Washington State falls to Arizona

Chris Henry ran for 94 yards and two touchdowns on a school-record 35 carries and Arizona limited No. 25 Washington State to 45 yards rushing in the Wildcats’ 27-17 victory on Saturday at Pullman, Wash.

Arizona, 4-5 overall and 2-4 in the Pacific 10 Conference, entered the game last in the conference, averaging 71.4 yards rushing. But Henry and Mike Thomas kept the ground game going at critical moments to give Arizona 116 yards rushing.

Arizona quarterback Willie Tuitama returned after sitting out two games because of a concussion, completing 10 of 17 passes for 159 yards and a touchdown, with an interception.

“We went in trying to run the ball a little bit more,” Arizona Coach Mike Stoops said. “We wanted to shorten the game a little bit because they had been moving the ball pretty much at will on people.”

Wildcats defenders helped set up one score by forcing a fumble and they sacked Alex Brink four times.

Washington State (6-4, 4-3) trailed, 20-10, at the half and Brink was without his best receivers, Jason Hill and Michael Bumpus, who sat out the second half because of ankle injuries.

“I don’t know why, I just think they were not focused,” Washington State Coach Bill Doba said of his players.

No. 24 Oregon 34, Washington 14 -- Jonathan Stewart ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns as the Ducks (7-2, 4-2) rolled up 316 yards on the ground and defeated the Huskies (4-6, 2-5) at Eugene, Ore.

Patrick Chung opened the scoring with a 59-yard punt return for a touchdown and had an interception for Oregon.

Dennis Dixon completed 14 of 25 passes for 109 yards for the Ducks, but the Huskies capitalized on his two interceptions for their only scores.

Oregon State 44, Arizona State 10 -- Yvenson Bernard rushed for two touchdowns, Matt Moore accounted for two scores and the Beavers (6-3, 4-2) routed the Sun Devils (5-4, 2-4) at Corvallis, Ore.

The Beavers scored on their first five possessions and showed no signs of any letdown coming off their upset win over USC. Moore completed 17 of 31 passes for 282 yards, including a nine-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Wheat-Brown that put Oregon State up, 24-7, with 9:52 left in the first half.

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Hawaii 63, at Utah State 10: Colt Brennan threw for 413 yards and six touchdowns and set two school records to lead the Warriors (7-2, 5-1) over the Aggies (1-8, 1-4) in a Western Athletic Conference game at Logan. Afterward, Hawaii accepted an invitation to the Hawaii Bowl. Brennan’s 39 touchdown passes are the most in a season and he also set a record for most attempts (182) without an interception before the streak ended in the third quarter. Timmy Chang held the previous records with 38 touchdown passes in 2004 and a streak of 178 passes without an interception, also ending in 2004.

Nevada 45, at Idaho 7: Jeff Rowe threw for 162 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another score to lead the Wolfpack (6-3, 3-2) over the Vandals (4-6, 3-3) in a WAC game at Moscow.

San Jose State 31, at New Mexico State 21: Yonus Davis rushed for 177 yards and a touchdown to lead the Spartans (6-2, 3-1) over the Aggies (2-7, 0-5) in a WAC game at Las Cruces.

Brigham Young 24, at Colorado St. 3: Fui Vakapuna ran for two touchdowns and Manase Tonga ran for one to lead the Cougars (7-2, 5-0) over the Rams (4-5, 1-4) in a Mountain West Conference game at Fort Collins.

at Wyoming 27, San Diego State 24: Joseph Harris scored two touchdowns and Devin Moore rushed for 131 yards to lead the Cowboys (5-5, 4-2) over the Aztecs (1-7, 1-3) in a Mountain West game at Laramie.

Texas Christian 25, at Nevada Las Vegas 10: Jeff Ballard threw for 195 yards and ran for 84 to lead the Horned Frogs (6-2, 2-2) over the Rebels (1-8, 0-5) in a Mountain West game.

San Diego 38, at Jacksonville 21: Josh Johnson passed for a career-best 384 yards to lead the Toreros (9-0, 6-0) over the Dolphins (4-5, 4-2) in a Pioneer League game at Jacksonville, Fla.

at Montana 10, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 9: Dan Carpenter kicked a 21-yard field goal with five seconds left to lift the Grizzlies (8-1) over the Mustangs (6-3) at Missoula.

at Cal Lutheran 27, Pomona-Pitzer 24: Connor Pierce kicked a 44-yard field goal with 4:14 left to power the Kingsmen (6-2, 3-2) over the Sagehens (2-6, 1-4) in a SCIAC game.

La Verne 21, at Claremont-Mudd 14: Michael Moreno caught an eight-yard touchdown from Troy Doolittle with 6:33 left as the Leopards (3-5, 3-3) beat the Stags (4-4, 2-3) in a SCIAC game.

at Whittier 28, Redlands 21: The Poets (2-6, 1-4) recovered a fumble in overtime to defeat the Bulldogs (3-5, 3-2) in a SCIAC game.

Occidental 41, at Chapman 21: The Tigers (8-0) beat the Panthers (3-5) but clinched the SCIAC title outright because of Redlands’ loss.

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

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at Houston 27, Tulsa 10: Anthony Alridge rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown to help the Cougars (7-3, 5-1) defeat the Golden Hurricane (7-2, 4-1) in a Conference USA game, ending Tulsa’s six-game winning streak.

East Carolina 23, at Central Florida 10: Brandon Fractious rushed for 128 yards and one touchdown to lead the Pirates (5-4, 4-2) over the Golden Knights (2-7, 1-4) in a CUSA game.

at Marshall 42, Tulane 21: Backup Jimmy Skinner threw three fourth-quarter touchdown passes to lead the Thundering Herd (4-5, 3-2) over the Green Wave (3-6, 1-4) in a CUSA game at Huntington, W.Va.

Rice 37, at Texas El Paso 31: Quinton Smith ran for 171 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Owls (4-5, 3-2) over the Miners (4-5, 2-3).

at South Florida 22, Pittsburgh 12: Matt Grothe ran for one touchdown and threw for another to lead the Bulls (6-3, 2-2) over the Panthers (6-3, 2-2) in a Big East Conference game at Tampa.

Central Michigan 42, at Temple 26: Dan LeFevour threw four touchdown passes to lead the Chippewas (6-3) over the Owls (1-9) at Philadelphia.

at Buffalo 41, Kent State 14: The Bulls (2-7, 1-5) ended a seven-game losing streak by beating the Golden Flashes (5-4, 4-2) in a Mid-American Conference game at Amherst, N.Y.

Ohio 16, at Eastern Michigan 10: Kalvin McRae broke the 100-yard rushing mark for the fifth consecutive game to lead the Bobcats (7-3, 5-1) over the Eagles (1-8, 1-4) in a MAC game at Ypsilanti.

at Akron 35, Bowling Green 28: Dennis Kennedy rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns and Luke Getsy passed for two more scores to lead the Zips (4-5, 2-3) over the Falcons (4-6, 3-3) in a MAC game at Akron, Ohio.

at W. Michigan 27, Miami (Ohio) 24: Nate Meyer kicked a 21-yard field goal with 1:16 left to lift the Broncos (7-2, 5-1) over the RedHawks (1-9, 1-5) in a MAC game at Kalamazoo.

at Middle Tennessee State 35, Florida Atlantic 14: Eugene Gross rushed for a career-high 208 yards to lead the Blue Raiders (6-3, 5-0) over the Owls (3-6, 2-2) in a Sun Belt Conference game at Murfreesboro.

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From the Associated Press