Oregon State Has Recipe for Upset

The scoreboard never reflected Oregon State’s domination, so Coach Mike Riley couldn’t enjoy an impressive upset until California made its last mistakes.

Yvenson Bernard rushed for a career-high 185 yards and the go-ahead touchdown with 6:41 to play, and Oregon State ended No. 18 Cal’s 10-game home winning streak in a 23-20 victory Saturday at Berkeley.

Former UCLA quarterback Matt Moore passed for 196 yards despite three interceptions, and Oregon State’s defense forced five turnovers in a miserable performance by the Golden Bears (5-2, 2-2), who lost their second straight after the school’s best start since 1996.

The Beavers (4-2, 2-1) throttled Cal’s vaunted rushing attack and moved the ball easily themselves for most of the day -- yet turnovers, penalties and mistakes kept it close.

“It was scary,” said Riley, whose team won at Cal for the second time in three seasons. “They were always in striking distance.... [But] our team never thought we couldn’t stop them, and that we couldn’t move the ball.”

With good reason. Bernard rushed 40 times and scored two touchdowns in the second half for the Beavers, whose 35-21 win at Memorial Stadium in 2003 was the most recent win by a visitor.

The Beavers, who celebrated with their band and a large cheering contingent after the game, also ended an eight-game losing streak against ranked teams. They outlasted the Bears, stopping three potential game-winning drives by Cal’s once-potent offense.

“It’s been five years since we beat a ranked team,” Oregon State linebacker Andy Darkins said. “We’re going to roll with this.... We felt the whole week that if we stop Cal’s run game and make Ayoob throw it, we could win.”

Cal’s vaunted ground game vanished behind an injury-plagued offensive line, ending its streak of 18 games with a 100-yard rusher.

Marshawn Lynch rushed for 58 yards but was benched by Coach Jeff Tedford for the second half after two fumbles -- and Justin Forsett, the nation’s ninth-leading rusher, had only 17 yards in nine carries.

No. 20 Oregon 45, Washington 21 -- Kellen Clemens threw for 425 yards and four touchdowns and the Ducks (6-1, 1-1) routed the Huskies (1-5, 0-3) at Eugene, Ore.

Clemens completed 36 passes, an Autzen Stadium record, with no interceptions as the Ducks handed Washington its 11th consecutive loss against a Pac-10 conference opponent.

Washington was coming off a bye week after losing, 21-17, at UCLA.

Oregon’s Demetrius Williams had five catches for 92 yards, including a pair of Clemens scoring passes.

Clemens’ completions broke the Autzen record of 33, shared by Fresno State’s Paul Pinegar and Brigham Young’s Ty Detmer.

Stanford 20, Arizona 16 -- Trent Edwards threw two touchdown passes and the Cardinal (3-2, 2-1) took advantage of five turnovers by the Wildcats (1-5, 0-3) to win at Tucson.

Stanford managed only 195 total yards but won for the second time in a row on the road. Stanford won at Washington State the previous Saturday.