Sept. 30, 2000
Postgame Press Conference AudioNotesQuotesFinal StatisticsVisit Stanford Football Today!Ask the CoachSend a Cardinal FANcard!STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Clarence Farmer ran for 130 yards and a touchdown,and Ortege Jenkins passed for 198 yards and another score as Arizona beatStanford 27-3 on Saturday.
The Wildcats' three-back offense turned into a one-man show. Farmer, afreshman who had just 15 carries in Arizona's first three games, batteredStanford's defensive front on several long drives and scored early in thesecond quarter to help Arizona (3-1, 1-0 Pac-10) to an easy victory in itsconference opener.
Jenkins completed 12 of 22 passes in his best start since taking over asArizona's full-time starter after three years sharing time with Keith Smith.
Meanwhile, freshman quarterback Chris Lewis' first start for Stanford (2-2,1-1) was a disaster as the defending Pac-10 champs lost for just the secondtime in 12 conference games.
Lewis rallied the Cardinal to a 27-24 upset of Texas two weeks ago whenRandy Fasani suffered a knee injury, but Lewis was constantly harassed bydefensive end Joe Tafoya and Arizona's defense, and he never led a long scoringdrive.
He completed 14 of 32 passes for 177 yards and two interceptions.
Lewis threw three wild incompletions before Alex Luna intercepted his fourthpass of the game and returned it to the Stanford 22, setting up Sean Keel's33-yard field goal.
Two minutes later, Jenkins hit Brad Brennan with a 36-yard TD pass, and Keeladded another field goal late in the first.
Farmer scored on a 3-yard run early in the second, and both teams settledinto a slow-moving game. Arizona's defense was dominant, while Farmer broke a50-yard run in the third quarter and a 33-yard run late in the second quarter.
After Tafoya savagely sacked Lewis and caused a fumble early in the fourthquarter, Idris Haroon recovered and ran 32 yards to score. Haroon did asomersault into the end zone, and the Wildcats got both an unsportsmanlikeconduct penalty and a sideline warning.
Stanford got its only points on Mike Biselli's 30-yard field goal midwaythrough the third quarter. The Cardinal managed just 103 yards rushing.
On a sweltering day at Stanford Stadium, the Wildcats avenged last year's50-22 loss to the Cardinal in Tucson and gave the Cardinal their second homeloss in three games this year.
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer