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Stanford, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Kevin Hogan threw for five touchdowns and No. 10 Stanford clinched a spot in the Pac-12 Championship Game following a 63-13 rout of the California Golden Bears. Hogan completed 17-of-26 passes for 329 yards, Ty Montgomery had five receptions for 160 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran for a score. The five TDs matches a school record. Stanford (9-2, 7-2 Pac-12) clinched a share of the Pac-12 North title. Thats because Oregon lost at Arizona on Saturday, 42-16. The Cardinal hold the tiebreaker over the Ducks by virtue of a 26-20 win on Nov. 7. Stanford has one regular season game left, next Saturday at home against Notre Dame. Jared Goff completed 10-of-19 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game with a shoulder injury. Maurice Harris had two catches for 50 yards and a touchdown for California (1-11, 0-9), which lost its final 10 games of the season. Stanford stepped onto the field Saturday with a purpose. The Cardinals first possession was capped by a Montgomery 31-yard touchdown run only a minute into the contest. Goff led the Golden Bears right back when he found Harris for a 15-yard touchdown only 2:17 later. The very next play from scrimmage for the Cardinal was a Hogan 50-yard pass caught by Montgomery for a touchdown. After a stop, Stanford answered right back, the Cardinal drove 51 yards on seven plays. It was culminated with a Hogan touchdown pass to Montgomery for 12 yards. The scoring in the first quarter concluded with an 11-play 83-yard drive that was capped off with a Vincenzo DAmato 29-yard field goal. Stanford fired right back on three plays. Once again Hogan linked up with Montgomery this time for a 72-yard touchdown and took only 26 seconds. Hogan continued his dominance of the California secondary with a 45-yard TD strike to Michael Rector for a 35-10 cushion with eight minutes left in the half. The Golden Bears next drive saw their second play go for 62 yards, a pass from Goff to Richard Rodgers. Combined with an unnecessary roughness penalty, the helped Cal set up a 47-yard field goal from DAmato. Hogan threw nine yards to Montgomery for a score in the waning seconds of the half for a 42-10 cushion. Tyler Gaffney bushed off a 58-yard TD run in the third, Kelsey Young scored on a 27-yard rush early in the fourth, and Francis Owusu caught a 14-yard scoring toss from Evan Crower with under two minutes left in the game. Game Notes Stanford leads all-time series 59-46-11 ... Stanford has won four straight against Cal ... The Golden Bears have lost 14 consecutive conference games going back to last year ... Stanford has won 14 home games in row ... The Golden Bears are the only winless team in Pac-12 play. . The 55th-ranked Istomin saved 11 of 14 break points to win in just over two hours, setting up a second round meeting with Australian Marinko Matosevic. It was the Uzbeks third win in three matches against fifth-seeded Kohlschreiber, the 2007 and 2012 tournament winner. . Follow all the action live on TSN Radio 1050 in Toronto, TSN Radio 690 in Montreal, TSN Radio 1260 in Edmonton and TEAM 1410 on Friday at 3pm et/Noon pt. .Cameron sustained his third concussion in three seasons last week on a hit by Oakland safety Brandion Ross, who was fined $22,050 by the NFL for the helmet-to-helmet blow. . Minutes before the final whistle of Sporting Kansas Citys 3-0 victory over a shorthanded Montreal Impact squad on Saturday afternoon, Saputo tweeted: "Our fans deserve better. .ca has you covered for whos in, whos out and what to expect from all 30 teams.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed free agent receiver Tandon Doss, giving the team a big target to complement Cecil Shorts III and Ace Sanders. The 6-foot-2 Doss also could return punts for the Jaguars. His 15.6 yards per return led the NFL last year. A fourth-round draft pick from Indiana in 2011, Doss caught 19 passes for 305 yards lasst season.dddddddddddd Six of his receptions gained at least 20 yards. The Jaguars had been looking to bolster their receiving corps, especially with the uncertainty surrounding third-year pro Justin Blackmon. Blackmon remains suspended for repeated violations of the leagues substance-abuse policy. Without Blackmon, Shorts and Sanders started last season. ' ' '
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