San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
VAGABOND CARDINAL WIN
at No. 9 Iowa State 42, West Virginia 6: Brock Purdy threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns, and the Cyclones dominated on defense to secure their first appearance in the Big 12 championship game. Iowa State scored touchdowns on its first three possessions and finished with 483 total yards against the Big 12’s top defense while holding West Virginia to 263.
at No. 11 Oklahoma 27, Baylor 14: Spencer Rattler threw two touchdown passes and the Sooners earned a spot in the Big 12 championship game. The Sooners lost their first two conference games before winning six straight to earn the right to play Iowa State in the title game, which is scheduled for Dec. 19. Rhamondre Stevenson ran for a touchdown and had 98 yards from scrimmage for Oklahoma. The Sooners were limited to just 269 yards.
at Texas Christian 29, No. 15 Oklahoma State 22: Max Duggan threw a go-ahead, 71-yard touchdown pass midway through the fourth quarter and ran for two more scores as the Horned Frogs overcame five turnovers and held off the Cowboys. Duggan threw for 265 yards and ran for 104. Derius Davis caught the long pass in stride near the 25 with 7:56 left to give the Horned Frogs the lead.
Texas 69, at Kansas State 13: Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson combined for 311 rushing yards and six touchdowns in the Longhorns’ rout. Coming into the game, Johnson had two touchdowns all season and Robinson hadn’t scored in his career. Robinson scored on runs of 12, 30 and 75 yards Saturday.
at Texas Tech 16, Kansas 13: Xavier White had 135 yards rushing, Jonathan Garibay made a late go-ahead field goal and the Red Raiders, without coach Matt Wells, overcame four turnovers to hold off the winless Jayhawks. Kansas had two opportunities to tie it in the final five-plus minutes — for a chance to win in Lubbock for the first time since 2001 — but managed only eight plays in two drives. Defensive coordinator Keith Patterson served as head coach after Wells tested positive last week for COVID-19.
First, Stanford was booted from its home, forced to relocate to the Pacific Northwest to continue its season.
Then when the Cardinal tried to have their pregame walkthrough in a parking garage, they got kicked out again and relocated to a park.
When it came time to finally play their game against No. 23 Washington on Saturday, the Cardinal had been through a week unlike any they’ve experienced.
“It’s been kind of been the mantra the entire week,” Stanford coach David Shaw said. “No matter what happens, if you have a great attitude, let’s do it. Let’s work with enthusiasm and do it to the best of our ability.”
The vagabond Cardinal showed no issues from their relocation, jumping to a 24-3 halftime lead and holding off Washington’s second-half rally for a 31-26 win.
Austin Jones rushed for a pair of first-half touchdowns and Davis Mills threw a 3yard TD pass to Scooter Harrington early in the second half to give the Cardinal their first win in Seattle since 2014.
The victory capped a crazy week that saw the Cardinal forced away from campus in California due to restrictions in Santa Clara County. Stanford relocated its entire program to Seattle, used a high school for practice and even had its walkthrough in a public park in the suburb of Bellevue, just across Lake Washington from Husky Stadium.
Shaw and his staff originally tried to do the walkthrough in a mall parking garage, but were asked to go elsewhere.
“People were taking pictures and making fun of us, but we come out here and beat them up so there’s no happier feeling right now,” Stanford offensive lineman Foster Sarell said.
Mills was solid and had a pair of huge third-down conversion throws on Stanford’s final drive, hitting Semi Fehoko on both to convert third-and-10 and thirdand-11. The Cardinal ran the final 7:54 off the clock with a 14-play drive that was capped by Jones’ 3-yard run on fourth-and-1.
Stanford was 10 of 13 on third downs and 2-for-2 on fourth down. Mills was 20of-30 passing for 252 yards. Jones finished with 138 yards on 31 carries.
The Cardinal will remain on the road before next week’s game at Oregon State.
Washington likely will still have a chance at the Pac-12 North title if it can win at Oregon next week.
Cal 21, No. 23 Oregon 17: Chase Garbers threw for a touchdown and ran for a short score, Muelu Iosefa had a late fumble recovery, and the Bears earned their first victory of the season by beating the Ducks in Berkeley. Garbers outshined Oregon’s Tyler Shough, who threw for 231 yards, his fifth time with 200-plus yards passing in five games.
Colorado 24, Arizona 13: Jarek Broussard ran for a career-high 301 yards, Ashaad Clayton scored two touchdowns and the Buffaloes stayed undefeated with a road win over the Wildcats. Broussard reeled off runs of 75, 72 and 59 yards as the Buffaloes piled up 407 yards on the ground.