Stanford whips Washington

STANFORD, Calif. -- Washington's momentum from its shocking upset of Southern California lasted as long as the opening kickoff.

Chris Owusu returned the opening kick 91 yards for a touchdown and Toby Gerhart ran for a career-high 200 yards and a score to help Stanford spoil No. 24 Washington's first game as a ranked team in six years with a 34-14 victory Saturday night in a Pac-10 game.

Andrew Luck added a 9-yard quarterback keeper for a score and Delano Howell intercepted two passes for the Cardinal (2-0, 3-1), who opened the conference season with consecutive wins for the first time since Tyrone Willingham's last year on The Farm in 2001.

The Huskies (1-1, 2-2) were riding high coming into the game off their 16-13 win over No. 3 USC last week.

OTHER TOP 25 GAMES

No. 17 Houston 29, Texas Tech 28

HOUSTON -- Case Keenum ran 4 yards with a quarterback keeper for a touchdown with 49 seconds left to give Houston (3-0) a comeback win over Texas Tech (2-2). The Cougars trailed 21-10 in the first half but held Tech's high-powered offense to one second-half score.

NO. 12 USC 27, WASH. ST. 6: Matt Barkley threw two long touchdown passes in 9 seconds during the first quarter on the way to 247 yards passing, and Southern California (1-1, 3-1) rebounded from its latest upset loss with a Pac-10 victory over Washington State (0-2, 1-3) in Los Angeles.

Joe McKnight and Stafon Johnson rushed for scores for the Trojans, whose national-title hopes were seriously dampened by last week's loss at Washington.

IOWA 21, NO. 5 PENN ST. 10: Adrian Clayborn returned a block punt for a touchdown and Iowa (1-0, 4-0) left soggy Happy Valley with a Big Ten win over Penn State (0-1, 3-1), the Hawkeyes' second straight upset of the Nittany Lions in State College, Pa. A year after Iowa's 24-23 win knocked the Nittany Lions out of the national title race, the Hawkeyes beat Penn State again in a rainstorm.

NO. 21 GEORGIA 20, ARIZONA STATE 17: Blair Walsh kicked a 37-yard field goal on the final play, and Georgia escaped an upset, beating visiting Arizona State on another big night for A.J. Green.

Green caught eight passes for 153 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown. He also appeared to get his hand on Bobby Wenzig's 38-yard field goal attempt that could have put the Sun Devils ahead with 4:21 left.

NO. 8 BOISE STATE 49, BOWLING GREEN 14: Kellen Moore was nearly flawless for Boise State (4-0), throwing for 247 yards and two touchdowns in the Broncos' victory over Bowling Green (1-3).

NO. 16 OKLAHOMA STATE 56, GRAMBLING STATE 6: Keith Toston ran for 84 yards and three first-half touchdowns, and Oklahoma State (3-1) overpowered Grambling State in Stillwater, Okla.

NO. 25 NEBRASKA 55, LA.-LAFAYETTE 0: Zac Lee passed for 238 yards and a touchdown, Roy Helu Jr. scored twice and Nebraska (3-1) celebrated its 300th consecutive sellout with a rout of Louisiana-Lafayette.

ACC

Duke 49, NCCU 14

DURHAM, N.C. -- Thaddeus Lewis threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another to help Duke (2-2) beat North Carolina Central (0-4) in first matchup between the two schools, which are located a couple of miles from each other. Lewis finished with 189 yards passing for the Blue Devils.

W&M 30, Delaware 20

WILLIAMSBURG -- R.J. Archer, a former wide receiver in his first year starting at quarterback, continued to complete first-half passes with off-the-chart accuracy Saturday night. The senior connected on 15 of 21 passes -- including a school-record 91-yard TD pass to Chase Hill -- as fifth-ranked William and Mary jumped on Delaware (0-2, 2-2} and went on to a Colonial Athletic Association victory before a sellout crowd of 12,259 at Zable Stadium.

With the Tribe off to its first 4-0 start since 1994, Archer is 50 for 62 (80.6 percent) for 673 yards and eight touchdowns in the first half.

Archer finished 23 of 37 for 313 yards despite a sore knee.

MONMOUTH 31, ODU 28: David Sinisi rushed for 216 yards and two touchdowns and completed a scoring pass on his only throw to help Monmouth (N.J.) hold off Old Dominion in Norfolk.

Sinisi had a career-high 41 carries for the Hawks (2-2), but did not reach his career high of 247 yards set last year against St. Francis (Pa.).

After Old Dominion (3-1) took a 14-0 lead in the first 2:53, Sinisi tied the score with touchdown runs of 8 yards and 1 yard in the first half.

H-SC 31, GUILFORD 6: Kirk Rohle scored three touchdowns and the Tigers held the Quakers (0-1, 0-4) to 67 rushing yards in a victory in Greensboro, N.C.

Rohle rushed 27 times for 151 yards and two TDs, and he connected with Corey Sedlar for an 11-yard score. Sedlar also completed a pass to Craig Warnement for another 11-yard touchdown for the Tigers (1-0, 4-0).

VSU 25, FAYETTEVILLE STATE 20: Rahoo Walker ran for scores of 6 and 17 yards, but the Trojans fell short to the Host Broncos (1-1 CIAA, 2-3).

Alfred Ngauja returned a fumble recovery 95 yards for a touchdown for Virginia State (1-1, 3-2), and Kevin Allen returned an interception 58 yards for a TD.

FERRUM 28, SOUTHERN VIRGINIA 21: Matt Dobson was 4 for 12 passing with two TDs and 127 yards, and also had 47 rushing yards and a touchdown on 15 carries as the Panthers (2-1) held off the host Knights (0-5).

JOHNSON C. SMITH 24, SAINT PAUL'S 20: The Tigers (0-2 CIAA, 1-3) pulled ahead in the fourth quarter on Deshaw Edwards' 4-yard scoring run but couldn't hang on, falling to the host Golden Bulls (1-1, 2-3).