No. 4 Calif. Routs Stanford in Big Game

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- J.J. Arrington ran for 169 yards to set California&#39;s single-season rushing record and the fourth-ranked Golden Bears beat Stanford 41-6 on Saturday for their biggest victory in the Big Game since 1930.<br> <br> Freshman Marshawn Lynch added 122 yards on just nine carries, including a spectacular 55-yard touchdown run. Lynch also threw a TD pass as the Bears racked up 474 total yards in coach Jeff Tedford&#39;s third straight victory over Stanford in the 107th edition of the rivalry.<br> <br> Aaron Rodgers passed for 120 yards and a score for the Bears (9-1, 6-1 Pac-10), who kept their Bowl Championship Series hopes thriving with their sixth straight victory.<br> <br> Despite the impressive final score, it might have been Cal&#39;s ugliest win of the season. There was little offensive rhythm, and the teams combined for 26 penalties for 228 yards. <br> <br> If top-ranked Southern California wins its final two games and the Bears win their hurricane-postponed game at Southern Mississippi on Dec. 4, Cal will be the odds-on favorite for its first trip to the Rose Bowl in 45 years.<br> <br> T.C. Ostrander passed for 148 yards for the Cardinal (4-7, 2-6), who finished their third straight losing season under coach Buddy Teevens with just 180 yards of total offense.<br> <br> Stanford fell agonizingly short in several games this season, losing to USC by three points and falling to Arizona State on a last-second touchdown pass.<br> <br> Stanford had won seven straight meetings in the nation&#39;s ninth-longest rivalry before Tedford arrived at Cal.<br> <br> Thousands of Cal fans stormed the field after the game, but police and security workers prevented any trouble from breaking out. The goalposts remained intact.<br> <br> With a sellout crowd of 72,981, Cal set a new record for average attendance and went unbeaten at Memorial Stadium for the first time since 1950.<br> <br> Freshman Robert Jordan caught an early touchdown pass for Cal, and Geoff McArthur caught five passes to bring his career total to 195, surpassing Dameane Douglas&#39; school record - but the Bears were carried by their dynamic rushing duo.<br> <br> Arrington had his 10th 100-yard game of the season, and he made a 33-yard run shortly before halftime to surpass Chuck Muncie&#39;s single-season Cal rushing record of 1,460 yards in 1975.<br> <br> Arrington, a late-surging Heisman Trophy candidate with 1,584 yards, is the only running back in the NCAA to gain at least 100 yards in all of his games this season.<br> <br> But Lynch stole the show with his tackle-breaking touchdown run, giving Cal a 20-3 lead and providing another glimpse of the Oakland native&#39;s potential. Many observers believe if Arrington wasn&#39;t setting records for Cal this season, Lynch could match the numbers of Oklahoma super-freshman Adrian Peterson.

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