Rodgers Climbs Record Books In Loss To No. 3 Stanford

Saturday, November 5

Corvallis, Ore.

12:30 PM

Oregon State

2-7 , 2-4

Stanford

9-0 , 7-0

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Stanford

Oregon State

November 05, 2011 | Football

Box Score

By: TBD

Nov. 5, 2011

Final Stats | Quotes | Notes

CORVALLIS, Ore. - James Rodgers caught six passes, including his 18th career for touchdown, in Oregon State's 38-13 loss to third-ranked Stanford Saturday afternoon at Reser Stadium.

His six receptions gave him 212 for his career, one shy of tying James Newson for second-most at Oregon State and eight behind record-holder Mike Hass. His second-quarter score came from 15 yards out and cut Stanford's lead to 14-7 with 5:25 to play in the half.

Rodgers' score was redshirt freshman quarterback Sean Mannion's 11th touchdown pass of the season as the Pleasanton, Calif., native was 18-of-30 on the day. He threw for 252 yards in the loss, marking his eighth consecutive game with at least 200 yards passing. Only Derek Anderson (13 straight in 2003) can claim a longer streak than Mannion over the last decade.

The Beavers maintained a close game until the third quarter as the Cardinal led 17-7 at halftime. But Oregon State ran just 21 plays in the second half - finishing with 47 overall - and Stanford out-scored the Beavers 21-6 in the half.

Andrew Luck passed for 206 yards and three touchdowns and Stepfan Taylor rushed for 95 yards in the win for Stanford, which improved to 9-0 overall and 7-0 in Pac-12 Conference play. The Beavers, meanwhile, dropped to 2-7 overall and 2-4 in Pac-12 games.

The Cardinal took a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter after being held scoreless in the first quarter - the Beavers being the only team this season to hold Stanford scoreless this season. But Jeremy Stewart opened the game's scoring with a 2-yard rush three seconds into the second quarter.

Luck extended Stanford's lead to 14-0 when he found Griff Whalen on a 17-yard pass at the 7:51 mark.

Oregon State answered with Mannion's 15-yard touchdown pass to Rodgers less than three minutes later.

Stanford made it 17-7 with 35 seconds remaining in the first half when Eric Whitaker nailed a 31-yard field goal. OSU had an opportunity to make it 17-10 but a 50-yard field goal attempt by Trevor Romaine was blocked with seven seconds remaining.

That did little to deter the Beavers early in the second half as Malcolm Agnew scored his fifth touchdown of the season on a 2-yard carry. It came at the 11:53 mark but was the last score of the day for OSU as the point after touchdown was blocked and the Cardinal scored the game's last 21 points.

Johnny Hekker, who broke the OSU single-game average with a 52.5 yard per punt mark against Utah last week, had another big special teams game for the Beavers. He punted a total of five times, finishing with 220 yards, an average of 44 yards. He trapped Stanford inside the 20 three times, giving him 14 punts inside the 20 this season.

Of those 14, six have come in the last two weeks.

Anthony Watkins was the leader defensively for the Beavers, tallying 12 tackles, seven of which were solo. Lance Mitchell had 10 with two pass breakups and Rueben Robinson collected nine.

Michael Doctor picked off Luck in the first quarter. It was Doctor's second interception of the season.

Jarek Lancaster led all Stanford defenders with seven tackles.

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