Another wild play for a Bears win

Jackson Sirmon scored on 37-yard return following a wild play with two fumbles, and California rallied from a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Stanford 27-20 in the Big Game on Saturday.

The Golden Bears trailed 17-6 in the fourth quarter when Jack Plummer started the comeback with a one-yard touchdown pass to Monroe Young. Then things really went crazy for Stanford.

Backup quarterback Ashton Daniels took a direct snap and ran left. He was stripped by Daniel Scott and Cal’s Jeremiah Earby recovered. But Daniels then knocked the ball loose from Earby, only to have Sirmon scoop it up and run in to give Cal a 20-17 lead with 9:54 to play.

Stanford had three more drives to rally. But the Cardinal punted twice and then quarterback Tanner McKee’s pass was intercepted by Scott with slightly more than two minutes to play, setting up Jaydn Ott’s one-yard touchdown run that sealed the win.

at No. 12 Oregon 20, No. 10 Utah 17: Dont’e Thornton had 151 yards receiving for the Ducks, who can clinch a spot in the Pac-12 title game with a win over Oregon State.

at No. 17 Washington 54, Colorado 7: Wayne Taulapapa rushed for two touchdowns and 107 yards and the Huskies ran to their fifth straight win.

No. 23 Oregon State 31, at Arizona State Damien Martinez ran for 138 yards and two touchdowns for the Beavers.

Washington State 31, at Arizona 20: Nakia Watson scored two touchdowns and the Cougars intercepted four passes by Jayden de Laura.