’d let go,” Greenlaw said. “I felt a hand on the ball, and I wasn’t going to give it to him. Then he told me, ‘It’s OK.’ It was the official.”

Suddenly, the Bear defense, dominant all day, was back on its heels. On fourth and four from the 42, Huard completed a 10-yard pass to Joe Kralik.

Three more completions moved the ball to the seven and, after Napoleon Kaufman was held for no gain on a run, Huard passed to Bruener in the corner of the end zone for the tying touchdown.

“When you think you have a team beaten and you lose, it’s tough,” said Cal linebacker Jerrott Willard, who had an interception and a fumble recovery to set up 10 points. “I don’t think anyone was even thinking it could happen and it did. We played great for almost the whole game and then--boom! boom! It was one of those last-second things.”

Added Cal wide receiver Mike Caldwell: “I think I know how the Oregon players felt last week. This one hurts just as bad as last week’s felt good.”

Cal, which had 17 penalties for 124 yards, managed to drive to the Washington 47, where the Bears lined up to try a 68-yard field-goal attempt by Doug Brien with two seconds left. But he didn’t get the kick off because of an illegal snap. The Huskies refused the penalty.

Huard completed 22 of 34 passes for 237 yards and two touchdowns. He had four interceptions after throwing only two in his previous four games.

Cal’s Dave Barr completed 23 of 30 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns, with one interception.

The 20 points off turnovers were the most this season against Washington, which had given up only three points off six turnovers entering the game.

Up by 17 points at the half, Cal took a 23-3 lead on Brien’s third field goal, a 32-yarder with 7:25 left in the third quarter.

Huard regrouped to drive the Huskies 63 yards in six plays, with Kaufman finishing it off with a four-yard touchdown run with two minutes left in the quarter.