Nov. 23, 1996
Stanford Tops Cal In 99th Big Game, 42-21
Chad Hutchison threw three touchdowns as Stanford secured aberth in the Sun Bowl with a 42-21 victory over California inthe 99th meeting between the Pac-10 Conference rivals.
Hutchinson, who completed 16-of-25 passes for 184 yards, threwscoring strikes of five, 56 and three yards for Stanford (6-5,5-3 Pac-10). The Cardinal now leads the all-time series,49-39-11.
Pat Barnes also threw three touchdowns for California (6-5,3-5). The senior completed 21-of-32 for 284 yards and threeinterceptions. He had scoring passes of 17, 20 and 21 yards.
Barnes threw 31 TDs on the season to move ahead of formerArizona State standout Mike Pagel for the Pac-10 record. Pagelhad 29 TD passes in 1981. Barnes also finished the regularseason with 3,499 passing yards, second behind Stanford's SteveStenstrom, who had 3,627 in 1993.
The Golden Bears jumped to a 17-0 advantage early in the secondquarter. Kevin Miller opened the scoring with a 24-yard fieldgoal and Hutchinson found Jon Ritchie from five yards out at8:28 of the first.
Kailee Wong intercepted Barnes' pass and returned it 53 yardsfor the score in the opening minute of the second period. Barnescame back to hit Tony Gonzalez on a 17-yard score to getCalifornia on the board at 3:42.
The Cardinal put up 10 unanswered points before the half on aHutchinson-to-Troy Walker 56-yard score and Miller's 24-yardfield goal. Stanford led 27-7 at halftime.
Damon Dunn's 37-yard touchdown run expanded the lead 1 1/2minutes into the third quarter. But Barnes rallied the Bearswith a 20-yard scoring strike to Na'il Benjamin and a 21-yarderto Bobby Shaw.
Hutchinson and Mike Mitchell hooked up on a three-yard touchdownpass to close the scoring. Mitchell also rushed for 130 yardson 24 carries.
1 2 3 4 F - - - - -- Stanford 10 17 7 8 42 California 0 7 7 7 21 FINAL Stanford-FG Miller 24 Stanford-Ritchie 5 pass from Hutchinson (Miller kick) Stanford-Wong 53 interception return (Miller kick) California-Gonzalez 17 pass from Barnes (R Longwell kick) Stanford-Walters 56 pass from Hutchinson (Miller kick) Stanford-FG Miller 37 Stanford-Dunn 37 run (Miller kick) California-Benjamin 20 pass from Barnes (R Longwell kick) California-Shaw 21 pass from Barnes (R Longwell kick) Stanford-Mitchell 3 pass from Hutchinson (Manning reception for two-point conversion) Stanford California First downs 20 20 Rushed-yards 43-220 34-87 Passing yards 184 288 Sacked-yards lost 2-19 6-46 Return yards 106 12 Passes 16-25-0 22-35-2 Punts 5-38.4 6-48.5 Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-1 Penalties-yards 4-25 4-29 Time of possession 29:51 30:09 Individual Statistics RUSHING: Stanford-Mitchell 24-127, Comella 4-45, Dunn 1-37,Bookman 8-29, Husak 3-minus 3, Hutchinson 3-minus 15.California-B Willis 8-40, Oneal 7-32, Vera 7-25, Barnes 11-1,Gottlieb 1-minus 11.PASSING: Stanford-Hutchinson 16-25-0-184. California-Barnes21-32-2-284, Gottlieb 1-3-0-4.RECEIVING: Stanford-Walters 5-82, Bookman 2-29, Dunn 2-19,Manning 2-12, Kirwan 1-17, Clark 1-16, Ritchie 1-5, Mitchell1-3, Comella 1-1. California-Shaw 5-72, Vera 5-37, Douglas4-41, Benjamin 3-58, Gonzalez 2-21, Bullard 1-35, Malili 1-18,Yun 1-6.Att: 70,500