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California 55, Arizona St. 38

TEMPE, Ariz., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Kyle Boller threw five touchdown passes Saturday night and California continued its remarkable turnaround under first-year coach Jeff Tedford with a 55-38 Pac-10 Conference victory over 24th-ranked Arizona State.

The Golden Bears (6-4, 3-3 Pac-10) won just one game last season under Tom Holmoe, but need just one win in their last two games to secure their first winning season since 1993.

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California continued to do it the hard way, defeating a ranked opponent on the road for the third time this season. Michigan State and Washington were the initial victims before the Bears won in Tempe for the first time since 1990.

Andrew Walter threw for 479 yards and four touchdown passes for the Sun Devils (7-4, 4-2), but he fumbled away the ball at an inopportune time late in the third quarter with the game tied at 38-38.

Mark-Christian Jensen put the Bears ahead for good with a 20-yard goal early in the final period and Boller put the game out of reach by throwing touchdown passes of 17 yards to Joe Igber and 28 yards to Jonathan Makonnen.

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Boller completed 16 of 35 passes 213 yards.

Arizona State suffered its second straight loss after a three-game winning streak. The Sun Devils were routed at Washington State last week and likely will fall out of the national rankings.

Igber had another big game in Tempe, carrying 30 times for 144 yards. He rushed for 181 yards in California's last visit in 2000.

Shaun McDonald of the Sun Devils caught six passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns.

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