Nathan Longshore threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns to lead the 20th-ranked California Golden Bears over the Oregon State Beavers, 41-13, at Reser Stadium. Longshore completed 22-of-31 passes with one interception for Cal (4-1, 2-0 Pac-10), which has won four straight since opening the season with a 35-18 setback at Tennessee. Marshawn Lynch added three touchdowns, two receiving and one rushing, for the Golden Bears, who scored the game's first 31 points and coasted to the finish. Lynch ended with 106 rushing yards and 59 yards receiving, as Cal racked up 483 total yards of offense. Lavelle Hawkins led the Cal receiving corps with six catches for 128 yards and a score, helping Cal beat the Beavers for the second time in three years after dropping six straight. Yvenson Bernard ran for 74 yards and a touchdown to lead an anemic offense for the Beavers (2-2, 0-1), who have dropped two of three. OSU gained 300 yards of offense and scored a season-low in points.
Cal wasted little time putting this game out of reach, scoring on all five of its first-half possessions and taking a 28-point lead into halftime. Longshore ended the first two Golden Bear possessions with TD tosses. He hit Hawkins with a 39-yard strike for a 7-0 lead just 2:07 into the contest. Then, after OSU's Bernard fumbled to give the ball back to Cal midway through the quarter, Longshore connected with DeSean Jackson for a 27-yard TD and a 14-0 lead with 5:52 left in the first quarter. Jackson ended with seven catches for 74 yards. Following a Beavers' punt, Cal needed just six plays to find the end zone again. This time, Lynch ended the 74-yard drive with a 15-yard scoring run for a 21-point lead with 3:37 remaining until the second quarter.
In the second, the Golden Bears went ahead by 28 points when Longshore hit Lynch with a 27-yard pass play for a score. Cal's Tom Schneider added a 37-yard field goal with 51 seconds left until the break, but Alexis Serna finally put the Beavers on the board when he hit a 58- yard field goal as time expired. A 21-yard pass play from Moore to Joe Newton set up the career-long and school record-tying kick by Serna. Serna connected on a 40-yarder early in the third quarter to make it a 31-6 contest, but Longshore and Lynch again combined on a TD. This time a 28-yard pass play gave the Beavers a 38-6 cushion with 1:31 left in the third. In the fourth, OSU got its only touchdown of the game when Bernard ran in from four-yards out.
Schneider capped the game's scoring with a 43-yard field goal. OSU quarterback Matt Moore ended 18-of-27 passing for 187 yards.
Game Notes
Serna's previous career-long was 55 yards. He is the reigning Lou Groza Award winner as the nation's top kicker...Chris Mangole also hit a 58-yard field goal in 1982...Cal leads the all-time series 33-26...OSU fell to 2-1 at home. It had outscored its previous to opponents 94-17 at home...Cal improved to 1-1 on the road.
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