Game Information No. 21 Stanford Cardinal Date ............................................... Saturday, September 5 0-0 overall • 0-0 Pac-12 Kickoff Time .......................................9 a.m. PT/11 a.m. CT Date Opponent Time Location .......................Evanston, Ill. • Ryan Field (47,130) 9.5 at Northwestern [ESPN] ...............................9 a.m. Television ................................................................... ESPN 9.12 UCF [FOX Sports 1] ................................. 7:30 p.m. Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham and Dr. Jerry Punch 9.19 at USC* [ABC]............................................... 5 p.m. Stanford Radio ............................................ KNBR 1050 AM 9.25 at Oregon State* [FOX Sports 1] ................. 7 p.m. Northwestern No. 21/21 Stanford Scott Reiss ’00, Todd Husak ’00 and John Platz ’84 10.3 Arizona* ...........................................................TBA Wildcats Cardinal Stanford Student Radio................................KZSU 90.1 FM 10.15 UCLA* [ESPN] .......................................... 7:30 p.m. (0-0 • 0-0 B1G) (0-0 • 0-0 Pac-12) National Radio ...........................................Sirius 84, XM 84 10.24 Washington* ....................................................TBA Live Stats ..................................................GoStanford.com 10.31 at Washington State* ......................................TBA 11.7 at Colorado* ....................................................TBA 11.14 Oregon* ............................................................TBA • Stanford opens its 121st season of action Saturday with a nonconference game at Northwestern. 11.21 California* ........................................................TBA 11.28 Notre Dame .....................................................TBA • Winner of its last three games to close the 2014 campaign, including a 42-21 rout of Maryland in the Foster 12.5 Pac-12 Championship Game [ESPN or ABC] ..TBA Farms Bowl, Stanford will christen its season on the road for the first time since 2009 (a 39-13 win at Washington * Pac-12 contest • All times (PT) State on Sept. 5). • Stanford is 4-5-1 in its last 10 true road games to open a season. The Cardinal’s last win on the road -- while Northwestern Wildcats ranked -- to open a season came Sept. 6, 1980, with a 35-25 victory over Oregon. 0-0 overall • 0-0 B1G Date Opponent Time • No program in the nation has a higher graduation rate over the last four years than Stanford (99 pct.). Even 9.5 Stanford [ESPN]...........................................9 a.m. more, no Pac-12 Conference team has had more draftees over the last four years than Stanford (19). 9.12 Eastern Illinois [ESPNews] ..........................1 p.m. 9.19 at Duke ....................................................9:30 a.m. • More than 40 football student-athletes interned at 25-plus businesses around Silicon Valley during the summer 9.26 Ball State .....................................................5 p.m. months. 10.3 Minnesota*...................................................... TBA • Areas of internships included finance, technology, sports management, real estate, education and medicine. 10.10 at Michigan* ..........................................12:30 p.m. 10.17 Iowa* ............................................................9 a.m. • Stanford’s entire full-time coaching staff from the 2014 season returns for the 2015 campaign. It’s the first time 10.24 at Nebraska* ................................................... TBA since 1999-2000 under Tyrone Willingham that Stanford’s staff remained completely intact from one season to 11.7 Penn State* ..................................................... TBA the next. 11.14 Purdue* ........................................................... TBA 11.21 at Wisconsin* .................................................. TBA • Stanford is ranked 21st in the AP Top 25 poll to start this 2015 campaign, a school-record fifth straight year for 11.28 vs. Illinois* (Chicago, Ill.) ................................ TBA the Cardinal in the preseason poll. The Cardinal, unranked to end the 2014 season, is ranked 21st by USA Today. * B1G contest • All times (PT) • Coupled with its Foster Farms Bowl win over Maryland and the 2015 season opener at Northwestern, Stanford will face Big Ten Conference opponents in consecutive games for the first time since 1956 (vs. Michigan State, at Inside the Notes Ohio State). Probable Starters .......................................................... 2-5 Coaching Staff ....................................................................6 Notes .............................................................................. 