Originally published Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 12:00 AM
College Football | Jacquizz Rodgers drives Beavers to 34-6 win over UCLA
Jacquizz Rodgers did his part to help keep Oregon State's Rose Bowl hopes alive, breaking a record in the process. Rodgers established a Pac-10...
PASADENA, Calif. — Jacquizz Rodgers did his part to help keep Oregon State's Rose Bowl hopes alive, breaking a record in the process.
Rodgers established a Pac-10 mark for rushing yards by a freshman and scored two touchdowns, quarterback Sean Canfield again filled in ably for the injured Lyle Moevao, and the Beavers ran off 31 points in the second half to beat UCLA (3-6, 2-4 Pac-10) 34-6 on Saturday.
Coach Mike Reilly's team needs to run the table in its final three games against No. 21 California, Arizona and Oregon to win the conference title and return to the Arroyo Seco on Jan. 1.
The Beavers (6-3, 5-1) have won seven of their last nine meetings against the Golden Bears, eight of nine against the Wildcats, and two straight against the Ducks — including a double-overtime win last season in Eugene.
"It would be a dream to come back here in January," Canfield said after completing 16 of 22 passes for 222 yards.
Rodgers left the UCLA defense breathless, rushing for 144 yards to increase his season total to 1,089 — the most ever by a freshman in the conference. He's only the third Pac-10 first-year player to eclipse the 1,000-yard plateau. Ken Simonton, the Beavers' career rushing leader, had 1,028 in 1998 and Darrin Nelson had 1,069 for Stanford in 1977.
Rodgers scored on a 1-yard TD run with 7:18 left in the third quarter and a 5-yard pass with 10:15 left after safety Greg Laybourne intercepted a Kevin Craft pass.
"We just weren't executing in the beginning on offense and we were beating ourselves, but the defense played lights out," Rodgers said. "In the second half, we put it on ourselves to come out and play hard."
Rodgers brother, James, had six receptions for 115 yards — including a 75-yard pass play that set up one of Justin Kahut's two field goals. Sammie Stroughter gained 93 yards on six catches.
The teams were tied 3-3 at halftime. But Canfield broke the deadlock with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Stroughter with 12:04 left in the third quarter, and then the floodgates opened.
"Field position got us in the third quarter," UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel said. "We left the defense out there with too many short fields. That ultimately changed the complexion of the game, and we gave up a couple of big plays."
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