OSU stuffs Stanford
Sunday, November 19, 2006 9:24 AM PST
JANIE McCAULEY
Associated Press
STANFORD, Calif. - This time, Oregon State didn't let Stanford put a damper on its postseason hopes.
Matt Moore threw for 176 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a 1-yard score to make the Beavers bowl eligible with a 30-7 victory Saturday, spoiling the Cardinal's final shot at winning a game in its fancy renovated stadium.
Yvenson Bernard carried 36 times for 168 yards - 20 of those rushes for 99 yards in the first half alone - to go over the 1,000-yard mark for the season. Alexis Serna kicked field goals of 29, 31 and 18 yards for Oregon State (7-4, 5-3 Pac-10), whose loss to Stanford a year ago helped ruin the Beavers' bowl chances and snapped their four-game winning streak in the series.
The Beavers will head into the Civil War game against archrival Oregon on Friday night at Corvallis to play for a possible bid to the Sun Bowl.
Normally, six wins would make a team bowl eligible, but the Beavers have a 13-game schedule. Oregon State upset then-No. 3 Southern California 33-31 on Oct. 28 for one of those victories.Sammie Stroughter and Brandon Powers each caught TD passes, and the OSU defense made things tough for Stanford quarterback T.C. Ostrander, sacked five times.
