2015 Pac-12 Football Scoreboard
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For Immediate Release \\ Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Jocelyn Perry ([email protected]) 2015 PAC-12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS PAC-12 PAC-12 OVERALL CENTENNIAL NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak CELEBRATION California 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Oregon 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 The Pac-12 Conference is set Oregon State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 to celebrate 100 years of excel- Stanford 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 lence. The yearlong celebration Washington 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 of the Conference centennial, Washington State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 including marking the date of the official formation 100 years SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak ago on December 2, will kick Arizona 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 off with the start of the football season and continue throughout Arizona State 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 the 2015-16 academic year. Colorado 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 UCLA 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 The Conference’s storied history USC 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 dates back 100 years to Dec. 2, Utah 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 .--- 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1915 when four schools - the University of California, Oregon Agricultural College (now Or- egon State University), the Uni- This Week’s Pac-12 Football Schedule versity of Oregon and the Uni- Thurs., Sept. 3 Site Local Time/TV versity of Washington - gathered t39/t51 Michigan (0-0) at 30/30 UTAH (0-0) Rice Eccles Stadium (47,017) 6:30 p.m. MT at the historic Imperial Hotel in Series: UTAH leads, 2-1-0. Last Meeting: UTAH, 26-10 (2014) FOX Sports 1 Portland, Ore., to form the Pa- cific Coast Conference. --/-- UTSA (0-0) at 22/22 ARIZONA (0-0) Arizona Stadium (56,037) 7 p.m. PT Series: ARIZ leads, 2-0-0. Last Meeting: ARIZ, 26-23 (2014) PAC12 Since that day, the Conference has been known for its wide- --/-- COLORADO (0-0) at --/-- Hawai’i (0-0) Aloha Stadium (50,000) 7 p.m. HT spread excellence – on the Series: Tied, 2-2-0. Last Meeting: COLO, 21-12 (2014) CBSSN field, in the classroom, and with the contributions its graduates Fri., Sept. 4 Site Local Time/TV make in the world. No other --/-- Weber State (0-0) at --/-- OREGON STATE (0-0) Reser Stadium (45,674) 5 p.m. PT Conference can match the col- Series: First Meeting PAC12 lective achievements and dis- tinctions accomplished over the --/t51 WASHINGTON (0-0) at 23/24 Boise State (0-0) Albertsons Stadium (36,387) 8:15 p.m. MT last century. Series: WASH leads, 2-1-0. Last Meeting: WASH, 38-6 (2013) ESPN The Conference has been home Sat., Sept. 5 Site Local Time/TV to some of sports’ legendary ath- 21/21 STANFORD (0-0) at --/--Northwestern (0-0) Ryan Field (47,130) 11 a.m. CT letes and coaches. Dubbed the Series: STAN leads, 3-1-2. Last Meeting: tied, 41-41 (1994) ESPN “Conference of Champions,” Pac-12 schools have won 478 --/-- Portland State (0-0) at --/-- WASHINGTON STATE (0-0) Martin Stadium (32,952) 11 a.m. PT NCAA titles, by far more than Series: WSU leads, 2-0-0. Last Meeting: WSU, 59-21 (2014) PAC12 any other conference, as well as --/-- Virginia (0-0) at 13/14 UCLA (0-0) Rose Bowl (91,500) 12:30 p.m. PT over 2,000 individual national Series: UCLA leads, 1-0-0. Last Meeting: UCLA, 28-20 (2014) FOX championships. --/-- Grambling (0-0) at t42/-- CALIFORNIA (0-0) Memorial Stadium (63,000) 2 p.m. PT The Pac-12 Network will com- Series: First Meeting PAC12 memorate the Centennial with special programming that will 15/16 ARIZONA STATE (0-0) vs. 27/27 Texas A&M (0-0) Houston, Texas/NRG Stadium (71,795) 6 p.m. CT recognize the greatest athletes Series: First Meeting ESPN in the storied history of the Con- --/-- Eastern Washington (0-0) at 7/15 OREGON (0-0) Autzen Stadium (54,000) 5 p.m. PT