Arizona stops Cal in second overtime
Quarterback Khalil Tate ran for 137 yards and a touchdown and passed for two more, including a 22-yarder to Bryce Wolma in the second overtime, and Arizona held on to beat California 4544 on Saturday night at Berkeley.
Zach Green scored the Wildcats’ touchdown in the first overtime and had a three-yard run to open the second extra period before Tate scrambled in the backfield to avoid a sack and found Wolma open near the goal line to take a 45-38 lead.
California answered with Vic Enwere’s one-yard touchdown run but came up short on a two-point conversion attempt when Arizona linebacker Colin Schooler deflected a Ross Bowers pass intended for Jordan Duncan near the back of the end zone.
Bowers completed 29 of 49 for 301 yards and two touchdowns, one in the first overtime, but was intercepted twice.
The Wildcats (5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) wasted leads of 21-7 and 28-14 before holding off the Bears (4-4, 1-4).
Tate continued to give Arizona’s offense a lift. The sophomore quarterback has rushed for 694 yards and passed for 468 in three games since replacing Brandon Dawkins.
The teams combined for 984 yards of offense.
Arizona State 30, at Utah 10: The Sun Devils suddenly resemble a serious Pac-12 South title contender, thanks to a surprisingly stingy defense.
Utah could not figure out how to move the ball for the better part of four quarters as Arizona State forced four turnovers and allowed the Utes to gain just 4.4 yards per play.
The Sun Devils have given up only two touchdowns in their last nine quarters.
“We just said early in the year to keep plugging, keep plugging, and something’s going to break,” linebacker Christian Sam said. “And now the dam’s broke.”
Arizona State’s domination also extended to the other side of the ball, breaking down the Utes with a punishing running attack. Demario Richard and Kalen Ballage combined for 168 yards on the ground.
Manny Wilkins threw for 140 yards on 19-of-29 passing to help Arizona State (4-3, 3-1 Pac-12) end a seven-game road losing streak.
Tyler Huntley started for Utah at quarterback after sitting out losses to USC and Stanford with a shoulder injury.
Huntley struggled in his return, throwing for 155 yards and four interceptions on 19-of-35 passing.
Arizona State’s defensive domination it displayed against Washington turned out to be no fluke from the beginning.
The Sun Devils shut Utah down cold before halftime. They allowed the Utes to gain only 93 total yards and seven first downs in the first half.
Two first-half drives for Utah (4-3, 1-3) ended with interceptions from Huntley.
“There were no surprises out there,” Sam said. “We saw everything we expected from practice. We just had to execute.” No. 15 Washington State 28, Colorado 0