No. 13 Calif. Trounces N.M. State 41-13

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Justin Forsett ran for a career-high 235 yards and Joe Ayoob rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another score to help No. 13 California beat New Mexico State 41-13 on Friday night.<br> <br> Cal (4-0) scored on its first two possessions and was never in trouble, but the four-touchdown underdog Aggies (0-4) kept it interesting in the first half.<br> <br> New Mexico State freshman Chris Williams&#39; 94-yard kickoff return and Conor Foley&#39;s 28-yard field goal pulled the Aggies to 20-10 late in the second quarter.<br> <br> A pair of second-half touchdowns by Ayoob from 5 and 8 yards broke it open. The Golden Bears, who came in averaging 264 yards rushing, had 311 yards rushing and 595 yards of total offense.<br> <br> The Aggies made it tough on Cal kicker Tom Schneider. They blocked Schneider&#39;s first PAT attempt and Schneider missed a 40-yard attempt just before halftime after first-year coach Hal Mumme called three straight timeouts to try to ice him.<br> <br> The Aggies also blocked Schneider&#39;s 28-yard attempt in the third quarter. The ball was blocked by Tim McManigal and returned to near midfield by linebacker Jimmy Cottrell.<br> <br> That set up a 32-yard field goal by Foley on the last play of the third quarter to trim Cal&#39;s lead to 27-13. Foley could have kept the Aggies closer in the first half but missed from 42 and 38 yards.<br> <br> Ayoob scored on runs of 1, 5 and 8 yards and threw a 41-yard TD pass to DeSean Jackson.<br> <br> Forsett scored from a yard out to finish Cal&#39;s opening drive that included a 54-yard pass from Ayoob to Chris Manderino to NMSU&#39;s 13.<br> <br> Forsett, who rushed for 187 yards last week in Cal&#39;s win over Illinois, had 153 yards against the Aggies by halftime and his total was the fourth best ever for a Cal running back.<br> <br> Ayoob&#39;s scoring pass to Jackson came on Cal&#39;s second possession and was the second play of a drive that took just 36 seconds.<br> <br> Ayoob, who took over when Nate Longshore broke his left leg in the season opener against Sacramento State, was 17-of-26 for 284 yards. Jackson caught nine passes for 130 yards.<br> <br> New Mexico State&#39;s Justine Buries ran for 107 yards on 20 carries to become the first back in nine games to run for more than 100 yards against the Golden Bears.<br> <br> New Mexico State quarterback Joey Vincent was 18-for-39 for 164 yards in his first start of the season.<br> <br> © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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