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Other Pac-10 teams continue to suffer

Associated Press Arizona Daily Wildcat New Mexico State defensive back Rummie Gray (37) breaks up a pass to Arizona State tight end Todd Heap (80) during the second quarter Saturday, in Tempe. New Mexico State linebacker Raul Anaya (25) follows the play. New Mexico State won 35-7.

Perhaps the only team more embarrassed than Arizona over the weekend was Arizona State, who suffered a demoralizing 35-7 defeat to the lowly New Mexico State Aggies.

The Sun Devils went into the game ranked No. 22 in the nation and were beaten on both sides of the ball by a swarming Aggie defense and a relentless running attack.

Since 1979, the Aggies have lost 14 of 14 games against ranked opponents and prior to that date school records don't reveal any games against ranked teams.

In its last outing against Texas Tech, the ASU defense held potential Heisman candidate Ricky Williams to 33 yards on the ground. Against the Aggies, the Sun Devil defense got trampled for 363 yards rushing.

ASU coach Bruce Snyder was disgusted about the outcome but gave credit to the Big West Conference squad.

"Obviously I'm embarrassed, the team is embarrassed," he said. "We knew we were playing a good football team."

J.R. Redmond's Heisman Trophy hopes suffered a major blow Saturday as he ran for less than 60 yards. A preseason favorite for the trophy the last two years, it looks safe to say that the senior running back won't bring the award to Tempe.

The No. 21 UCLA Bruins got a scare from unranked Fresno State Saturday night.

The trouble began a brewing when UCLA starting quarterback Cory Paus left the game with bruised ribs with 11 minutes left in the second quarter. Junior Drew Bennett, who was benched in favor of Paus, came of the bench and threw for two touchdowns on 13 of 24 passing.

The Bruins went up 28-21 with 1:51 left in the third quarter and then sealed the game by recovering a Fresno State fumble and scored a late touchdown to win 35-21.

Washington dropped its home opener against an Air Force team that has won 11 straight games, including a win over those same Huskies in the Jeep Oahu Bowl last Christmas Day.

The Falcons bested the Huskies 31-21 after going into halftime tied 14-14.

Air Force came out in the first half and scored on consecutive drives of 66 and 69 yards before the Huskies tied the game with two touchdowns of their own.

A blocked Washington punt in the second half spawned a Falcon offensive surge, but quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo threw three interceptions to further aid the Falcon offense.

The Vandals of Idaho, long a basement dweller in the Big West, surprised Washington State 28-17 in a game between local rivals.

Idaho outscored WSU 24-3 in the second half on its way to a first win against the Cougars since 1965. The schools are about 10 miles apart from each other.

The Cougars jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first half, their first lead of the season, but then succumbed to the Vandals in the second half. Idaho sealed the deal with drives of 77 and 61 yards in the fourth quarter to put a damper on the Cougars' hopes of posting their first win of the season.

USC also received an unexpected scare Saturday, but escaped with a 24-21 win over San Diego State at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum .

"We thought it would be an easy one but it wasn't," sophomore quarterback Carson Palmer said.

Palmer posted a decent game, passing for 188 yards on 16-of-24 passing. San Diego State quarterback Jack Hawley seemed intent on handing the game to the Trojans, tossing four interceptions.

"This is my worst game," Hawley said. "I can't do much worse than this."

Reuben Droughns scored three touchdowns as the Oregon Ducks humiliated Nevada 72-10 on Saturday.

Droughns broke the fifth play from scrimmage and scored en route to a 110 yard performance.

The lone highlight for Nevada was the play of Trevor Insley, the nation's leading receiver going into the game with 30 receptions for 388 yards. Against the Ducks, Insley caught 14 balls for 212 yards.

Nevada quarterback David Neill left the game with a concussion after making a tackle during an interception return. Until his departure, Neill and Insley had picked apart the Ducks secondary and led the game 7-3 with 5:08 left in the first quarter.

But Oregon would save some face for the Pac-10 and actually beat a Big West opponent this weekend.

Quarterback A.J. Feeley again turned in a solid game, while the Ducks' special teams helped put points on the board.

The Ducks broke the school record for scoring. The previous high was set last season in a 63-28 win over Stanford.