Nov. 6, 2004

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By BOB BAUM
AP Sports Writer

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Andrew Walter threw four yards to Matt Miller - his fourth touchdown pass of the night - with nine seconds to play Saturday to give No. 23 Arizona State a wild 34-31 victory over Stanford.

Cardinal backup quarterback T.C. Ostrander had given his team a 31-26 lead with a 67-yard touchdown pass to Alex Smith with 2:02 remaining.

But Walter, who was 28-for-43 for 415 yards and broke John Elway's Pac-10 record for career touchdown passes, was 4-for-8 for 79 yards on a 13-play, 80-yard drive for the winning score.

Walter has 80 TD passes, breaking Elway's record at Stanford of 77.

Jon Alston's fourth sack of the game and a holding penalty had left the Sun Devils second-and-29 on their 43, but Walter threw 19 yards to Derek Hagan, then 11 to Terry Richardson for the first down that kept the drive alive.

On the touchdown, Walter found Miller deep in the end zone for his second TD catch of the game. Burgess ran for the two-point conversion.

Miller also caught a 52-yard, last-second touchdown pass on the final play of the first half to give Arizona State (7-2, 4-2 Pac-10) a 17-14 lead.

Rudy Burgess, converted from wide receiver three weeks ago, carried 34 times for 186 yards, the biggest running day for an Arizona State back in three years.

The game featured nine turnovers - five by Stanford (2-4, 4-5), four of them interceptions. ASU had five turnovers, and had two punts blocked by Udeme Udofia. Both blocks set up Stanford touchdowns.

Cardinal starter Trent Edwards went down with an injured left shoulder on the first play of the second half, and Ostrander, a redshirt freshman, directed the Cardinal to 17 consecutive points and the lead.

The Sun Devils led 26-14 after Walter's 7-yard touchdown pass to Zach Miller with 34 seconds to play in the third quarter.

Stanford's comeback began when Burgess fumbled a punt and Marcus McCutcheon recovered at the Arizona State 40. Ostrander's 11-yard scramble helped set up Ray Jones' 3-yard touchdown run. Ostrander threw to Greg Camarillo for the two-point conversion and it was 26-22.

Stanford held on fourth-and-one at its five, then drove down the field for Michael Sgroi's 47-yard field goal that cut the lead to 26-25.

After Stanford held, Ostrander found the big tight end Smith over the middle, and he broke Justin Burks' attempted tackle and ran in for the score to give the Cardinal the lead. Kyle Caldwell tackled Ostrander to foil the two-point try and it was 31-26 Stanford.

Arizona State had a 373-98 yardage advantage in the first half, but held only the three-point lead.

Walter fumbled the ball away at the end of a 16-yard run at the Stanford 2-yard line. Two plays later, Ricardo Stewart, with help from a couple of teammates, tackled Tolan in the end zone put ASU up 19-14.