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PAC-12PLAYERS HONORS For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Ryan Andersen ([email protected]) OF THE WEEK OFFENSE 2019 PAC-12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS Dorian Thompson-Robinson, QB, UCLA PAC-12 OVERALL School record 564 yards total of- NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak fense while leading UCLA back California 1-0 1.000 20 19 4-0 1.000 98 69 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 W 4 from a 32-point second half Oregon 1-0 1.000 21 6 3-1 .750 154 42 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 W 3 deficit to 67-63 victory at WSU. Oregon State 0-0 .--- 0 0 1-2 .333 109 90 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 W 1 Completed 25-of-38 (.658) for a Washington 0-1 .000 19 20 3-1 .750 163 73 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 W 2 career-high 507 yards and five Washington State 0-1 .000 63 67 3-1 .750 211 115 2-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 L 1 TDs, including 322 in the second Stanford 0-2 .000 26 66 1-3 .250 70 118 1-1 0-2 0-0 0-1 L 3 half alone. Added two scoring runs in his total of 57 rush yards. SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak OFFENSIVE LINEMAN USC 2-0 1.000 75 43 3-1 .750 133 96 3-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 W 1 Penei Sewell, LT, ORE Colorado 1-0 1.000 34 31 3-1 .750 143 123 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 W 1 Graded 84.0 over 56 snaps UCLA 1-0 1.000 67 63 1-3 .250 109 158 0-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 W 1 played at left tackle. Didn’t allow Arizona 0-0 .--- 0 0 2-1 .667 131 100 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 W 2 a pressure, hurry or hit on QB Arizona State 0-1 .000 31 34 3-1 .750 90 55 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 L 1 Justin Herbert for the third con- Utah 0-1 .000 23 30 3-1 .750 119 59 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 L 1 secutive game in win at Stanford. Tied for the team lead with five THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (#Pac12FB) knockdowns against Stanford. DEFENSE Fri., Sept. 27 Site Local Time/TV Evan Weaver, LB, CAL ARIZONA STATE at #15 CALIFORNIA Memorial Stadium (62,467) 7:30 p.m. PT/ESPN Recorded a career-high 22 tack- Series: CAL leads, 18-16-0. Last: ASU, 51-41 (2016) (Dave Flemming, Louis Riddick, Paul Carcaterra) les that equaled the most in re- corded history at Cal to lead the Sat., Sept. 28 Site Local Time/TV Golden Bears to a 28-20 win at #21 USC at #17 WASHINGTON Husky Stadium (70,183) 12:30 p.m. PT/FOX Ole Miss. Weaver’s final tackle Series: USC leads, 51-29-4*. Last: USC, 26-13 (2016) (Joe Davis, Brock Huard, Bruce Feldman) came on the final play of the STANFORD at OREGON STATE Reser Stadium (43,154) 4:00 p.m. PT/P12N game when he stopped a quarter- Series: STAN leads, 57-25-3. Last: STAN, 48-17 (2018) (Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Jill Savage) back sneak on Cal’s one-yard line. WASHINGTON STATE at #19 UTAH Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,807) 8:00 p.m. MT/FS1 DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Series: WSU leads, 9-7-0. Last: WSU, 28-24 OT (2018) (Justin Kutcher, Shane Vereen, Petros Papadakis) Gus Cumberlander, DE, ORE UCLA at ARIZONA Arizona Stadium (55,675) 7:30 p.m. PT/ESPN Recorded 1.5 sacks and three Series: UCLA leads, 25-16-2. Last: UCLA, 31-30 (2018) (Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman) tackles during Oregon’s 21-6 win at Stanford. Part of an Or- Open Date Next Game egon pass rush that had five COLORADO Sat., Oct. 5 vs. ARIZONA sacks and helped limit Stanford #13 OREGON Sat., Oct. 5 vs. CALIFORNIA to just 120 passing yards. #AP Rankings. SPECIAL TEAMS * - Not including one win vacated due to NCAA penalty. Demetric Felton, RB/KR, UCLA Helped key the comeback victory over WSU with a 100-yard kickoff return. Added a 94-yard scoring catch as one of his seven recep- QUICK HITS tions for a career-best 150 yards on the game and finished with a • THE RANKINGS: Five Pac-12 teams are in the AP Top 25 for the fifth straight week. It’s the first time the Pac-12 as total of 263 all-purpose yards. had five or more teams in the AP Top 25 for five straight weeks since the first six weeks of the 2015 season. FRESHMAN • FREQUENT PASSER MILEAGE: Six Pac-12 QBs each threw for more than 300 yards last weekend. The 10 Pac-12 teams Kyle Phillips, WR, UCLA in action last week combined to pass for 3,379 yards, or the equivalent of 1.91 miles. With 7:31 remaining in the 4th • COACH TO CURE MD: Coaches around the country will wear the Coach to Cure MD logo on the sidelines this weekend quarter, returned a punt 69 yards and many are hosting boys battling Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy on campus as honorary captains. Duchenne is the for a TD to put UCLA in the lead most common fatal genetic disorder diagnosed during childhood, primarily affecting boys of all cultures. Additional for the first time since the early information is available online at CoachToCureMD.org. going in their comeback win at Washington State. 