No. 11 Louisville Hammers Oregon St. 63-27

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Brian Brohm threw for 368 yards and five touchdowns and No. 11 Louisville topped 50 points for the ninth time under coach Bobby Petrino in a 63-27 win over Oregon State on Saturday.<br> <br> Mario Urrutia caught seven passes for 175 yards with two touchdowns for Louisville (2-0), which tied an Oregon State record for points by an opponent.<br> <br> Louisville linebacker Brandon Johnson blocked a punt and returned an interception for a score and defensive end Elvis Dumervil set an NCAA record with his ninth sack in consecutive games.<br> <br> Matt Moore finished 25-for-48 for 317 yards for Oregon State (2-1), which lost to a ranked opponent on the road for the seventh straight time.<br> <br> Petrino had been asked repeatedly about his conservative play-calling since the Cardinals gained only 388 yards in a 31-24 win at Kentucky on Sept. 4. He won&#39;t have to answer those questions again - the Cardinals piled up 553 yards on 50 plays against the Beavers, a gaudy 11-yard average.<br> <br> The Beavers led 10-0 after consecutive 11-play scoring drives, putting the Cardinals down at home for the first time since a 37-7 loss to Memphis in 2003.<br> <br> With their best stretch of play this season, the Cardinals turned the game into a rout over the next 15 minutes, generating two sacks, a fumble, a blocked punt and 35 points.<br> <br> Brohm started the first of five consecutive scoring drives with a shovel pass to Joshua Tinch, who scampered 24 yards. Brohm then lofted a 46-yard pass down the sideline to Harry Douglas, the Cardinals&#39; longest reception since last season. <br> <br> Two plays later, tight end Gary Barnidge snagged a Brohm pass with one hand and scored his fifth touchdown on his ninth career reception.<br> <br> Brohm completed 18 of 22 passes (81.8 percent), the second-best completion percentage in school history. Last season, Stefan LeFors went 12-for-14 (85.7) in a win over East Carolina.<br> <br> Dumervil, who had six sacks in the Cardinals&#39; opener, tackled Moore on two straight plays and forced a fumble on the second. The Cardinals recovered at the Oregon State 15 and Michael Bush powered into the end zone to give Louisville its first lead.<br> <br> Dumervil tied an NCAA record with his eighth sack in consecutive games. He added another in the second half to eclipse the record set by Georgia Tech&#39;s Pat Swilling in 1995.<br> <br> Meanwhile, Brohm, a sophomore making just his second college start, completed 11 of his first 14 passes and found a new favorite target in Urrutia.<br> <br> The 6-foot-6 redshirt freshman from Louisville had two catches on the Cardinals&#39; next touchdown drive, which Bush capped with a 6-yard run. Less than two minutes later, Urrutia out-dueled Oregon State cornerback Gerard Lawson for a leaping 22-yard TD reception with 3:01 left before halftime.<br> <br> The Beavers&#39; offense suddenly sputtered and Johnson swatted Sammie Stroughter&#39;s punt attempt with 2:26 left in the half. Brohm zipped a 28-yard touchdown pass to Tinch on Louisville&#39;s next play for a 35-10 lead.<br> <br> Brohm threw a 32-yard TD pass to Douglas in the third quarter before Johnson intercepted a tipped pass from Moore and returned it 15 yards for a touchdown.<br> <br> © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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