Stanford Cardinal 2-0 overall • 1-0 Pac-12 Date Opponent Time • Result September 15, 2018 • 11 a.m. PT 8.31 San Diego State ................................................. W, 31-10 Stanford Stadium (50,424) • Stanford, Calif. 9.8 #17/12 USC* ......................................................... W, 17-3 Pac-12 Network • Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Jill Savage 9.15 UC Davis ............................................................... 11 a.m. KNBR 680 AM • Scott Reiss ’93, Todd Husak ’00 and John Platz ’84 9.22 at Oregon* .................................................................TBA #9/9 Stanford Cardinal (2-0) KZSU 90.1 FM 9.29 at Notre Dame .................................................. 4:30 p.m. vs. 10.6 Utah* ..........................................................................TBA UC Davis Aggies (2-0) Director of Athletic Communications • Alan George 10.18 at Arizona State* ................................................... 6 p.m. [email protected] • 574.340.3977 • @treeSIDjorge 10.27 Washington State* ....................................................TBA GoStanford.com 11.3 at Washington* ..........................................................TBA Twitter • @StanfordFBall Assistant Director • Eric Dolan 11.10 Oregon State* ............................................................TBA Instagram • @StanfordFBall [email protected] • 585.260.8322 • @EJDolan 11.17 at Cal* ........................................................................TBA Snapchat • StanfordFBall 11.24 at UCLA* .....................................................................TBA Facebook • StanfordFootball * Pac-12 contest • All times PT In-game notes • @GoStanfordNotes 11 • Stanford’s 11 a.m. PT nonconference meeting with UC Davis is the earliest home start time in program history. The Cardinal’s last 11 a.m. local time kickoff came at Northwestern to open the 2015 season. 700 • When the Cardinal and UC Davis last met in 2014, the season-opening victory was the 700th win in program history. It was the first of three straight home games to start that season. .667 • Stanford leads the series with UC Davis, 2-1 (.667). Stanford won the first meeting, 59-0, on Nov. 12, 1932, against the team known as the California Aggies. It served as a tuneup for the Big Game and was the last victory in the Stanford coaching career of Glenn “Pop” Warner, who went 71-17-8 (.781) from 1924-32. The College Football Hall of Famer coached Stanford to its first two Rose Bowls. However, UC Davis stunned the Cardinal in 2005 with 20 unanswered points in a 20-17 upset at Stanford Stadium. 2005 • The 2005 matchup with the Aggies marked the first time Stanford played a (then) non-Division I-A opponent since the Cardinal beat Cornell, 56-6, in 1991. The Aggies, who were in the third year of a four-year transition from NCAA Division II to Division I, previously had not played a Division I team since a 44-14 loss to Idaho in 1997. UC Davis’ Jon Grant threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Blaise Smith with eight seconds left as the Aggies posted a 20-17 win to spoil Stanford head coach Walt Harris’ home debut. UC Davis held Stanford to 180 yards, as the Cardinal managed two first-half touchdowns on a pair of fumble recoveries. 2003 • UC Davis visited Stanford Stadium prior to the 2003 campaign for a “scrimmage” in which both teams competed against one another in a game-like setting. 4 • Stanford played the UC Davis reserves four times in 1946, 1947, 1949 and 1950, going 2-1-1 in that span. 45 • In 2014, Ty Montgomery returned his first career punt for a touchdown and caught five passes for 77 yards and another score, as routed UC Davis, 45-0. 52 • During the 2014 matchup against UC Davis, then-freshmen Christian McCaffrey’s first career touch results in a 52-yard touchdown catch from Kevin Hogan. 9 • Stanford is ranked ninth in the latest AP poll, its highest ranking since tabbed seventh heading into a road contest at No. 10 Washington on Sept. 30, 2016. 8 • Stanford (13th) was ranked in the AP preseason poll for the eighth time in as many seasons under head coach David Shaw. 75 • Head coach David Shaw has 75 career wins, the most in Stanford history. 87 • Stanford’s 87 wins this decade rank fourth nationally and the most of any private school, ahead of TCU (77), USC (74) and Notre Dame (71). 8 • Stanford has won at least eight games for a school-record nine straight years. .833 • Stanford is 25-5 (.833) against in-state opponents under head coach David Shaw. .828 • Stanford is 53-11 (.828) in games played on California soil under head coach David Shaw. 50 • With a Sept. 8 win over USC, head coach David Shaw earned his 50th Pac-12 win, tying him with Cal’s Jeff Tedford (2002-12) at 16th for most conference victories. 