UCLA VS. STANFORD

* Time: 3:30 p.m.

* Site: Rose Bowl

* Records: UCLA 6-0, 4-0; Stanford 1-6, 0-4

* TV: FX

* Radio: XTRA (1150)

THE OFFENSES

* Stanford will throw. A lot. So much that UCLA Coach Bob Toledo said he expects the Cardinal to go airborne 50 times, a reasonable enough expectation since it has averaged 48 passes the first seven games. So much that Stanford last week rotated three quarterbacks in an overtime loss at Arizona State, either in an attempt to catch the Sun Devils off guard or to allow starter Todd Husak to ice his throwing shoulder. On two occasions, Coach Tyrone Willingham shuttled in Husak, Joe Borchard and Randy Fasani on consecutive plays. Fasani also caught the first pass of the game as a tight end. Husak, though, is still clearly No. 1. His 450 yards two weeks ago against Oregon State amounted to the 10th-best single-game showing in Pac-10 history. He is first in the conference and sixth in the nation in total offense while averaging 301 yards passing. The son of Loyola Marymount Athletic Director Bill Husak is also on pace to join John Elway and Steve Stenstrom as the only Cardinal quarterbacks to top 3,000 yards in a season. The numbers are all the more impressive considering that Husak had been without his projected top receiver, flanker Troy Walters, for all of two games and most of two others. Walters had a sprained ankle but is back, but Coy White, Stanford’s leading rusher and a threat to catch passes out of the backfield, is out because of a dislocated thumb. Starting fullback Maxwell Stevenson is doubtful because of a stretched nerve in his neck. UCLA, meanwhile, is coming off its lowest-scoring game in a year, 28 points against California, but now gets a team that is giving up 38.9.

THE DEFENSES

* First, UCLA cornerback Marques Anderson had some bad games, now he has some bad luck. Having regained most of the ground he’d lost in the eyes of coaches when they benched him after Game 2, he now probably will be forced out because of turf toe. Anderson did not practice all week, but the Bruins, acknowledging it’s a longshot, still are hoping he will be available to help against the expected air attack. Ready today or not, he has impressed. “He’s shown great work ethic on practice, shown great intensity,” Coach Bob Toledo said. Stanford has given up at least 30 points in all seven games and 35 in three of the last four, a run that started with Oregon scoring 63 on Sept. 26 in Eugene. The Cardinal is last in the conference in rushing defense, passing defense, total defense and scoring defense, having surrendered eight points a game more than any other team. Stanford also is tied with Arizona State for the fewest sacks.

Key to the game: The Bruin defense that had its best showing of the season last week at Cal must now come up with another good performance against a much tougher offense.

* Fast fact: UCLA is No. 1 in the conference standings, but is not No. 1 in the conference in any of the eight major statistical categories.

* Line: UCLA by 28 1/2.

HOW THEY COMPARE

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UCLA Stanford 43.5 Scoring 25.7 25.7 Points allowed 38.9 282.5 Passing 332.1 195.7 Rushing 88.4 478.2 Total offense 420.6 236.3 Passing defense 261.3 141 Rushing defense 219.6 377.3 Total defense 480.9

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