Stanford’s comeback goes for naught as Washington rallies in ultimate seconds

TANFORD – Stanford held Washington out of the top zone till the ultimate minute, however that wasn’t sufficient to interrupt its shedding streak.

Dylan Morris threw a 20-yard landing move to Jalen McMillan with 21 seconds left and the Huskies transformed the 2-point conversion to win 20-13 at Stanford Stadium.

Stanford (3-5, 2-4) has misplaced three video games in a row since upsetting then-No. 3 Oregon at house.

The bye week didn’t assist the Cardinal remedy the worst speeding offense and worst speeding protection within the Pac-12, as Washington had a 229-72 edge in speeding yards to win at Stanford for the primary time since 2007.

Tanner McKee accomplished 21 of 32 passes for 194 yards however turned it over thrice, together with a desperation interception within the ultimate seconds.

McKee accomplished his first 5 passes as Stanford went 58 yards on 13 performs over seven minutes to start out the sport, culminating in a 35-yard subject objective by Joshua Karty.

However the Cardinal got here up empty on by the subsequent 2.5 quarters, and McKee turned the ball over twice, first on a tipped interception on the Washington 11, after which on a strip-sack that was recovered on the Stanford 34.

However turnovers left to subject objectives because the Huskies constructed a 12-3 lead with 5:17 remaining within the third quarter.

Stanford ultimately discovered the top zone on a 16-play, 75-yard drive that took 7 minutes, 25 seconds. Helped when Huskies star lineman Zion Tupuola-Fetui jumped offsides on fourth-and-4, Stanford lastly was capable of run successfully and McKee scored on a 2-yard keeper to chop the deficit to 12-10 with 12:52 to play. It was his fourth speeding TD of the season, probably the most for a Stanford QB since Kevin Hogan (six in 2015).