PAC-12 HONORS 2019 PAC-12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS PLAYERS of the WEEK THIS WEEK's PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (#Pac12fb) QUICK HITS
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
PAC-12PLAYERS HONORS For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Ryan Andersen ([email protected]) OF THE WEEK OFFENSE 2019 PAC-12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS Anthony Gordon, QB, WSU Completed 36-48 passes (.750) PAC-12 OVERALL for 440 yards, 3 TDs and one NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak interception in WSU’s 31-24 win California 1-0 1.000 20 19 3-0 1.000 70 49 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 W 3 over Houston. Trailing 14-7 at Washington State 0-0 .--- 0 0 3-0 1.000 148 48 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 W 3 half, Gordon completed 12-14 Oregon 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-1 .667 133 36 2-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 W 2 passes for 154 yards in the third Oregon State 0-0 .--- 0 0 1-2 .333 109 90 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 W 1 quarter, including a 39-yard TD Washington 0-1 .000 19 20 2-1 .667 118 54 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 W 1 pass. Thrown for 420 or more Stanford 0-1 .000 20 45 1-2 .333 64 97 1-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 L 2 yards in each game this season. OFFENSIVE LINEMAN SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak Penei Sewell, LT, ORE USC 1-0 1.000 45 20 2-1 .667 103 73 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 L 1 Highest graded OL in the nation Arizona State 0-0 .--- 0 0 3-0 1.000 59 21 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 3 for week 3 by Pro Football Fo- Utah 0-0 .--- 0 0 3-0 1.000 96 29 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 3 cus with a grade of 90.9 over 78 Arizona 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-1 .667 131 100 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 W 2 snaps played. Oregon threw for Colorado 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-1 .667 109 92 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 L 1 over 300 yards and rushed for UCLA 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-3 .000 42 95 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 L 3 more than 200 yards in a 35-3 win over Montana. Recorded 11 knockdowns and didn’t allow a THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (#Pac12FB) hurry, pressure, hit or sack. Fri., Sept. 20 Site Local Time/TV DEFENSE #10 UTAH at USC Los Angeles Coliseum (77,500) 6:00 p.m. CT/FS1 Myles Bryant, DB, WASH Series: USC leads, 11-6-0. Last: UTAH, 41-28 (2018) (Joe Davis, Brock Huard, Bruce Feldman) In a 52-20 win over Hawai’i, the Huskies’ defensive leader Sat., Sept. 21 Site Local Time/TV finished with two interceptions #23 CALIFORNIA at Ole Miss Faught-Hemingway Stadium (64,038) 11:00 a.m. CT/ESPNU (the first two takeaways for the Series: CAL leads, 1-0-0. Last: CAL, 27-16 (2017) (Clay Matvick, Ryan Leaf, Taylor Davis) Huskies this season), four tack- #22 WASHINGTON at BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium (63,470) 1:30 p.m. MT/ABC, ESPN2* les and a sack. Series: WASH leads, 6-4-0. Last: WASH, 35-7 (2018) (Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay/Molly McGrath) DEFENSIVE LINEMAN #16 OREGON at STANFORD Stanford Stadium (50,424) 4:00 p.m. PT/ESPN Jermayne Lole, DE, ASU Series: STAN leads, 49-32-1. Last: STAN, 38-31 OT (2018) (Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe) Lole had eight tackles and was COLORADO at #24 ARIZONA STATE Sun Devil Stadium (56,232) 7:00 p.m. PT/P12N responsible for ASU’s only sack Series: ASU leads, 8-2-0. Last: COLO, 28-21 (2018) (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Lewis Johnson) of the game in ASU’s 10-7 upset UCLA at #19 WASHINGTON STATE Martin Stadium (32,952) 7:30 p.m. PT/ESPN at No. 18 Michigan State. ASU Series: UCLA leads, 40-20-1. Last: WSU, 27-21 (2016) (Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman) has allowed only seven points for the third straight game. Open Date Next Game SPECIAL TEAMS ARIZONA Sat., Sept. 28 vs. UCLA Greg Thomas, PK, CAL OREGON STATE Sat., Sept. 28 vs. STANFORD Made all three of his field goal #AP Rankings. attempts (32, 44, 33) and both * Network designation for Washington at BYU will be ABC and ESPN2 reverse mirror of his extra points in a 23-17 vic- tory over North Texas to set a ca- reer high with 11 points scored. QUICK HITS FRESHMAN • THE RANKINGS: Six Pac-12 teams are in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2015 (Sept. 20, 2015) ... No other Jayden Daniels, QB, ASU