Arizona's report card:
No. 10 Stanford 42, No. 13 Arizona 17
QUARTERBACK: C-. Nick Foles was understandably rusty in his first game since Oct. 16, completing 28 of 48 passes for 248 yards and a touchdown. He was intercepted once, on the Wildcats' final drive before halftime, and made a handful of mental mistakes. Foles' intentional grounding penalty cost Arizona a shot at a field goal on its first possession.
RUNNING BACKS: B. The Wildcats ran the ball well. Keola Antolin gained 86 yards on 16 carries and scored a touchdown, while Greg Nwoko (eight carries, 49 yards) looked solid suffering a leg injury. Nicolas Grigsby (1 carry, 2 yards) was slowed by a sprained ankle.
WIDE RECEIVERS: C-. Juron Criner continues to show why he's one of the Pac-10's top receivers. Saturday, he caught nine passes for 98 yards and a touchdown and ran the ball three times for 50 yards. David Roberts (seven catches, 59 yards) and David Douglas (four catches, 23 yards) were solid, but dropped some key passes.
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OFFENSIVE LINE: C+. The good news: Arizona's line cleared the way for 180 rushing yards against an impressive Stanford front. The bad: Stanford's defense teed off on Foles, sacking him twice and knocking him down another half-dozen times. Foles said he "tweaked" his left shoulder after the sack, but stayed in the game.
FRONT 7: C-. Paul Vassallo (11 tackles) and Derek Earls (10 tackles) were solid from the linebacker spots, but consider this: Arizona had just 1 tackle-for-loss and didn't sack Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck once.
SECONDARY: D. The Wildcats' secondary was under siege Saturday, allowing 293 passing yards and. Luck completed 23 of 32 passes for 293 yards and a pair of touchdowns; Chris Owusu caught nine of them for 165 yards and a score. Luck's success could spell the end for starting cornerback Trevin Wade, who was benched after getting beat by Owusu in the first quarter. Shaquille Richardson finished the game.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Alex Zendejas hit a 33-yard field goal to get Arizona on the board, and went 2-for-2 on PATs. Keenyn Crier averaged a stellar 45.8 yards per punt, pinning the Cardinal inside its 20 twice in five tries. The curious case of John Bonano continues: Arizona's kickoff specialist failed to get a touchback on four attempts.
