Oregon St. beats Portland St. 34-7

By ANNE M. PETERSON, AP Sports Writer Sep 5, 6:05 pm EDT

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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP)—The Rodgers brothers are back for Oregon State.

Jacquizz Rodgers ran for 103 yards and three touchdowns while big brother James caught a pair of passes for 95 yards and a score to lead the Beavers to a 34-7 victory over Portland State in the opener for both teams on Saturday.

Jacquizz, last season’s Pac-10 offensive player of the year, missed Oregon State’s final two games because of a shoulder injury. He had surgery in the offseason.

His brother broke his collarbone and missed Oregon State’s Sun Bowl victory over Pittsburgh.

With both brothers key to Oregon State’s success this season, they combined for 253 yards of offense against the Big Sky Conference Vikings.

Junior Ray Fry caught 10 passes for 146 yards for Portland State, opening its third season under former NFL coach Jerry Glanville.

Quarterback Drew Hubel completed 20 of 37 passes for 252 yards for the Vikings, who moved the ball but couldn’t quite score against the Pac-10’s Beavers.

Sean Canfield was 8-of-11 for 158 yards and a touchdown for the Beavers.

Canfield was opening the season in place of Lyle Moevao, who was still recovering from offseason rotator cuff surgery. Canfield threw six touchdowns and made two starts last season, while Moevao started in nine games and threw 19 touchdowns with 13 interceptions.

The Beavers finished 9-4 last season, capped by a 3-0 victory in the Sun Bowl, and were ranked No. 18. This season Oregon State just missed a spot in the preseason AP Top 25.

Portland State, which finished 4-7 last season, could not stop the Rodgers brothers.

Jacquizz Rodgers, who is known as Quizz, rushed last season for 1,253 yards, a Pac-10 record for a freshman. James Rodgers, instrumental in the Beavers’ success with the fly sweep, rushed for 408 yards and five touchdowns and had 607 receiving yards with four scores last season.

On Oregon State’s first play of the game from scrimmage, James Rodgers pulled down Canfield’s pass and ran for an 87-yard touchdown. It was the sixth longest scoring catch in school history.

Not to be outdone, Quizz barreled into the end zone from five yards out to put the Beavers up 14-0 midway through the first quarter.

Justin Kahut’s career-long 50-yard field goal made it 17-0 early in the second, and Jacquizz Rodgers added a 1-yard TD run before the half.

Quizz opened the second half with a 43-yard scoring run, giving the Beavers a 31-0 lead. Oregon State coach Mike Riley pulled him from the lopsided game shortly thereafter.

Kahut added a 24-yard field goal.

Portland State avoided the shutout with Conner Kavanaugh’s 1-yard touchdown run with 2:51 left.

It was Jacquizz Rodgers’ first three-touchdown game. He also caught four passes for 32 yards, while James rushed twice for 23 yards.

Updated Sep 5, 6:05 pm EDT
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Head to Head - Week 1

Team Total Yds Pass Yds Rush Yds First Downs 3rdD% Pen./Yds Turnovers Time of Poss.
Portland State 351 274 77 17 40.0% 6/45 1 30:23
Oregon State 433 282 151 18 57.1% 5/34 0 29:37
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  1. <i>brytondias</i>
    9. Posted by brytondias Mon Sep 7 3:02am EDT

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    Dawgmeat has no life..........-_-
  2. Robert S
    8. Posted by Robert S Sun Sep 6 1:24pm EDT

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    Take USC down? Lulz.
  3. Dawgmeat
    7. Posted by Dawgmeat Sun Sep 6 1:02pm EDT

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    it is CLEARLY a new era in Husky football. after we destroy Idaho next week ..... we shock the nation and take USC down.
  4. Beaver Fever
    6. Posted by Beaver Fever Sun Sep 6 3:11am EDT

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    It's pretty awesome for Quizz to score 3 touchdowns in one game, but I think Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in one game. But I guess Al did it in high school... ;-)

    A great start to what I hope is an awesome season for Oregon State!
  5. <i>billfournier</i>
    5. Posted by billfournier Sat Sep 5 9:43pm EDT

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    Dogturd...that's what washington will be after they play the Beaver's.
  6. Dawgmeat
    4. Posted by Dawgmeat Sat Sep 5 8:32pm EDT

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    absolutely i do. our QB and best player was injured, our top 3 RBs were injured, we had one WR going into last season that had even caught a pass in college football before 2008, and he had 4 career receptions, every single starter on our offensive line missed a minimum of two games ..... and most importantly .... we had the worst head coach in the history of college football. Oklahoma had a losing record in 1998, two seasons later they were undefeated and national champions. USC has a losing record in 2000, two seasons later they were 11-2 and the #4 team in the nation. hmmmmm ..... what did USC and Oklahoma have in common ????? hmmmmm .... oh yeah, they fired their pile of crap head coach and replaced him with a high energy high motivation head coach ..... EXACTLY as Washington has done.

    only a moron believes that LAST season will have ANYTHING to do with how Washington does THIS season. this is college football ....... teams can go from garbage to great in a single year, and from great to garbage in a single year. learn the history of the game .... then pop off. moron.


    ps - i was joking about the score .... man, nothing gets past you .... huh? Washington is going to kick their ass though.
  7. Chad
    3. Posted by Chad Sat Sep 5 7:39pm EDT

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    Dawgmeat...get a grip! Do you really think that score is even possible for Washington after last year???
  8. Dawgmeat
    2. Posted by Dawgmeat Sat Sep 5 7:01pm EDT

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    who cares about Oregon St ?????? Washington is going to STOMP them for the cheap hit on Locker two seasons ago.

    Washington - 77
    Oregon St - 0
  9. Kyle B
    1. Posted by Kyle B Sat Sep 5 5:50pm EDT

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    Good to see both Rodgers brothers going at it again!

    Oh and first!
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Top Performers

 Top Performers
 Portland St.
C. Kavanaugh C. Kavanaugh, QB
2-4, 22 yds
5 Rush, 36 yds, 1 TD
 Oregon St.
J. Rodgers J. Rodgers, RB
16 Rush, 103 yds
3 TDs

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