The Pac-10 Conference Offensive Player of the Week Jacquizz Rodgers rushes for 1 of his 4 TDs and Roddy White outruns 49ers defenders.
10/13/09
The Stanford Cardinal went into Corvallis, Oregon leading the Pac-10 Conference and sporting a 4-1 overall record. The San Francisco 49ers hosted the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday also flying high with a 3-1 record and in 1st place in the NFC West. And both teams also got rude awakenings and realized that they are good, potentially bowl worthy and playoff bound, but are definitely not great teams.
Stanford lost 38-28 to the Oregon State Beavers, but the game was not as close as the score shows
The Rodgers brothers destroyed the Cardinal defense. Diminutive sophomore RB Jacquizz Rodgers tied the school record with 4 TDs, 2 in the 1st quarter and had 189 rushing yards. His older brother James had 71 yards receiving and a score as well.
Stanford got off on the wrong foot and never recovered. WR Chris Owusu dropped a sure TD pass from Andrew Luck on the first play from scrimmage.
Any Heisman buzz Toby Gerhart garnered before the OSU game was quickly lost. He had 96 yards rushing and 2 TDs, but they were both in the 4th quarter, when the game was well out of reach.
A combined 4 TDs by the Rodgers brothers, along with a field goal gave the Beavers an insurmountable 31-7 halftime lead.
If the Stanford game was bad, then the Falcons game was much, much worse. The Atlanta Falcons put up 45 points on the up-and-coming 49ers defense and the offense managed only 10 points on a Glen Coffee TD run.
Roddy White torched the 49ers secondary for 210 yards receiving and 2 TDs and RB Michael Turner pounded in 3 TDs on 97 yards before being taken out early in the 2nd half.
2nd year QB Matt Ryan easily picked apart the 49ers defense by getting rid of the ball in quick, decisive throws. He threw for 329 yards and 2 TDs, and it could have been much more, but when the game was safely in hand Atlanta ran the ball a lot.
The 49ers looked like they would regain some momentum heading into halftime after Coffee's 3 yd. TD run on 3rd and goal off of a pitch. Jerius Norwood fumbled and Michael Lewis recovered the ball at the Atlanta 33. Despite not being able to capitalize on the opportunity, the Niners appeared ready to regain the ball with good field position after an Andy Lee punt pinned the Falcons at their own 4. SF trailed only 14-10 at this time. But Roddy White broke a Nate Clements tackle attempt and raced 90 yards for a touchdown to make the score 21-10. Things quickly got out of hand when Delanie Walker fumbled the kickoff on a controversial call and Turner pounded in a TD and gave the Falcons a 28-10 lead, which stretched to 35-10 at the half.
The SF 49ers game summed up in one play: Early 3rd quarter Dre Bly gets an INT and despite his team being annihilated, showboats. He is caught from behind by a hustling Roddy White who punches the ball out and the Falcons regain possession. They go on to score.
My dad and I went to the game excited that first of all, we were going a Niners game, and second of all that they were playing a good team. We left before the start of the 4th quarter and the only redeeming quality was the good food we brought for lunch.
The 49ers have a bye this week and the Stanford Cardinal travel to Arizona to play the 3-2 Wildcats.
Photo URLs:
http://www.atlantafalcons.com/MediaLounge/Gallery.aspx?q=San+Francisco
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-footbl/orst-m-footbl-body.html
Photos from the atlanta falcons and oregon state football websites
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