107 • Stanford has not surrendered a touchdown in the past 107 minutes and 38 seconds of game action. 24 • Stanford, which operates on the academic quarter calendar, will have 24 days between its season opener (Aug. 31) and the first day of classes (Sept. 24). The Cardinal will play three home games (vs. San Diego State, vs. USC, vs. UC Davis) before students return to campus for the fall quarter. 1921 • Built in 1921, Stanford Stadium is the eighth-oldest FBS facility. The current configuration includes a renovation completed prior to the 2006 season. The venue has a cozy seating capacity of 50,424, a considerable difference from the 85,000 that existed in what was previously the largest privately owned college football facility in the United States. Stanford Stadium has a long and storied history. In 1928, Herbert Hoover, a former Stanford football student manager, gave his acceptance speech there upon being nominated as the Republican presidential candidate. During the height of the Cold War, track coach Payton Jordan brought the USA-USSR dual meet to Stanford in 1962 in “the greatest track meet of all time.” The stadium was the site of the 1985 Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins. The 1994 World Cup, including a July 4 showdown between the U.S. and Brazil and the 1999 Women’s World Cup semifinal between the U.S. and Brazil took place at Stanford Stadium. Offense 96 • Stanford’s offense returned over 96 pct. of its total scoring from 2017 (435 of 453 points). 200 • Stanford has rushed for 200 or more yards in nine of its past 22 games (9-0 in those games). 19,036 • Stanford has rushed for 19,036 yards since 2011, 19th-best nationally. That’s 13.5 trips across the Golden Gate Bridge. 150 • Stanford has scored in 150 consecutive games, dating to Nov. 11, 2006. 19 • Stanford has won 19 of its past 22 games when scoring first. 69 • Stanford has recorded at least one rushing touchdown 69 times in its past 78 games. Stanford has won 32 of its past 38 games when recording at least one rushing touchdown. 43 • Stanford has 43 rushing touchdowns in its past 20 games. 2.01 • Stanford has 192 rushing touchdowns in David Shaw’s 97 games as head coach, an average of 2.01/game. 10 • Stanford has allowed only 10 sacks over the past 12 games (336 pass attempts). 17 • Stanford returned the nucleus of an offensive line that paved the way for Bryce Love’s record-breaking junior season in 2017. The Cardinal also allowed only 17 sacks in 14 games last season, fifth- fewest among all Power 5 program. 32:26 • At 32:26, Stanford’s average time of possession per game since 2011 ranks fifth nationally. The average millennial spends over 32 minutes a day on Instagram. 2,833 • Stanford’s 2,833 rushing yards in 2017 ranked fourth in program history. 5.902 • Stanford’s 5.902 rushing yards/attempt in 2017 ranked first in program history. 32.4 • Stanford’s 32.4 points/game in 2017 ranked eighth in program history. 30 • Stanford has averaged 30 or more points in four of head coach David Shaw’s nine seasons. 58 • Stanford’s 58 points scored against UCLA in 2017 was the 19th-highest output in program history. 405 • Stanford’s 405 rushing yards against UCLA in 2017 was the fourth-highest total in program history. 656 • Stanford’s 656 total yards against Rice in 2017 were the seventh-most in program history. 2,507 • Senior Cameron Scarlett and senior Bryce Love combined for 2,507 rushing yards in 2017, as the top rushing tandem in program history returns for the 2018 campaign. 4 • Junior K.J. Costello was the fourth quarterback to start Stanford’s season opener in the past four years, following Kevin Hogan (2015), Ryan Burns (2016) and Keller Chryst (2017). 4 • Costello’s past four games: 76 of 129 passing for 1,095 yards (8.49 yards/attempt), 14 touchdowns and three interceptions. 332 • Costello posted a career-high 332 passing yards against San Diego State. Only 33 times since 1996 has a Stanford quarterback thrown for 300 or more yards in a game. 1,000 • Senior wide receivers Trenton Irwin (1,115) and JJ Arcega-Whiteside (1,448) each have over 1,000 career receiving yards. 6 • Arcega-Whiteside had six touchdown receptions over a two-game stretch from the 2017 bowl game to the 2018 opener (three vs. TCU, three vs. San Diego State). That tied Ken Margerum for the most receiving touchdowns in consecutive Stanford games, set in 1980 with quarterback John Elway on the delivering end (two at Washington State, four vs. Oregon State). 226 • Arcega-Whiteside’s 226 receiving yards against San Diego State were the third-most in program history. It was the fifth time a Cardinal receiver eclipsed 200 yards receiving. 2 • Arcega-Whiteside has at least two catches in 14 straight games. 9 • Arcega-Whiteside’s nine receiving touchdowns in 2017 were the most since Ty Montgomery’s 10 in 2013.