San Francisco ? When Stefan LeFors was flushed from the pocket, he forgot all of his all-star game etiquette. The quarterback saw just one receiver: J.R. Russell, his Louisville teammate and his biggest target in the East-West Shrine Game.

LeFors threw two of his three touchdown passes to Russell, and Purdue’s Taylor Stubblefield also caught two scoring passes Saturday in the East’s 45-27 victory over the West in the 80th edition of the game.

Teamwork typically is at a minimum in such games, with dozens of standouts worrying mostly about their own numbers in a simple game plan. Quarterbacks are expected to keep everybody as happy as possible — but the East squad rolled to 45 points in the first three quarters thanks to players who know each other very well.

Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton hit Stubblefield for a touchdown and 103 of his 145 yards passing in the first quarter — on plays called by Boilermakers coach Joe Tiller, no less.

LeFors, who went 10-for-17 for 165 yards, tied the Shrine Game record for touchdown passes in just one quarter of work. He made his two best throws on broken plays to Russell, who caught scoring passes of 37 and 36 yards.

“It’s nice, because we already have a connection,” said LeFors, the game’s offensive MVP. “We’ve been doing it for the past five years. … (Tiller) didn’t do that on purpose. He didn’t call plays for us, but if things break down a little, you know who to look for. J.R. came through, as well as Taylor did for Kyle.”

Tiller helped to make all of the East players look awfully good for the dozens of NFL scouts in attendance. Stubblefield had seven catches for 128 yards as Tiller’s squad racked up 553 yards, and the teams combined for 1,013 yards in the highest-scoring matchup since 1979.

“We’re no fools,” Tiller said. “We know when (LeFors and Russell) are on the field, they know where their eyes are going, which is natural.”

Gridiron Classic

Lady Lake, Fla. — LSU quarterback Marcus Randall completed seven of 11 passes for 88 yards to earn MVP honors at the Gridiron Classic, and lead the South to a 24-21 victory over the North on Saturday.

In a second half that saw four lead changes, UNLV running back Dominique Dorsey’s 28-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter provided the difference.

For the North, Hampton wide receiver Jerome Mathis scored on a 26-yard reception and a 38-yard run off a reverse. Mathis had 108 yards of total offense — 59 yards receiving on two catches and 49 yards rushing on two carries.

The South was outrushed 234-105 and converted only two of 11 third downs, but took advantage of a key fumble by Boston College’s Grant Adams and three missed field goals by Maryland’s Nick Novak.

Texas’ Chance Mock threw a 23-yard touchdown to Mississippi wide receiver Eric Rice late in the third quarter to put the South up 17-14. The touchdown was set up by Texas A&M’s Byron Jones recovering a muffed punt return by Adams.

With 11 seconds left in the third quarter, Mathis’ run put the North back ahead by four. Coming from the left, Mathis took the ball from running back Maurice Hall, turned the corner, evaded several would-be tacklers about 10 yards downfield and outran the pursuit for the score.