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Stanford slams No. 7 Oregon

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The Associated Press

Published: November 8, 2009

Updated: 11/08/2009 12:14 am

STANFORD, Calif. - Toby Gerhart bowled over the Oregon defense to make the Cardinal bowl eligible for the first time in eight years.

Gerhart ran for a school-record 223 yards and three scores, Andrew Luck threw for two touchdowns and Stanford held on to beat No. 7 Oregon 51-42 Saturday for its all-important sixth win of the season.

The loss by Oregon (7-2, 5-1 Pac-10) just a week after beating Southern California 47-20 opened up the conference race and cost the Ducks any shot at a berth in the Bowl Championship Series title game.

Oregon rallied with two late TDs to cut a 20-point lead down to six, but Stanford (6-3, 5-2) recovered an onside kick with 2:38 to go and tacked on Nate Whitaker's third field goal with 11 seconds left.

NO. 2 TEXAS 35, UCF 3

AUSTIN, Texas - Jordan Shipley set a Texas record with 273 yards receiving, including an 88-yard touchdown, and the Longhorns (9-0) shook off a slow start for an easy victory over Central Florida (5-4).

NO. 6 TCU 55,

SAN DIEGO STATE 12

SAN DIEGO - Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more as TCU (9-0, 5-0 Mountain West) won its 11th straight game.

NO. 12 USC 14,

ARIZONA STATE 9

TEMPE, Ariz. - Will Harris returned an interception 55 yards for a score, Matt Barkley threw a 75-yard pass to Damian Williams for another score, and USC (7-2, 4-2 Pac-10) held on for a shaky victory over Arizona State (4-5, 2-4).

NO. 13 HOUSTON 46,

TULSA 45

TULSA, Okla. - Matt Hogan kicked a 51-yard field goal as time expired to lift Houston (8-1, 4-1 Conference USA) to a victory.

NO. 17 UTAH 45,

NEW MEXICO 14
SALT LAKE CITY - Jordan Wynn passed for 297 yards and two touchdowns in his first college start and Eddie Wide set a school record with his sixth straight 100-yard rushing game as Utah (8-1, 5-0 Mountain West) beat winless New Mexico (0-9, 0-5).

NO. 18 OKLAHOMA ST. 34,

IOWA STATE 8

AMES, Iowa - Keith Toston ran for a career-high 206 yards and three touchdowns, Zac Robinson threw a touchdown pass and Oklahoma State (7-2, 4-1 Big 12) bounced back from its drubbing by Texas with a victory over Iowa State (5-5, 2-4).

NEBRASKA 10,

NO. 20 OKLAHOMA 3

LINCOLN, Neb. - Matt O'Hanlon had three of Nebraska's five interceptions against Landry Jones and the Cornhuskers (6-3, 3-2 Big 12) squeezed enough production out of their struggling offense to upset Oklahoma (5-4, 3-2).

NO. 21 ARIZONA 48,

WASHINGTON ST. 7

TUCSON, Ariz. - Travis Cobb returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to set the tone for Arizona and the Wildcats (6-2, 4-1 Pac-10) went on to rout Washington State (1-8, 0-6). The Wildcats scored the first seven times they had the ball.

OREGON STATE 31,

NO. 23 CALIFORNIA 14

BERKELEY, Calif. - Sean Canfield threw for 342 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score as Oregon State (6-3, 4-2 Pac-10) became bowl eligible by beating Cal (6-3, 3-3).

NO. 25 BYU 52,

WYOMING 0

LARAMIE, Wyo. - Max Hall threw for 312 yards and four touchdowns in just over two quarters, and BYU (7-2, 4-1 Mountain West) won its sixth straight over Wyoming (4-5, 2-3).

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