2019 PAC-12 vs. ... PAC-12 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK American .......................................... 1-2 THE RANKINGS: Five Pac-12 teams are ranked in both the AP and Coaches Top 25 - OREGON (13/13), CALIFORNIA (15/16), WASHINGTON (17/17), UTAH (19/19), and USC (21/15) ... It’s the first time the Pac- Atlantic Coast .................................... 0-0 12 has seen five or more teams in the AP Top 25 in five consecutive weeks since the first six weeks of the Big Sky ............................................. 6-0 2015 season ... It’s also the first time since 2016 that five Pac-12 teams were listed in the AP preseason Top Big Ten ............................................. 3-0 25 ... Eight different Pac-12 teams have been ranked in the Top 25 at some point this season. Big 12 ............................................... 1-1 Colonial ............................................. 0-0 FIVE PAC-12 QBS EARN MANNING AWARD STARS OF THE WEEK HONORS: The Manning Award rec- CUSA ................................................ 1-0 ognizes the efforts for eight quarterbacks each week and the Pac-12 had five of the eight on this week’s list. Mid-American ................................... 2-0 Matt Fink, USC vs. Utah 21-of-30, 351 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT Mountain West .................................. 4-4 Steven Montez, Colorado at Arizona State 23-of-30, 337 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT Southeastern ..................................... 1-1 Chase Garbers, California at Ole Miss 23-of-35, 357 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT Sun Belt ............................................ 0-0 Anthony Gordon, Washington State vs. UCLA 41-of-61, 570 yards, 9 TDs, 2 INT FBS Independent .............................. 3-1 Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA at WSU 25-of-38, 507 yards, 5 TDs, 1 INT FCS Independent .............................. 0-0 Throw in the performances by Arizona State’s Jayden Daniels (345 passing yards), Washington’s Jacob Total-All .............................. 24-10 (.706) Eason (290), Oregon’s Justin Herbert (259), Utah’s Tyler Huntley (210) and Stanford’s K.J. Costello (120) Total-FBS ............................ 16-10 (.615) and the starting Pac-12 QBs amassed 3,346 passing yards last weekend. That’s nearly two miles of offense through the air. The Pac-12 has posted a winning record against non-conference foes for 34 consecutive sea- PLETHORA OF POINTS ON THE PALOUSE: In a wild shootout in the Palouse Saturday night, UCLA (67) and WASHINGTON STATE (63) combined to set a Pac-12 record for combined points in a game with 130. The previ- sons. ous record was 127 points in California’s 127-0 win over St. Mary’s in 1920. Washington State QB Anthony Gordon established a Pac-12 record for most touchdown passes in a game with 9. Gordon accounted for 591 yards total NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE offense (570 pass/21 rush), the second highest total in Pac-12 history. UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson tallied 564 yards total offense (507 pass/57 rush), good for the sixth highest total all-time in the Pac-12. Sat., Oct. 5 YOU COMPLETE ME: Through the first four games, five Pac-12 QBs rank among the FBS top 13 in comple- ARIZONA at COLORADO, 2:30 pm MT tion percentage. The quintet has combined to complete 444-of-592 (.750) for 5,628 yards, 55 TDs, 10 INT. P12N CALIFORNIA at OREGON, 5:00 pm PT 3. Kedon Slovis, Fr., USC .773 (60-of-77, 732 yards, 5 TDs, 4 INT) FOX 6. Tyler Huntley, Sr., UTAH .778 (64-of-84, 812 yards, 5 TD, 0 INT) OREGON STATE at UCLA, 6:00 pm PT 9. Anthony Gordon, Sr., WSU .787 (137-of-183, 1,894 yards, 21 TDs, 4 INT) P12N 10. Justin Herbert, Sr., ORE .743 (96-of-129, 1,127 yards, 14 TDs, 0 INT) WASHINGTON at STANFORD, 7:30 pm PT 13.