SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 19, 2013
No. 13 Stanford 24, No. 10 UCLA 10: Tyler Gaffney compiled a career-high 171 rushing yards and rushed for two touchdowns as the host Cardinal defeated the Bruins in Pac-12 play.
Jordan Richards intercepted two passes and Kevin Hogan passed for 227 yards as Stanford (6-1, 4-1) defeated UCLA for the sixth straight time. The Cardinal held the high-powered Bruins (5-1, 2-1) to 266 total yards.
UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley was 24-of-39 passing for 192 yards and hit Shaquelle Evans on a 3-yard score four seconds into the final quarter to pull the Bruins with 17-10. But Richards picked Hundley off for the second time with 2:40 left and Gaffney sealed the victory with a 4-yard scamper with 1:42 remaining.
The Cardinal took a 10-3 lead midway through the third quarter when Kodi Whitfield made an acrobatic one-handed 30-yard touchdown grab. Gaffney’s 1-yard run made it 17-3 with 3:33 left in the stanza.
Stanford held UCLA to 84 first-half yards and led 3-0 at halftime on Conrad Ukropina’s 31-yard field goal. The Bruins tied the game early in the third quarter when Ka’imi Fairbairn kicked a 38-yarder.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The 100-yard outing was Gaffney’s fourth of the season. … Bruins LB Eric Kendricks was taken to Stanford Hospital for tests on his kidneys after leaving in the first half. … Stanford K Jordan Williamson missed the game with a leg injury and WR Devon Cajuste was carted off the field in the second half with an apparent leg injury.