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Standford ends the season with arguably their four toughest games, facing Oregon, USC, Cal and Notre Dame all in succession. What no one knew at the start of the season was that the toughest game might come first against the Ducks on Saturday.

Ryan Briscoe held off Indianapolis 500 winner Scott Dixon and barely slipped through a late-race crash to win Sunday's IndyCar Series race at the Milwaukee Mile. "The car was just magic today," the 22-year-old Australian said.

Jonathan Stewart set a Sun Bowl record with a career-high 253 yards rushing and Justin Roper threw four touchdown passes in his first start as Oregon beat South Florida 56-21 on Monday.

Second-ranked Oregon lost Heisman Trophy candidate Dennis Dixon to a knee injury and never recovered in a 34-24 upset by Arizona on Thursday. "My foot got planted in the ground, and my knee went the other way," Dixon said.

Dennis Dixon threw a career-high four touchdowns and rushed for another score, and No. 13 Oregon scored 34 straight points and shut out Stanford in the second half of a 55-31 victory Saturday night.

Jannero Pargo scored 12 consecutive points in the fourth quarter for New Orleans and David West had 21 points and 10 rebounds to help the Hornets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 103-91 on Monday night.

Zach Randolph scored on a driving layup with 2.4 seconds left to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to an 81-79 win over the Allen Iverson-less Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.