Cal's Best sends Washington St. to worst-ever loss

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	20	9
Total Yards	505	167
Passing	114	110
Rushing	391	57
Penalties	8-66	6-55
3rd Down Conversions	4-12	1-13
4th Down Conversions	1-1	0-2
Turnovers	1	4
Possession	28:25	31:35

Air/Ground Leaders
California Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Longshore 7/8 53 0 0 Riley 6/14 51 1 0	Washington State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Rogers 10/21 78 0 2 Lopina 3/7 32 0 1
California Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Best 14 200 3 86 Vereen 9 80 1 39	Washington State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Tardy 14 20 0 9 Ivory 5 20 0 11
California Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Boateng 4 44 0 13 Young 2 23 1 14	Washington State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Frischknecht 5 47 0 18 Gibson 3 30 0 17

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				CAL	WSU
	TD	14:49	Jahvid Best 80 Yd Run (David Seawright Kick)	7	0
	TD	13:29	Sean Young 14 Yd Pass From Kevin Riley (David Seawright Kick)	14	0
	TD	08:55	Shane Vereen 39 Yd Run (David Seawright Kick)	21	0
	FG	06:44	Nico Grasu 43 Yd	21	3
SECOND QUARTER				CAL	WSU
	TD	12:14	Zack Follett 65 Yd Return Of Blocked Field Goal (David Seawright Kick)	28	3
	TD	05:25	Kevin Riley 27 Yd Run (David Seawright Kick)	35	3
	TD	02:57	Jahvid Best 5 Yd Run (David Seawright Kick)	42	3
THIRD QUARTER				CAL	WSU
	TD	10:38	Jahvid Best 86 Yd Run (David Seawright Kick)	49	3
	FG	02:56	David Seawright 37 Yd	52	3
FOURTH QUARTER				CAL	WSU
	TD	11:32	Tracy Slocum 6 Yd Run (David Seawright Kick)	59	3
	TD	06:14	Brock Mansion 1 Yd Run (David Seawright Kick)	66	3

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Jahvid Best ran for 200 yards and three touchdowns Saturday and California blasted Washington State 66-3, spoiling coach Paul Wulff's first game back in Pullman since he was a star player in the late 1980s.

Best made his first career start and California (2-0, 1-0) produced 505 yards to help Cal hand Washington State the biggest loss in the history of the program that dates to 1894.

Washington State (0-2, 0-1), picked for last in the Pac-10, looked inept for the second week in a row and suffered its worst loss since at least a 62-3 drubbing at UCLA in 1976. The Cougars lost 39-13 to Oklahoma State last week.

Best rushed 14 times for an average of 14.3 yards per carry. The 5-foot-10, 193-pound speedster earned the start by rushing for what had been a career-high 111 yards last week against Michigan State. The Bears finished with 391 yards rushing, including runs of 80 and 86 yards by Best.

Wulff, hired in December, is the first WSU alum to lead the team since Phil Sarboe in 1949. Washington State opened the season with two losses for the first time since 1999.

Washington State mustered only 167 yards of total offense, and barely preserved their string of scoring in 275 consecutive games, second longest streak in the nation after Michigan's 300 straight. They have not been shut out since 1984.

This game was over early as Cal scored on its first three possessions and piled up 171 yards to take a 21-3 lead after one quarter.

Best set the tone on the first play of the game, darting 80 yards up the middle for a 7-0 Cal lead.

On WSU's first possession, Gary Rogers was intercepted by Syd'Quan Thompson, who returned it 18 yards to WSU's 12. Kevin Riley hit Sean Young for a 12-yard touchdown pass and a 14-0 lead only 1:31 into the game.

On Cal's next possession, freshman Shane Vereen dashed up the middle for a 39-yard touchdown run and a 21-0 lead.

WSU's Chris Ivory returned the kickoff 68 yards to Cal's 22, but the Cougars were pushed back and had to settle for Nico Grasu's 43-yard field goal.

Cal's Zack Follett returned a blocked field-goal attempt 65 yards for a touchdown and Riley dashed 27 yards for a score to make it 34-3 in the first half.

Thompson's 90-yard interception return set up Best for a 5-yard TD off a direct snap that put Cal up 42-3 at the half.

Kevin Lopina replaced Rogers at quarterback for WSU to open the second half, and marched the Cougars to California's 13 before throwing an interception. On the second play, Best ran 86 yards for a touchdown and a 49-3 Cal lead.