Stanford Wins Wild One Over Oregon, 58-49

Chad Hutchinson threw four touchdown passes, three in a six-minute span of the first quarter, as No. 20 Stanford defeated Oregon 58-49 in a record-setting shootout Saturday night at Stanford.

Hutchinson had scoring passes of 31 and 23 yards to Troy Walters, 80 yards to Damon Dunn and 9 yards to Jon Ritchie. Anthony Bookman had a 67-yard scoring run, Mike Mitchell scored on a 3-yard run, Kevin Miller added a pair of 33-yard field goals and the Cardinal got a late safety.

Hutchinson, who went 21-of-31 for 340 yards, threw for 246 yards and four touchdowns in the first half. He had just three scoring passes in three previous games this season for the Cardinal (3-1 overall, 2-0 Pac-10).

Jason Maas had five scoring passes for Oregon (3-1, 1-1), which had a six-game winning streak snapped. Maas had touchdown strikes of 66 and 47 yards to Pat Johnson, 4 yards to LaCorey Collins, 4 yards to Tony Hartley and 3 yards to A.J. Jelks.

Akili Smith, who shares the quarterback spot with Maas, had a 35-yard scoring pass to Kevin Parker.

The 107 points by the two teams set a Stanford record. Troy Walters had 13 catches for 169 yards, falling one reception short of the Cardinal record.

NO. 25 ARIZONA STATE 13,

OREGON STATE 10

Thanks to a quick, stifling defense, the Sun Devils’ conference victory streak is alive at nine. Robert Nycz kicked two second-half field goals and the 25th-ranked Sun Devils survived 14 penalties, three interceptions and a late fumble for a come-from-behind victory over Oregon State on Saturday at Corvallis, Ore.

The defending Pac-10 champion Sun Devils (3-1 overall, 1-0 in the conference) trailed, 10-7, at halftime of their conference opener, the second year in a row that the Beavers had led Arizona State at the break.

Arizona State, coming off a 13-10 home loss to Brigham Young, wasn’t assured victory until J’Juan Cherry intercepted Tim Alexander’s pass to stop a final Oregon State threat with 19 seconds to play.

It was the second week in a row that the Beavers (1-2, 0-2) have come close to beating a ranked Pac-10 opponent. Last week, Oregon State lost to Stanford, 27-24, on a Cardinal touchdown with 27 seconds to play.

Arizona State’s defense held the Beavers to three points and only 20 yards rushing. The lone Oregon State touchdown came on Armond Hatcher’s 76-yard interception return in the second quarter.

Arizona State linebacker Pat Tillman had two interceptions and two sacks. But penalties, including several for defensive holding, almost cost the Sun Devils the game.

The Beavers came up empty on three fourth-quarter scoring threats. After a 5:44 drive, Jose Cortez missed a 38-yard field goal with 14:17 to play that would have given Oregon State a 13-10 lead.

Then, after getting a third-and-one situation on Arizona State’s 30, Alexander fumbled the snap and recovered, but short of the first down. On fourth-and-inches, Alexander bobbled the ball again, hung on, but didn’t make the first down.

The Sun Devils were penalized 14 times for 116 yards, including an encroachment call that erased Courtney Jackson’s 65-yard interception return for a touchdown with 54 seconds left in the game. Given new life, the Beavers drove to the Arizona State 37. An illegal motion penalty moved the ball back to the Arizona State 42 and Cherry, starting in place of injured Jason Simmons, picked off Alexander’s pass.

Arizona State tied the score, 10-10, on Nycz’s 34-yard field goal with 8:47 left in the third quarter, then took the lead, 13-10, on his 32-yarder with 9:58 to play. The Sun Devils seemed headed for another score late in the game but, on third-and-one from the Oregon State 32, Marlon Farlow was hit behind the line of scrimmage, fumbled and the Beavers’ Buster Elahee recovered.

The Sun Devils lost starting tailback Mike Martin because of a pinched neck nerve and concussion in the third quarter.

Arizona State had nine penalties for 81 yards in the first half.

An illegal blocking call against tight end Matt Cercone was especially costly, nullifying a first down at the Oregon State 14.

On the next play, Kealy threw the ball into the hands of Hatcher, who raced 76 yards untouched for the score to tie the game, 7-7, with 9:36 left in the half.

NO. 15 WASHINGTON STATE 58,

BOISE STATE 0

Ryan Leaf passed for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Cougars pounded the Broncos in a nonconference game at Pullman, Wash. Leaf, who played three quarters, completed 17 of 30 passes for 289 yards without an interception. It was the first time this season he threw for less than 300 yards.

Washington State (4-0) led, 38-0, at halftime over Boise State (1-4) of the Big West Conference.

It was Washington State’s largest victory margin since a 59-0 defeat of Gonzaga in 1941 and first shutout since beating UCLA, 21-0, in 1994.

Washington State’s Michael Black rushed for 141 yards and a touchdown. It was the seventh time in his 14-game career that he has topped 100 yards in rushing.

Boise State managed only 115 yards of offense. It was its first shutout since a 37-0 loss to Idaho in 1984. Boise State quarterback Nate Sparks was knocked out of the game in the third quarter by a finger to the eye, after completing only seven of 22 passes for 49 yards.

The Broncos’ Jeff Davis was forced to punt 13 times.

Leaf opened the scoring with a 10-yard bootleg early in the first quarter.

The Cougars drove 99 yards on their next possession, with Kevin McKenzie scoring on a 10-yard pass from Leaf. The drive, which followed an 81-yard punt by Boise States’s Davis, was kept alive when Black gained 19 yards on a fourth-and-two play.

Ryan Lindell kicked a 57-yard field goal, aided by a stiff wind, early in the second quarter. It was the fourth-longest field goal in Washington State history. He added field goals of 33 and 37 yards.

Leaf, a junior, has 4,792 passing yards in his career, moving into fourth place on the career passing list ahead of Mark Rypien’s 4,573.