2015 Pac-12 Football Scoreboard
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For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Jocelyn Perry ([email protected]) 2015 PAC-12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS PAC-12 PLAYERS PAC-12 OVERALL OF THE WEEK NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak Stanford 8-1 .889 368 219 10-2 .833 443 278 6-1 4-1 0-0 4-1 W 2 OFFENSE Oregon 7-2 .778 368 340 9-3 .750 518 441 5-2 4-1 0-0 4-1 W 6 Jared Goff, Jr., QB Washington State 6-3 .667 304 274 8-4 .667 389 346 4-2 4-2 0-0 2-3 L 1 California California 4-5 .444 285 298 7-5 .545 438 363 5-1 2-4 0-0 3-2 W 1 Led Cal to a 48-46 comeback Washington 4-5 .444 261 180 6-6 .500 354 213 4-3 2-3 0-0 2-3 W 2 win over Arizona State as he Oregon State 0-9 .000 160 381 2-10 .167 228 444 2-4 0-6 0-0 0-5 L 9 threw for a school-record 542 yards on 30-of-51 passing with SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak five TD passes. USC 6-3 .667 287 240 8-4 .667 432 296 5-2 3-2 0-0 5-0 W 1 Utah 6-3 .667 270 207 9-3 .750 363 262 6-1 3-2 0-0 2-3 W 1 DEFENSE UCLA 5-4 .556 295 259 8-4 .667 390 301 4-2 4-2 0-0 3-2 L 1 Iman Marshall, Fr., CB Arizona State 4-5 .444 322 323 6-6 .500 408 392 5-2 1-3 0-1 3-2 L 1 USC Arizona 3-6 .333 278 363 6-6 .500 441 428 4-2 2-4 0-0 2-3 L 1 Had two interceptions (the first Colorado 1-8 .111 177 291 4-9 .308 320 357 2-4 1-5 1-0 0-5 L 5 set up a USC touchdown and snapped Josh Rosen’s streak of throws without a pick at a PAC-12 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME school-record 246), along with four tackles and two deflections USC vs. STANFORD in the 40-21 win over UCLA. Saturday, December 5 4:45 p.m. PT/7:45 p.m. ET SPECIAL TEAMS Conrad Ukoprina, Sr., PK, Levi’s Stadium - Santa Clara, Calif. Stanford ESPN/ESPN Deportes Connected on his only field goal Preview: There are a record 10 bowl eligible teams from the Pac-12, but there are only two that will compete for the attempt, a 45-yard at the end of Pac-12 Championship as the North Division champion STANFORD Cardinal (10-2, 8-1 Pac-12 North) will take on the regulation to defeat Notre Dame, USC Trojans (8-4, 6-3 Pac-12 South) in the fifth annual Pac-12 Football Championship Game. The Trojans and Utah tied 38-36. He was perfect on PAT, for the South title, but USC won the tiebreaker based on its win over the Utes earlier this season. USC looks to avenge hitting 5-of-5. a Conference season-opening loss to the Cardinal (41-31, Sept. 19 at USC), while the Cardinal look to strengthen their case for a spot in the top four of the CFP. PAC-12 QUICK HITS Television: ESPN will televise the Pac-12 Football Championship Game with Brad Nessler (pxp), Todd Blackledge (ana- lyst) and Holly Rowe (sideline) calling the action. BOWL ELIGIBLE: A record 10 Pac-12 teams are bowl eligible. ESPN Radio: Calling the action will be Adam Amin (pxp), David Norrie (analyst) and Olivia Harlan (sideline). By percentage (83.3%), that’s the most of any conference. Last Meeting: The two teams opened the 2015 Pac-12 season back on Sept. 19 in Los Angeles as Stanford perevailed, 41-31. Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan completed 18-of-23 for 279 yards and two touchdowns, while Remound NATIONAL AWARD FINALISTS Wright rushed for three more scores. Christian McCaffrey rushed 26 times for 115 yards, added 37 receiving yards and 97 on kick returns for 249 all-purpose yards. USC’s Cody Kessler was 25-of-32 for 272 yards and three touchdowns as Doak Walker Award he connected with JuJu Smith-Schuster eight times for 153 yards and one score. Christian McCaffrey, Stanford Series Record: USC leads 60*-30-3 (not including one win later vacated due to NCAA penalty). The first meeting took John Mackey Award place in 1905, a 16-0 USC victory, but it’s been the recent meetings that has elevated this series. The last six games have Austin Hooper, Stanford been decided by 10 points or less, with the Cardinal prevailing in four of the last six meetings, including a triple ovetime Lou Groza Award thriller in 2011. In fact, the Cardinal have won six of the last nine games. Ka’imi Fairbairn, UCLA Statistical Matchup: Comparing the two teams... Maxwell Award Christian McCaffrey, Stanford Stanford USC Rushing 222.8 ypg 176.7 ypg Outland Trophy Passing 215.6 ypg 280.7 ypg Joshua Garnett, Stanford Total Offense 