PULLMAN, Wash. — Andrew Luck threw two third-quarter touchdown passes to Levine Toilolo as No. 7 Stanford beat Washington State 44-14 on Saturday to extend the nation’s longest winning streak to a school-record 14 consecutive games.
Stanford struggled against the Cougars defense before blowing the game open in the second half. Luck, among the leading Heisman Trophy candidates, finished with four touchdown passes, all in the second half.
Washington State hoped to get a boost from the return of quarterback Jeff Tuel. But it had little success against a Stanford defense that is allowing just 10 points per game.
Luck completed 23-of-36 passes for 336 yards with one interception.
Tuel, who fractured his collarbone on his first series of the season, finally was cleared to play and started the game in place of reserve Marshall Lobbestael. He completed 17-of-30 passes for 145 yards.
The Cougars generated just 257 yards of total offense in the game compared with 475 for Stanford.
BYU 38, Oregon State 28
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Riley Nelson threw for 217 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 87 yards to lead BYU to its fourth straight win.
Michael Alisa rushed for 84 yards as the Cougars compiled 282 as a team. They averaged 116 yards on the ground in their first six games.
Meanwhile, linebacker Brandon Ogletree wreaked havoc on the Oregon State offense, intercepting a pass and forcing two fumbles on three straight possessions.
Utah 26, Pittsburgh 14
PITTSBURGH — John White ran for 171 yards and Coleman Petersen kicked four field goals as the Utes (3-3) snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 9-0 all time against current members of the Big East.
