Francis Owusu vs Tyrone Prothro: Which Catch Is Better?, As well as Stanford played offensively, it might have taken a perfect game to beat the Cardinal.
No. 18 UCLA was far from it.
An interception returned for a touchdown, a long kickoff return allowed that set up another score and 10 penalties for 93 yards were far too much for the Bruins to overcome on a record-setting and highlight-making night for Stanford.Francis Owusu pinned the ball on the back of a defender in the end zone for one of the most memorable touchdown catches in recent memory and Christian McCaffrey did most of the rest with a school-record 243 yards rushing and four touchdowns in No. 15 Stanford’s 56-35 victory on Thursday night.
“It was a tough loss against a good team,” coach Jim Mora said. “The pick 6, the kickoff return for a touchdown, the nine offensive penalties, those are tough things to overcome. We hurt ourselves with missed tackles.”
McCaffrey scored on a 70-yard run out of the wildcat, returned a kick 96 yards to set up another score and ran for three more touchdowns in a virtuoso performance that broke Toby Gerhart’s school record of 223 yards rushing in a game set in 2009.
McCaffrey finished with 369 all-purpose yards as the Cardinal (5-1, 4-0 Pac-12) beat the Bruins (4-2, 1-2) for the eighth straight time.“He’s a good running back,” defensive lineman Ken Clark said. “He runs hard and he runs behind those big guys. He found the open holes and shot through them.”
For all the accolades McCaffrey earned in this game, the lasting memory was provided by Owusu on his 41-yard TD catch.
It started with McCaffrey taking a direct snap in the wildcat and handing to Bryce Love on a jet sweep. Love the flipped the ball to quarterback Kevin Hogan, who had lined up as a receiver on the play. Hogan set himself in the backfield and threw deep to Owusu.
Despite being interfered with by a face-guarding Jaleel Wadood in the end zone, Owusu still managed to trap the ball against Wadood’s back while not even being able to see it. Owusu managed to keep his hand on the ball to maintain control as the two fell to the ground.
No. 18 UCLA was far from it.
An interception returned for a touchdown, a long kickoff return allowed that set up another score and 10 penalties for 93 yards were far too much for the Bruins to overcome on a record-setting and highlight-making night for Stanford.Francis Owusu pinned the ball on the back of a defender in the end zone for one of the most memorable touchdown catches in recent memory and Christian McCaffrey did most of the rest with a school-record 243 yards rushing and four touchdowns in No. 15 Stanford’s 56-35 victory on Thursday night.“It was a tough loss against a good team,” coach Jim Mora said. “The pick 6, the kickoff return for a touchdown, the nine offensive penalties, those are tough things to overcome. We hurt ourselves with missed tackles.”
McCaffrey scored on a 70-yard run out of the wildcat, returned a kick 96 yards to set up another score and ran for three more touchdowns in a virtuoso performance that broke Toby Gerhart’s school record of 223 yards rushing in a game set in 2009.
McCaffrey finished with 369 all-purpose yards as the Cardinal (5-1, 4-0 Pac-12) beat the Bruins (4-2, 1-2) for the eighth straight time.“He’s a good running back,” defensive lineman Ken Clark said. “He runs hard and he runs behind those big guys. He found the open holes and shot through them.”
For all the accolades McCaffrey earned in this game, the lasting memory was provided by Owusu on his 41-yard TD catch.
It started with McCaffrey taking a direct snap in the wildcat and handing to Bryce Love on a jet sweep. Love the flipped the ball to quarterback Kevin Hogan, who had lined up as a receiver on the play. Hogan set himself in the backfield and threw deep to Owusu.
Despite being interfered with by a face-guarding Jaleel Wadood in the end zone, Owusu still managed to trap the ball against Wadood’s back while not even being able to see it. Owusu managed to keep his hand on the ball to maintain control as the two fell to the ground.
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