Sean Mannion and the Beavers struggled to move the ball against the league's top-ranked defense, scoring one TD after an interception and another against second-stringers with the game decided. The Cardinal (5-3, 3-2 Pac-12) controlled the game from start to finish, showing more diverse looks that they have all season — just like coach David Shaw had promised after a perplexing 26-10 loss at Arizona State last week took Stanford out of The Associated Press poll for the first time in four years. Kevin Hogan threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and Ty Montgomery returned a punt for a score as Stanford's sporadic offense busted out of a season-long slump. Hogan tossed two interceptions, Ben Rhyne had a punt blocked and Jordan Williamson made one of two short field goals. The redshirt junior's second interception was thrown into a crowd of defenders, picked off by Michael Doctor and returned to the Stanford 5 to set up Chris Brown's TD run. The All-American kickoff returner patiently waited for blocks and zig-zagged through a wall of defenders for a 50-yard punt return — his second this season — to give Stanford a 35-7 lead.