437.6 ypg 457.3 ypg Scoring Offense 36.9 ppg 36.0 ppg Ray Guy Award Rush Defense 145.0 ypg 137.6 ypg Tom Hackett, Utah Pass Defense 231.0 ypg 262.4 ypg Scoring Defense 23.2 ppg 24.7 ppg Campbell Trophy Jake Brendel, UCLA Pac-12 FCG Records: Pac-12 FCG results and records are availalble on pages 9-11. A LOOK AHEAD AROUND THE PAC-12 Sun., Dec. 6 BOWL ELIGIBLE: The Pac-12 has a record 10 bowl eligible teams in ARIZONA, ARIZONA STATE, CALI- FORNIA, OREGON, STANFORD, UCLA, USC, UTAH, WASHINGTON and WASHINGTON STATE. The Golden Bowl Announcements Bears are bowl eligible for the first time since 2011. The Cougars are bowl eligible for the first time since CFP Semifinals, 9:30 a.m. ET/ESPN 2013 and just the second time since 2003. In terms of percentage of membership achieving bowl eligibility, CFP NYE6, 12 noon ET/ESPN the Pac-12 leads all other conferences: Pac-12 Bowl Lineup Pac-12 (10 of 12) ..................83.3% Dec. 19 - Royal Purple Las Vegas SEC (10 of 14) .......................71.4% vs. MWC, ABC, 12:30 p.m. PT American (8 of 12) .................66.7% Dec. 26 - Hyundai Sun ACC (9 of 14) .........................64.3% Big 12 (6 of 10) .....................60.0% vs. ACC, CBS, 12 noon CT Mountain West (7 of 12) .........58.3% Dec. 26 - Foster Farms Big Ten (8 of 14) ....................57.1% vs. Big Ten, ESPN, 6:15 p.m. PT MAC (7 of 13) ........................53.8% Dec. 30 - Holiday CUSA (5 of 13) ......................38.5% vs. Big Ten, ESPN, 7:30 p.m. PT Sunbelt (3 of 11) ....................27.8% Jan. 1 - Rose vs. Big Ten, ESPN, 2 p.m. PT BOWL LINEUP: The Pac-12 is contracted with seven bowl games. The selection orders is as follows: The Jan. 2 - Valero Alamo Rose Bowl Game will get the Pac-12 Champion, unless that team moves up as one of the four teams in the CFP semifinals. If that is the case, the Rose Bowl will replace the champion with another Pac-12 team. vs. Big 12, ESPN, 5:45 p.m. CT Once the Rose Bowl is filled, the Alamo, Holiday and Foster Farms Bowls will pick in order from teams with Jan. 2 - Cactus a one-game differential in the Conference standings. The Sun, Las Vegas and Cactus Bowls will then select vs. Big 12, ESPN, 8:15 p.m. MT the teams in order of finish in the Conference standings. ROAD WARRIORS: After posting perfect 5-0 record in the final week of the regular season, the home teams finally overtook the visitors with a 29-25 record in Conference play. PAC-12 VS.: POLL WATCHING: The polls have been a revolving door for Pac-12 teams. After a one week absence, both American ............................................ 1-0 USC and UTAH moves back into the AP poll this week, joining STANFORD and OREGON ... Five different Atlantic Coast ...................................... 1-0 Pac-12 teams this season have been ranked in the AP Top 10 ... Over the last two seasons, 10 different Pac- Big Sky ............................................... 5-1 12 teams have been ranked among the AP Top 25, while six different Conference teams have been ranked Big Ten ............................................... 2-3 among the Top 10. Big 12 ................................................. 1-0 Conference USA ................................. 1-0 ALL-PURPOSE: STANFORD sophomore RB Christian McCaffrey continues to lead the FBS with 252.92 all- Mid-American ..................................... 1-0 purpose yards per game, more than 50 yards over the next player (Tyler Ervin, San Jose State, 200.83 ypg). Mountain West .................................. 10-2 He set a Pac-12 record with 3,035 all-purpose yards and is the third player in FBS history to post 3,000 or Southeastern ....................................... 0-1 more yards, joining Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders (3,250 yards in 1988) and Western Kentucky’s Antonio Southland ........................................... 1-0 Andrews (3,161 yards in 2012) ... His school-record 389 all-purpose yards posted against California is the Southwestern ...................................... 1-0 top mark in the FBS this season ... McCaffrey has rushed for 100 or more yards in nine games. His 3,035 Sun Belt .............................................. 3-0 all-purpose yardage breakdown is as follows: 1,640 rushing, 435 receiving, 922 kick return, 38 punt return Independent ......................................