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. Gaffneyกฏs 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 Ukropinaกฏs 31-yard field goal. The Bruins tied the game early in the third quarter when Kaกฏimi Fairbairn kicked a 38-yarder.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The 100-yard outing was Gaffneyกฏs fourth of the season. กญ Bruins LB Eric Kendricks was taken to Stanford Hospital for tests on his kidneys after leaving in the first half. กญ 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.