ference on linear and digital Series: First Meeting PAC12 platforms throughout the year, including a special 60-minute --/-- Arkansas State (0-0) at 8/10 USC (0-0) LA Memorial Coliseum (93,607) 8 p.m. PT program to unveil the Pac-12 Series: First Meeting PAC12 All-Century Football team. Rankings listed (AP/Coaches poll) #100Pac12 AROUND THE PAC-12 A LOOK AHEAD KICK IT OFF: All 12 teams will be in action during the opening week of the season as the Pac-12 kicks off its 100th season. The 2015 season features seven Thursday games and eight Friday contests, to go along Fri., Sept. 11 with the traditional slate of Saturday games. Utah State at UTAH 6 p.m. PT/ESPN2 THE POLLS: In back-to-back years, six Pac-12 teams grace the preseason Top 25 polls. It’s the third con- secutive ranking period where six Pac-12 teams are listed in the AP poll (also the final two polls last season - Dec. 7 and Jan. 13). It’s the 14th time in the history of the AP poll that the league has had six teams listed Sat., Sept. 12 among the Top 25, half of those came during the 2014 season. OREGON STATE at Michigan 12 noon ET/ABC NON-LEAGUE SLATE/PAC-12 SCHEDULE: The Pac-12’s non-conference schedule of 37 games includes Sacramento State at WASHINGTON matchups with nine opponents who are ranked or received votes in the preseason AP and/or USA Today 11 a.m. PT/PAC12 polls. Each Conference team will play a nine-game league schedule that includes five games within its Massachusetts at COLORADO own division and four games in the other division. Teams with the best record in their respective divisions will meet in the Pac-12 title game on Saturday, Dec. 5 (ABC or ESPN) at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. 12 noon MT/PACMT WASHINGTON STATE at Rutgers RETURNING SIGNAL-CALLERS: Despite losing the services of Arizona State’s Taylor Kelly (ASU career 3:30 p.m. ET/ESPN2 or U record with 10,223 yards of total offense), Oregon’s Marcus Mariota (Heisman Trophy winner and Pac- San Diego State at CALIFORNIA 12 career record-holder with 13,023 yards in total offense), Oregon State’s Sean Mannion (Pac-12 career record-holder 13,600 passing yards), UCLA’s Brett Hundley (UCLA’s all-time leader in total offense - 11,713 2 p.m. PT/PAC12 yds) and Washington State’s Connor Halliday (WSU’s all-time leader with 11,304 passing yards and 90 TD ARIZONA at Nevada passes), the Pac-12 is in good hands with six returning signal callers, while two others picked up three starts 4 p.m. PT/CBSSN each last season for injured starters. Here’s what’s back behind center: Idaho at USC 5 p.m. PT/PAC12 Rating Pct. Yards TDs OREGON at Michigan State Cody Kessler, USC 167.1* 69.7* 3,826 39* Jared Goff, CAL 147.3 62.0 3,973* 35* 8 p.m. ET/ABC Anu Solomon, ARIZ 132.5 58.3 3,793 28* UCF at STANFORD Sefo Liufau, COLO 131.8 65.3* 3,200* 28* 7:30 p.m. PT/FOX Sports 1 Kevin Hogan, STAN 145.4 65.7 2,792 19 UCLA at UNLV Travis Wilson, UTAH 134.7 60.7 2,170 18 7:30 p.m. PT/CBSSN Luke Falk, WSU# 140.4 64.2 1,859 13 Cal Poly at ARIZONA STATE Mike Bercovici, ASU# 144.1 61.8 1,445 12 8 p.m. PT/PAC12 # - 3 starts each in 2014; * - School record PAC-12 VS.: TOP RUSHERS/TOP RECEIVERS: The league returns six 1,000-yard rushers from last season - UCLA’s Paul Perkins (1,575), UTAH’s Devontae Booker (1,512), ARIZONA’s Nick Wilson (1,375), OREGON’s Royce Atlantic Coast ...............................0-0 Freeman (1,365), CALIFORNIA’s Daniel Lasco (1,115), and ARIZONA STATE’s D.J. Foster (1,038). In addi- American .....................................0-0 tion, OREGON’s Byron Marshall rushed for 1,038 yards during the 2013 season, but was shifted to WR last season where he collected 1,003 receiving yards (74 rec./6 TDs)... The NFL Draft gave proof that the Pac-12 Big East .......................................0-0 featured some of the nation’s top receivers last season with USC’s Nelson Agholor, Washington State’s Vince Big Sky ........................................0-0 Mayle, Arizona State’s Jaelen Strong, and Stanford’s Ty Montgomery all having been selected in the first Big Ten ........................................0-0 four rounds. But the league is not void of another talented group of pass catchers.