7-9 • Under David Shaw, Stanford has played four regular season nonconference games on the road -- all east of the Series vs. Northwestern ............................................ 10-11 Mississippi (at Duke, at Notre Dame [twice], at Army). In fact, as the crow flies, Stanford has traveled over 2,000 2014 Statistics ............................................................ 12-27 miles per game. Year-by-Year Records • Best Seasons .............................28 • By comparison, SEC teams have played only two games in the Pacific Time Zone during that span (Ole Miss Coaching Records ............................................................29 at Fresno State in 2011, Tennessee at Oregon in 2013). Records ...................................................................... 30-42 Longest Plays ...................................................................43 • Stanford and Texas are the only schools out of the 68 Power 5 and independent programs in 2015 who play 12 Top Performances ..................................................... 44-46 FBS opponents, 11 of which are Power 5 schools or Notre Dame. The Last Time ..................................................................47 • Five of Stanford’s 12 regular-season opponents -- No. 7 Oregon, No. 8 USC, No. 11 Notre Dame, No. 13 UCLA Roster ...............................................................................48 and No. 22 Arizona -- are ranked in the AP’s preseason top 25. Depth Chart......................................................................49 • Stanford has compiled a 54-13 record since 2010. • Its 54 wins are the seventh-most by any college program over that stretch. Social Media • Stanford and Northwestern last met in 1994 at Dyche Stadium, which has since become Ryan Field. The teams Twitter ....................................................... @StanfordFball combined to score 82 points on 155 offensive plays for 862 total yards in front of a national audience on ESPN. Instagram ......................................................StanfordFball The game, in which Stanford head coach David Shaw played wide receiver, ended in a 41-41 tie. Stanford leads Facebook ................................................. StanfordFootball the all-time series, 3-1-2. • Since Stanford’s last game at Northwestern 21 years ago, the Cardinal has played contests in 13 different states (Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin) and won games in 10 of those. Offense 8 KEVIN HOGAN • 6-4 • 225 • 5th • McLean, Va. (Gonzaga College [D.C.]) • Captain • Science, technology and society major PASSING G Att Cmp Int Yds TD Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G Effic • Fourth-year starter 2012 10 152 109 3 1096 9 43 71.7 7.2 109.6 147.9 • 24-8 as starter, 11-6 vs. AP top 25 2013 14 295 180 10 2630 20 78 61.0 8.9 187.9 151.5 QB • 24 wins as QB is second most by active player 2014 13 352 232 8 2792 19 52 65.9 7.9 214.8 145.8 • Ohio State’s Braxton Miller has 26 wins 2015 -- • Began career with 10 wins in as many starts TOTAL 37 799 521 21 6518 48 78 65.2 8.2 176.2 148.3 5 CHRISTIAN McCAFFREY • 6-0 • 201 • So. • Castle Rock, Colo. (Valor Christian) • Interned at a real estate company in Palo Alto over the summer ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G TD • Father, Ed, played football at Stanford 2014 13 300 251 154 91 0 796 61.2 2 • Mother, Lisa, played soccer at Stanford 2015 -- RB • Grandfather, Dave Sime, won 1960 Olympic silver in 100-yard dash TOTAL 13 300 251 154 91 0 796 61.2 2 • Spent summer of 2013 on mission trip to Rwanda • 2013 Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year 22 REMOUND WRIGHT • 5-9 • 205 • 5th • Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Dwenger) • Science, technology and society major ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G TD • Focus is on innovation, technology and organizations 2012 13 81 35 0 115 0 231 17.8 1 • Team-high 601 yards rushing, 11 rushing touchdowns in 2014 2013 12 102 0 0 0 0 102 8.5 1 RB • School-record four rushing touchdowns vs. Cal in 2014 2014 12 601 67 0 0 0 668 55.7 11 • Nine touchdowns in the final three games of 2014 2015 -- TOTAL 37 784 102 0 115 0 1001 27.1 13 26 BARRY SANDERS • 5-10 • 198 • Sr. • Oklahoma City, Okla. (Heritage Hall) • Communication major ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G TD • Career-high 92 yards rushing on nine carries vs. Army in 2015 2013 12 42 31 71 0 0 144 12.0 1 • Father, Barry, won 1988 Heisman Trophy 2014 13 315 47 0 0 0 362 27.8 0 RB • 59 rushes for 315 yards in 2014 2015 -- • 2011 U.S. Army All-America TOTAL 25 357 78 71 0 0 506 20.2 1 89 DEVON CAJUSTE • 6-4 • 227 • 5th • Seaford, N.Y. (Holy Cross) • Science, technology and society major RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G • Focus is on life sciences and biotechnology 2012 8 1 7 0 7 0.1 7.0 0.9 • Four career 100-yard