Tate sparks hot Wildcats to wild win over Cougars
Khalil Tate, in his fourth straight spectacular performance, rushed for 158 yards and a touchdown and passed for 275 more and two scores, leading surprising Arizona to its fourth consecutive Pac-12 victory, 58-37 over No. 15 Washington State on Saturday night at Tucson.
J.J. Taylor gained 157 yards in 13 carries for Arizona (6-2, 4-1 Pac-12), including touchdown runs of 79 and three yards after Washington State (7-2, 4-2) had rallied to take the lead in the third quarter behind backup quarterback Tyler Hilinski.
The loss knocked Washington State out of a tie with Stanford for first place in the Pac-12 North. The Wildcats remain in the thick of things in the Pac-12 South.
Hilinski replaced Luke Falk late in the first half and ignited what had been a sputtering offense. The redshirt sophomore completed 45 of 61 passes for 509 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for two scores but was intercepted four times, the last one returned 66 yards by Colin Schooler for a touchdown.
at Colorado 44, California 28: Steven Montez bounced back from a benching a week earlier and threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns on a day the school retired the jersey of the late Rashaan Salaam, the school’s only Heisman Trophy winner.
The Buffaloes (5-4, 2-4 Pac-12) capped their homecoming win at Boulder with a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown by Nick Fisher with 2:34 remaining that made it 44-21.
at Oregon 41, Utah 20: Receiver Charles Nelson got tripped up on a reverse but regained his footing to make a 22-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Breeland, as the Ducks ended a three-game losing streak.
Nelson was congratulated on the sideline by injured Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert following the play that put the Ducks (5-4, 2-4 Pac-12) ahead 27-13 late in the third quarter.
Utah (4-4, 1-4) lost its fourth in a row. Tyler Huntley threw for 293 yards and a touchdown. Former Oregon receiver Darren Carrington caught nine passes for 130 yards, and Oregon’s Tony Brooks-James ran for 105 yards.