Sedrick Irvin scored on a 1-yard run with 19 seconds left to cap Stanford's rally from a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat San Jose State 30-29 on Saturday.
The Spartans (1-3) went up 26-14 in the opening minute of the fourth quarter on Walker Eget's third touchdown pass of the day.
But Ben Gulbranson drove the Cardinals (2-3) to three straight scores to generate the thrilling win. He threw a 14-yard TD pass to Myles Libman and led Stanford to a field goal — a 36-yarder by Emmet Kenney — that made it 29-24.
Stanford then got the ball back for one last drive and Gulbranson converted a fourth-and-10 with a 34-yard pass to Caden High and threw a 14-yarder to CJ Williams to get the ball to the 1. Irvin ran it in on the next play.
Gulbranson finished 29 for 43 for 444 yards and