Price fuels Huskies in 2nd half to roll past Utes

PAC-12

With his Huskies up just three points at halftime Saturday, Washington coach Steve Sarkisian asked for the "real" Keith Price to step up.

The sophomore quarterback obliged, hopping up on a stool in front of the entire team.

"Can we go back and play Keith Price football now? Is that OK?" Sarkisian chided.

Price flashed a grin, said, "Sure, coach," and the team roared.

The Huskies then went on a 21-point scoring barrage en route to a 31-14 victory over Utah at Salt Lake City, spoiling the Utes' first Pac-12 home game.

"He challenged me, and as a group, we stepped up to the challenge," said Price, who finished 22 of 30 for 226 yards and three touchdowns to give him 17 scoring tosses on the season.

It didn't hurt that Chris Polk ran wild in the third quarter, carrying nine times for 101 yards. He would finish with 29 carries for 189 yards.

He not only surpassed the 3,000-yard mark in his career, he became the Huskies' No. 2 all-time rusher. He surpassed Joe Steele (3,168) and now trails only Napoleon Kaufman (4,106).

"That guy's like a bowling ball," Price said of the 5-foot-11, 222-pound junior. "Maybe he'll get stopped (one play), then rip off a 30-yard run. He's a great player."

It didn't hurt that the Huskies (4-1, 2-0) forced five turnovers by Utah (2-2, 0-2), including a fumble on the opening kickoff that Jamaal Kearse returned 18 yards for a touchdown.

"It feels good to get one that counts," said Kearse, who made his first start at linebacker. "The feeling was great to be in the end zone with the ball."

It took just nine seconds, but Washington had a 7-0 lead.

Utah quarterback Jordan Wynn tied the game at 7-all on a 16-yard pass to Dres Anderson with 6:59 left in the quarter. But the Huskies took the lead for good on a 44-yard field goal by Erik Folk on the final play before halftime.

Wynn did not play in the second half due to an injury to his left (non-throwing) shoulder. He finished 12 of 17 for 149 yards with a touchdown and interception.

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham did not disclose the nature of the injury and said he would know more Monday.

Jon Hays, who had previously thrown one major-college pass, was intercepted on his second attempt Saturday. He fumbled in the fourth quarter before tossing a last-minute 4-yard TD pass to Dallin Rogers.

The Utes entered the game plus-nine in turnovers, but committed three in the first half - twice in the red zone in the second quarter.

No. 6 Stanford 45, UCLA 19: At Stanford, Calif., Andrew Luck threw for 227 yards and three touchdowns and padded his Heisman Trophy resume with an acrobatic one-handed catch, keeping Stanford perfect with a victory over UCLA.

Luck completed 23 of 27 passes and had the Cardinal (4-0, 2-0 Pac-12) in cruise control to extend the nation's longest winning streak to 12 games. Stepfan Taylor ran for 112 yards and two scores and Coby Fleener caught two touchdowns in front of a rare sellout crowd of 50,360 at Stanford Stadium.

Richard Brehaut had 202 yards passing and tossed two touchdowns to Joseph Fauria for the Bruins (2-2, 1-1), who had a better showing than a 35-0 loss to Stanford at the Rose Bowl last season but still exposed the gap between the California schools.

No. 25 Arizona State 35, Oregon State 20: At Tempe, Ariz., Cameron Marshall bulled his way to two touchdowns in the second half and Arizona State overcame four turnovers to keep Oregon State (0-4, 0-2) winless.

Arizona State (4-1, 2-0 Pac-12) had turnovers on its first three possessions to fall into a 13-0 hole before gathering itself in what was expected to be a rollover win.

Brock Osweiler threw both of his touchdown passes after a shaky start and Jamal Miles had Arizona State's first punt return for a touchdown since 2005 to put the Sun Devils up eight at halftime.

Southern California 48, Arizona 41: At Los Angeles, Matt Barkley passed for a school-record 468 yards and four touchdowns, Robert Woods made 14 catches for 255 yards and two scores, and Southern California outlasted Arizona (1-4, 0-3).

Freshmen Marqise Lee and Xavier Grimble caught TD passes from Barkley, who also rushed for a score while breaking Carson Palmer's 2002 yardage record with a blistering performance against Arizona's maligned defense.

The Trojans (4-1, 2-1 Pac-12) needed almost every yard against Arizona's Nick Foles, who passed for 425 yards and four TDs of his own. USC outgained Arizona 582-554 in a game largely devoid of defense.

NORTHWEST

Eastern Washington 27, Weber State 21: At Cheney, Bo Levi Mitchell threw for 281 yards and three touchdowns as defending FCS champion Eastern Washington held off Weber State for its first win of the season.

Nicholas Edwards caught 10 passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns for the Eagles (1-4, 1-2 Big Sky).

Mike Hoke completed 21 of 32 passes for 235 yards for the Wildcats (2-3, 2-1), but fumbled deep in Eastern Washington territory with 21 seconds left.

Montana 55, Northern Colorado 28: At Missoula, Gerald Kemp threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more, leading Montana (3-2, 2-1 Big Sky) past Northern Colorado (0-5, 0-3).

Kemp did most of his damage in the third quarter, scoring on 6 and 7-yard runs and adding a 19-yard scoring pass to Peter Nguyen. Kemp also tossed a 32-yard scoring strike to Antwan Moutra in the second quarter.

Portland State 42, Idaho State 35: At Pocatello, quarterback Connor Kavanaugh rushed for 212 yards and four touchdowns, and Cory McCaffery ran for the deciding score with 1:52 remaining as Portland State (3-1, 2-0 Big Sky) beat Idaho State.

Rodrick Rumble, who entered the game as the leading receiver in the FCS with 44 receptions, had 11 catches for 131 yards and two touchdowns for Idaho State (1-2, 2-3).

Carroll College 37, Montana State-Northern 21: At Helena, Mont., Dustin Rinker ran for 93 yards and two touchdowns, Matt Ridder had six catches for 102 yards and another two scores, and Carroll (4-1, 4-1 Frontier Conference) beat Montana State-Northern (3-2, 3-2).