conference has more teams ranked in the Top 25 - Pac-12 (6), SEC (6), Big Ten (5), Big 12 (3), ACC (2), Mountain With 3:34 remaining in the West (1), American (1), Notre Dame ... It’s the first time the Pac-12 has seen five or more teams in the AP Top 25 for game, led ASU on a 11-play, 75- four straight weeks since the first six weeks of the 2015 season. yard drive for the winning TD in the 10-7 win at Michigan State. • EXTRA YARD FOR TEACHERS: The Pac-12 is proud to join @CFBPlayoff & @CFPExtraYard in celebrating teachers During the drive, he completed as part of Extra Yard for Teachers Week. 4-of-7 for 52 yards and rushed • ROSE BOWL HALL OF FAME: Former USC QB Matt Leinart (2004, 2006 RBGs), former WASHINGTON RB Jacque for 27 yards, including a 15-yard Robinson (1982 RBG), former Ohio State QB Cornelius Greene (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 RBGs) and Harvard HB scramble for a first down on 4th Eddie Casey (1920 RBG) to be inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Class of 2019. The induction ceremony will and 13 at the MSU 28. take place December 31, 2019, outside the Rose Bowl Stadium. 2019 PAC-12 vs. ... PAC-12 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK American .......................................... 1-2 THE RANKINGS: For the first time since Sept. 20, 2015, six Pac-12 teams are ranked in both the AP and Coaches Top 25 - UTAH (10/11), OREGON (16/17), WASHINGTON STATE (19/19), WASHINGTON (22/21), Atlantic Coast .................................... 0-0 CALIFORNIA (23/23) and ARIZONA STATE (24/24) ... It’s the first time the Pac-12 has seen five or more Big Sky ............................................. 6-0 teams in the AP Top 25 in four consecutive weeks since the first six weeks of the 2015 season ... It’s also the Big Ten ............................................. 3-0 first time since 2016 that five Pac-12 teams were listed in the AP preseason Top 25 ... Eight different Pac-12 Big 12 ............................................... 1-1 teams have been ranked in the Top 25 at some point this season. Colonial ............................................. 0-0 CUSA ................................................ 1-0 COUGAR QB LINEAGE: WASHINGTON STATE has opened the season 3-0 for the third consecutive season. Mid-American ................................... 2-0 Here’s a comparison of the last three starting Cougar QBs (the last two are now playing on Sunday) through Mountain West .................................. 4-4 the first three games over each of the last three seasons: Southeastern ..................................... 0-1 2019: Anthony Gordon 96-of-122, 1,324 yards, 12 TDs, 2 INT, 13.8 yards per completion Sun Belt ............................................ 0-0 2018: Gardner Minshew II 117-of-165, 1,403 yards, 8 TDs, 3 INT, 12.1 yards per completion FBS Independent .............................. 2-1 2017: Luke Falk 94-of-122, 880 yards, 9 TDs, INT, 9.4 yards per completion FCS Independent .............................. 0-0 YOU COMPLETE ME: Through the first three games, four Pac-12 QBs rank among the FBS top 10 in Total-All .............................. 22-10 (.688) completion percentage. The quartet has combined to complete 273-of-356 (.767) for 3,509 yards, 32 TDs, Total-FBS ............................ 14-10 (.583) 6 INT. The Pac-12 has posted a winning record against 3. Anthony Gordon, Sr., WSU .787 (96-of-122, 1,324 yards, 12 TDs, 2 INT) non-conference foes for 34 consecutive sea- 4. Tyler Huntley, Sr., UTAH .778 (42-of-54, 602 yards, 4 TD, 0 INT) sons. 5. Kedon Slovis, Fr., USC .773 (58-of-75, 715 yards, 5 TDs, 4 INT) 10. Justin Herbert, Sr., ORE .743 (77-of-105, 868 yards, 11 TDs, 0 INT) NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE NO INTERCEPTION FOR YOU: OREGON SR QB Justin Herbert is one of three FBS quarterbacks without an interception in 100 or more pass attempts this season. Dating back to last season, Herbert has a streak Fri., Sept. 27 of 150 pass attempts without an interception. Four Pac-12 starting QBs have kept the ball away from the ARIZONA STATE at CALIFORNIA, 7:30 pm PT opposition this season - Herbert (105 attempts), OREGON STATE’s Jake Luton (96 attempts), ARIZONA ESPN STATE’s Jayden Daniels (77 attempts) and UTAH’s Tyler Huntley (54 attempts). Sat., Sept. 28 I BEG TO DIFFER: While three Pac-12 teams and four starting QBs have yet to throw a pick, four Pac-12 USC at WASHINGTON, 12:30 pm PT defenses are among the top 10 nationally in interceptions. ARIZONA is the FBS leader with eight intercep- FOX tions (had seven all of 2018), OREGON is third with five, while COLORADO and UTAH are tied for eighth with STANFORD at OREGON STATE, 4 pm PT four interceptions each.