By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Stanford overcame problems in the red zone, took advantage of a botched fake punt, and squeezed out a 20-13 Pac-12 football victory over Washington Saturday at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

Cardinal quarterback Kevin Hogan’s 5-yard touchdown run with 4:59 left in the fourth quarter broke a 13-13 deadlock. Stanford (3-1 overall, 1-1 Pac-12) drove inside the Husky 30 six times and came up empty – including a missed field goal and a fumble by Hogan – until Hogan’s go-ahead score.

On 4th-and-9 on their own 47-yard line, Washington (4-1, 0-1) tried a fake punt that was stuffed by the Cardinal defense, setting up Stanford’s winning touchdown.

Stanford committed three turnovers. One of them was a fumble by Remound Wright that the Huskies’ Shaq Thompson returned 32 yards for a game-tying touchdown late in the second quarter.

Hogan wound up 17-for-26 passing for 178 yards, along with 53 rushing yards. Ty Montgomery opened the game with a 62-yard kickoff return, and later caught a 17-yard scoring pass from Hogan.

Washington was held to 179 total yards, including 98 passing. Huskies quarterback Cyler Miles threw a 25-yard scoring pass to Jaydon Mickens, but finished 15-of-29 passing and was sacked four times.

After Stanford surged ahead, the Huskies had one final possession, getting the ball on their own 48 with 1:49 to play and no time outs. Miles, after three incompletions, connected with DiAndre Campbell for an 11-yard play and a first down on the Cardinal 41.

Miles ran for another first down to the Cardinal 28, but was later penalized for intentional grounding. On the Huskies’ final play, Miles was forced to scramble on 4th-and-18 and tackled after a 5-yard gain.

Next week, the Cardinal travel to South Bend, Indiana, to face Notre Dame. Game time is 12:30 p.m. PDT.