Washington beats California 21-13
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Bishop Sankey ran for a career-high 189 yards and two touchdowns to give Washington its first road win in more than a year, 21-13 over California on Friday night.
Austin Seferian-Jenkins caught eight passes for 154 yards and a touchdown for the Huskies (5-4, 3-3 Pac-12), who had been outscored 145-41 in three road games this season and had lost six straight away games since beating Utah on Oct. 1, 2011.
The Golden Bears (3-7, 2-5) lost for the fourth time in six games at their renovated stadium and are assured of missing out on a bowl for the second time in three seasons. That will only raise more questions about the status of coach Jeff Tedford, who has a 23-25 record since the start of the 2009 season.
Cal played the game without injured star receiver Keenan Allen and then lost starting quarterback Zach Maynard to a left knee injury late in the fourth quarter.
Backup Allan Bridgford drove the Bears to the 25 with just over a minute left but he missed C.J. Anderson down the sideline on fourth-and-5 to end Cal's hopes.
Each team had four turnovers in a sloppy game, including three lost fumbles in a span of six plays early in the fourth quarter. An interception on the next drive helped seal the win for Washington.
Shaq Thompson intercepted a pass by Maynard near midfield and returned it 33 yards to the Cal 28. Making that play even more painful for the Bears was the fact that Thompson originally committed to play at Cal before changing his mind when top recruiter Tosh Lupoi left for Washington just weeks before signing day.
Sankey ran four straight plays and scored from 1-yard out to give the Huskies a 21-13 lead. Washington now needs just one win in its final three games against the bottom teams in the conference, Utah, Colorado and Washington State, to become bowl eligible.
Cal settled for field goals twice in the third quarter after driving deep into Washington territory, which proved costly when Seferian-Jenkins made a leaping grab over the smaller Steve Williams for a 29-yard score on third-and-goal to give the Huskies a 14-13 lead in the final minute of the third quarter.
The score remained there when Cal failed to capitalize on another good chance. Maynard overthrew an open Chris Harper in the end zone and D'Amato missed wide right from 41 yards, ending a streak of 11 straight makes.
Both teams had little trouble moving the ball in the first half but struggled to get it into the end zone. Washington scored on Sankey's 4-yard run on its second drive of the game but came up empty on three other trips into Cal territory. Sankey was stopped on fourth-and-1 twice in the first half and Price was intercepted by Nick Forbes in the closing seconds on third-and-5 from the 9.
The Bears also squandered good scoring chances with Isi Sofele losing a fumble at the Washington 21 on their first drive of the game and Bigelow losing a fumble at the 11 on the second drive.
Cal scored late in the second quarter on Harper's 14-yard reverse on a drive extended by a personal foul on Danny Shelton on third-and-long.
Austin Seferian-Jenkins caught eight passes for 154 yards and a touchdown for the Huskies (5-4, 3-3 Pac-12), who had been outscored 145-41 in three road games this season and had lost six straight away games since beating Utah on Oct. 1, 2011.
The Golden Bears (3-7, 2-5) lost for the fourth time in six games at their renovated stadium and are assured of missing out on a bowl for the second time in three seasons. That will only raise more questions about the status of coach Jeff Tedford, who has a 23-25 record since the start of the 2009 season.
Cal played the game without injured star receiver Keenan Allen and then lost starting quarterback Zach Maynard to a left knee injury late in the fourth quarter.
Backup Allan Bridgford drove the Bears to the 25 with just over a minute left but he missed C.J. Anderson down the sideline on fourth-and-5 to end Cal's hopes.
Each team had four turnovers in a sloppy game, including three lost fumbles in a span of six plays early in the fourth quarter. An interception on the next drive helped seal the win for Washington.
Shaq Thompson intercepted a pass by Maynard near midfield and returned it 33 yards to the Cal 28. Making that play even more painful for the Bears was the fact that Thompson originally committed to play at Cal before changing his mind when top recruiter Tosh Lupoi left for Washington just weeks before signing day.
Sankey ran four straight plays and scored from 1-yard out to give the Huskies a 21-13 lead. Washington now needs just one win in its final three games against the bottom teams in the conference, Utah, Colorado and Washington State, to become bowl eligible.
Cal settled for field goals twice in the third quarter after driving deep into Washington territory, which proved costly when Seferian-Jenkins made a leaping grab over the smaller Steve Williams for a 29-yard score on third-and-goal to give the Huskies a 14-13 lead in the final minute of the third quarter.
The score remained there when Cal failed to capitalize on another good chance. Maynard overthrew an open Chris Harper in the end zone and D'Amato missed wide right from 41 yards, ending a streak of 11 straight makes.
Both teams had little trouble moving the ball in the first half but struggled to get it into the end zone. Washington scored on Sankey's 4-yard run on its second drive of the game but came up empty on three other trips into Cal territory. Sankey was stopped on fourth-and-1 twice in the first half and Price was intercepted by Nick Forbes in the closing seconds on third-and-5 from the 9.
The Bears also squandered good scoring chances with Isi Sofele losing a fumble at the Washington 21 on their first drive of the game and Bigelow losing a fumble at the 11 on the second drive.
Cal scored late in the second quarter on Harper's 14-yard reverse on a drive extended by a personal foul on Danny Shelton on third-and-long.
pitiful game dawgs. i love you, but that performance was absolutely atrocious. i appreciate the road win as i'm sure you do, but aside from sankey and ASJ (mostly) you have nothing to be proud of. i am happy that the rest of our schedule is insanely weak.
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 @customerservice dude besides the turnovers on offense we played pretty good given the fact our offense has not down much all year, but ya also got to remember besides our fullback, quarterback, and center the rest of the offense is all sophmores and freshmen. Our defense played solid only giving up 13 pts, and creating 4 turnovers
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 @Sounders_FC i suggest you learn some reading comprehension before you spout your absolutely moronic drivel.Â
 @Sounders_FC What's that all about? Did you fail football?
Everything he said was true. It's was a horrible performance overall. They nearly lost to a bunch of freshmen (1st year outta high school).
 @bobalouie  @Sounders_FC and our entire team minus 5 or 6 guys are also freshmen and sophmores or do you not pay enough attention?
 @bobalouie  @Sounders_FC You do realize how many underclassmen the Huskies play, right? Injuries have decimated the team all year. And a win is a win. At the end of the year, they all look the same in that "W" column.Â
 @bobalouie  @Sounders_FC His point is a win is a win and they won so yay for a win.