Gaskin runs for 2 TDs, Washington beats UCLA
PASADENA, Calif. – Myles Gaskin rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns, Jake Browning passed for 265 yards and No. 10 Washington beat UCLA 31-24 on Saturday.
The Huskies led 24-7 at halftime but saw the Bruins climb back within a touchdown twice in the fourth quarter. Washington took a 31-17 lead with a 12play, 81-yard drive that took 6:45 off the clock and ended with Gaskin’s 1yard TD on a direct snap with 3:42 remaining.
Joshua Kelley scored on a 2-yard run with 1:38 left, and the Bruins attempted an onside kick, but Washington recovered and ran out the clock.
Browning completed 18 of 26 passes with one TD and one interception. The senior also ran for a score as Washington (5-1, 3-0 Pac-12) won in its first trip to the Rose Bowl in five years.
Aaron Fuller had five receptions for 100 yards, including a 25-yard TD catch in the first quarter that opened the scoring.
UCLA freshman Dorian ThompsonRobinson was 27 of 38 for 272 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
Kelley finished with 116 yards on 27 carries, becoming the first Bruins running back to have two straight 100yard games since Paul Perkins in 2015.
The Bruins, who are in their first year under coach Chip Kelly, fell to 0-5 for the first time since 1943. They are 0-2 in the Pac-12.
The Huskies extended the lead to 10-0 on Peyton Henry’s 26-yard field goal with 11:45 remaining in the first half.
Washington State 56, Oregon State 37
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Gardner Minshew II threw for 430 yards and five touchdowns as Washington State scored 28 straight second half points to beat Oregon State.
Tay Martin had 119 yards receiving and two touchdowns and James Williams added 134 yards from scrimmage and a receiving touchdown for the Cougars (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12).
Jermar Jefferson rushed for 139 yards and four touchdowns for the Beavers (1-5, 0-3).
Oregon State hasn’t been able to stop the run lately, but Washington State stuck to its strengths - the Air Raid offense and Minshew’s arm - to pull away in the second half.
Washington State stormed out to a 14-0 lead in less than two-and-a-half minutes.