Colorado State University Athletics
Colorado State
Cal
Late Ram Surge Falls Short, 34-28
9/8/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 8, 2007
Final Stats | Quotes | Notes
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- Colorado State took No. 10 Cal to the brink Saturday, but came up just short of an upset.
The Golden Bears (2-0) needed all of them and more to fend off the Rams (0-2), who scored two touchdowns 53 seconds apart to turn a 34-14 deficit into a 34-28 nail-biter with 2:54 remaining.
Two plays after Hanie was hurried into a fourth-down incompletion, Jahvid Best scored on a 64-yard run to make it 34-14. Best had two carries for 73 yards.
Caleb Hanie was under pressure from the Cal defense all day, but came through with a 66-yard scoring strike to Damon Morton in the fourth quarter.
Rams linebacker Curtis Cornelson collared the onside kick and George Hill's 44-yard grab set up Kyle Bell's 3-yard run with 2:54 left.
Jordan Kay kicked field goals of 47 and 41 yards, the first of which gave Cal a 17-14 halftime lead.
