Rising’s passing backed by defense in Utah win
Cameron Rising threw for 199 yards and three touchdowns and added 73 yards and a score on the ground to lead No. 12 Utah to a 42-16 victory over Oregon State on Saturday.
The host Utes forced four turnovers to avenge their only Pac-12 loss from last season. It was the first time Utah finished with four interceptions in a game since a 52-45 win over UCLA in 2016.
Two of those takeaways came in the red zone.
“We found our toughness,” senior safety R.J. Hubert said.
Third-string quarterback Ben Gulbranson threw for 177 yards with two interceptions to lead the Beavers. Gulbranson played the final three quarters after starter Chance Nolan left with a neck strain.
Oregon State suffered its second straight loss despite rolling up 417 yards and 21 first downs.
at Washington State 28,
California 9: Cameron Ward threw for 343 yards and three touchdowns as the Cougars won despite Ward being intercepted twice in the end zone.
Renard Bell caught eight passes for 115 yards and a touchdown for Washington State, which was coming off a heartbreaking loss to Oregon.
Jack Plummer completed 23 of 33 passes for 273 yards for California.
at Arizona 43, Colorado
20: Jayden de Laura threw for 484 yards and a schoolrecord tying six touchdowns for the Wildcats.
Jacob Cowing caught 12 passes for 180 yards and a touchdown and Dorian Singer made a pair of highlight-reel catches, including a fingertip catch in the back of the end zone for a fiveyard touchdown.
Stanford at Oregon, late