Stanford is Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week

DALLAS (FWAA) - With their 24-23 win over at USC, the Stanford Cardinal (2-3) are the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Oct. 6.

Stanford scored 17 points in the fourth quarter and finished a rally from a nine-point deficit when Tavita Pritchard threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Mark Bradford on 4th-and-goal with 49 seconds remaining. Four plays before the winning touchdown pass, Pritchard, making his first collegiate start, converted a 4th-and-20.

The upset ended USC's 35-game winning streak at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The Trojans hadn't lost at home since Stanford beat them 21-16 on Sept. 29, 2001.

give all the credit to the Stanford football players," head coach Jim Harbaugh said after the game. "They played like their lives depended on it. They played smart; they played sound. They just won it."

Other Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Bowl National Team of the Week nominees for the weekend of Oct. 6 included:

· Cincinnati (6-0): Ben Mauk threw three touchdown passes as the Bearcats improved to 6-0 for the first time since 1954 with their ninth straight win, 28-23 at Rutgers.

· Illinois (5-1): Rashard Mendenhall ran for 160 yards and two touchdowns as the Fighting Illini topped Wisconsin, 31-26, to end the Badgers' 14- game winning streak.

· Missouri (5-0): Chase Daniel threw for a career-high 401 yards and added 72 on the ground as the Tigers humbled Nebraska, 41-6.