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Oct. 19, 1996
Oregon State Upsets Cardinal, 26-12
David Moran threw for a touchdown and ran for another as Oregon State snapped a 15-game losing streak with a 26-12 Pac-10 Conference victory over Stanford.
The Beavers (1-5, 1-3 Pac-10), who had the longest losing streak in Division I-A, won for the first time since a 14-7 victory over Idaho in the first week of the 1995 season. They also snapped a 12-game conference losing streak.
It was Oregon State's first victory over a Pac-10 foe since a 21-3 victory over Washington State on November 12th, 1994. The longest losing streak in Division I-A now belongs to UNLV, which has dropped 10 in a row.
Moran's 17-yard touchdown pass to DeShawn Williams snapped a tie and gave Oregon State a 19-12 lead with 1:28 to play in the first half. After a scoreless third quarter, Darron Kirkman scampered 28 yards with 4:27 to play to cap the scoring.
Stanford (2-4, 1-2) had taken a 7-6 lead on Chad Hutchinson's 57-yard TD pass to Mike Mitchell 43 seconds into the second quarter. The Beavers went up 12-7 on Moran's three-yard run, but Tim Smith intercepted Moran's pass attempt on a two-point conversion and raced 100 yards to make it 12-9.
Stanford's Kevin Miller then kicked a 36-yard field goal to forge a 12-12 tie with 2:28 left in the first half.
1 2 3 4 F
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Stanford 0 12 0 0 12
Oregon St 6 13 0 7 26 FINAL
Oregon St-D Williams 22 run (kick failed)
Stanford-Mitchell 57 pass from Hutchinson (Miller kick)
Oregon St-Moran 3 run (two-point conversion failed)
Stanford-2 point defensive conversion by Smith
Stanford-FG Miller 36
Oregon St-D Williams 17 pass from Moran (Stuckey kick)
Oregon St-Kirkman 28 run (Stuckey kick)
Stanford Oregon St
First downs 13 15
Rushed-yards 39-27 57-255
Passing yards 171 48
Sacked-yards lost 2-12 11-85
Return yards 20 25
Passes 17-34-2 4-9-1
Punts 7-35.3 7-34.3
Fumbles-lost 5-2 3-1
Penalties-yards 4-20 9-84
Time of possession 29:10 30:50
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Stanford-Mitchell 13-75, Bookman 11-27, Salina 2-4,
Hutchinson 13-minus 79. Oregon St-King 22-85, Kirkman 11-74, D
Williams 10-72, Moran 14-24.
PASSING: Stanford-Hutchinson 17-34-2-171. Oregon St-Moran
4-9-1-48.
RECEIVING: Stanford-Kirwan 7-52, Mitchell 3-68, Manning 3-14,
Walters 2-15, Clark 1-13, Evans 1-9. Oregon St-D Williams 2-35,
Reynolds 1-11, Kirkman 1-2.
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