Husak Helps Cardinal Rout Arizona, 50-22

Todd Husak threw for 364 yards and freshman Kerry Carter rushed for three touchdowns Saturday night as Stanford routed the 19th-ranked Arizona Wildcats, 50-22.

The Cardinal (2-1 overall, 2-0 Pac-10) rolled for 580 yards against a team that had been the overwhelming preseason favorite for the Pac-10 title.

Troy Walters, in a spectacular receiving duel with Arizona’s Dennis Northcutt, caught eight passes--including seven in the first half--for 168 yards.

Northcutt caught eight for 139 yards and two touchdowns.

Stanford blew open to a 30-7 halftime lead, fought off a rally by the Wildcats in the third quarter, then put the game away with three touchdowns in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter.

The Cardinal, which lost, 69-17, to Texas in its opener, has outscored Pac-10 opponents Washington State and Arizona by a combined 104-39 on consecutive Saturdays.

Arizona (2-2, 0-1), No. 4 in the preseason rankings, displayed weak defense in a season-opening 41-7 loss to Penn State, and it was even worse against Stanford.