Costello leads Stanford in return
K.J. Costello returned to Stanford's starting lineup and led the Cardinal to a 4131 victory over visiting Arizona on Saturday.
The senior quarterback threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns after missing three games with a thumb injury.
“It’s about playing football, playing good football. We’ve done a lot of that the last four years I’ve been here,” Costello said. “My job is to try to be a catalyst to get us to do so. I think we did that today.”
Both teams are 4-4 overall and 2-3 in the Pac 12.
The Wildcats went with two quarterbacks, starting
Khalil Tate, who passed for 205 yards and a pair of touchdowns and rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown.
Freshman Grant Gunnell played two consecutive series in the first half, leading the Wildcats on an efficient eight-play, 65-yard scoring drive in which he completed all three passes attempted for 34 yards including an eight-yard scoring toss to Jalen Johnson.
Showing no signs of discomfort, Costello rifled passes to 12 receivers, including a pair of touchdown passes to Simi Fehoko and one to Brycen Tremayne, whose only two receptions have gone for touchdowns.
Connor Wedington caught seven passes for 61 yards for Stanford and
Michael Wilson had six for 45 yards.
Cameron Scarlett rushed for 102 yards and scored twice.
J.J. Taylor rushed for 107 yards for the Wildcats, surpassing 3,000 for his career.
Jamarye Joiner and Drew Dixon caught touchdown passes from Tate, who moved into eighth place on Arizona's all-time passing yards list.
Tate returned to the lineup after Stanford took a 21-10 lead and needed two plays to go 75 yards. Tate raced 57 yards for the score. at No. 12 Utah 35, California 0
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