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Eugene, Ore. • Freshman Royce Freeman ran for 169 yards and four touchdowns and No. 9 Oregon extended its winning streak over Washington to 11 straight games with a 45-20 victory on Saturday night.
Marcus Mariota threw for 336 yards and two touchdowns for the Ducks (6-1, 3-1 Pac-12), who won their second straight game as they distance themselves from a loss at home to Arizona on Oct. 2.
Freeman's four touchdowns were the most rushing touchdowns in a single game for a Duck since Kenjon Barner had five against USC in 2012.
Cameron Van Winkle hit a pair of field goals for Washington (5-2, 1-2), which hasn't defeated Oregon since the 2003 season. Sophomore Cyler Miles struggled to find a rhythm, throwing for 147 yards and a touchdown with an interception and a fumble.
Oregon celebrated the 20th anniversary of "The Pick," Kenny Wheaton's 97-yard interception return for a game-saving touchdown over the Huskies in 1994 that helped send the Ducks to their first Rose Bowl in 37 years.
Many Oregon fans believe that play was the spark for the Ducks' rise to national prominence.
Oregon players wore bright green throwback jerseys with yellow pants in commemoration of The Pick.
UCLA 36, California 34 • At Berkeley, California, Brett Hundley threw for 330 yards and two touchdowns and added a third score on the ground to help UCLA snap a seven-game skid at Cal.
Hundley accounted for 424 yards of offense to overcome his own fumble and interception as the Bruins (5-2, 2-2 Pac-12) won at Memorial Stadium for the first time since 1998.
It wasn't easy with the Bruins not taking the lead for good until Ka'imi Fairbairn kicked his third field goal, a 26-yarder with 3:40 remaining that provided the go-ahead score and helped UCLA get back on the winning track after losses to Utah and Oregon.
The win was sealed when Marcus Rios made a juggling interception on a Jared Goff pass at the 2-yard line with 51 seconds left to thwart Cal's comeback attempt.
Goff threw for 303 yards and two touchdowns for the Golden Bears (4-3, 2-3), who have lost back-to-back home games after an impressive 4-1 start to the season.
No. 22 USC 56, Colorado 28 • At Los Angeles, Cody Kessler set a school single-game record with seven touchdown passes, throwing five in the first half of Southern California's victory over Colorado.
Nelson Agholor caught three TD passes from Kessler, who broke the mark previously held by Matt Barkley. He passed the record on a 24-yard TD pass to Steven Mitchell, who made a diving catch in the third quarter of a blowout victory for the Trojans (5-2, 4-1 Pac-12).
Kessler also became the first Pac-12 quarterback to throw seven TD passes in the first three quarters of a game, and the junior tied the conference record for TD passes in a non-overtime game.
Standings
Conference All games
W L PF PA W L PF PANorth
Oregon 3 1 149 112 6 1 305 166
Stanford 2 1 64 43 4 2 158 60
California 2 3 205 231 4 3 291 269
Wash. 1 2 64 72 5 2 229 173
Oregon St. 1 2 69 95 4 2 164 146
Wash. St. 1 3 135 159 2 5 245 245
South USC 4 1 166 112 5 2 249 162
Arizona 2 1 106 97 5 1 225 161
Utah 2 1 86 79 5 1 227 130
Ariz. St. 2 1 103 120 4 1 206 157
UCLA 2 2 156 133 5 2 246 205
Colorado 0 4 139 189 2 5 218 270 Thursday's game Utah 29, Oregon St. 23, 2OT
Saturday's games
UCLA 36, California 34
Southern Cal 56, Colorado 28
Oregon 45, Washington 20
Stanford at Arizona St., late
Friday's game
Oregon vs. California at Santa Clara, Calif., 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 25
UCLA at Colorado, noon
Oregon St. at Stanford, 1:30 p.m.
Arizona at Washington St., 4 p.m.
Southern Cal at Utah, 8 p.m.
Arizona St. at Washington, 8:45 p.m.