Stanford Cardinal 1-0 Overall • 0-0 Pac-12 Date Opponent Time • Result September 8, 2018 • 5:30 P.M
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Stanford Cardinal 1-0 overall • 0-0 Pac-12 Date Opponent Time • Result September 8, 2018 • 5:30 p.m. PT 8.31 San Diego State ................................................. W, 31-10 Stanford Stadium (52,424) • Stanford, Calif. 9.8 USC* .................................................................. 5:30 p.m. FS1 • Joe Davis, Brady Quinn and Bruce Feldman 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 Stanford Cardinal (1-0, 0-0) KZSU 90.1 FM 9.29 at Notre Dame .................................................. 4:30 p.m. vs. 10.6 Utah* ..........................................................................TBA USC Trojans (1-0, 0-0) 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 1 • Stanford’s first Pac-12 Conference game starts at 5:30 p.m. PT Saturday at home against USC. The matchup marks a critical early-season game with all other conference schools still playing non-league games this week. 4 • Saturday marks the fourth time in the past five years that Stanford and USC will meet in the season’s second week. Stanford is 4-4 in Pac-12 openers against the Trojans. 98 • Friday’s meeting will be the 98th between Stanford and USC. In a series that dates to 1905, the Trojans lead, 62-32-3. Stanford does not count the 1918 contest won by the Trojans in its series scores, as it was played as part of an unofficial schedule by the Student Army Training Corps Team. 1936 • Since the AP poll debuted in 1936, Stanford and USC have met 81 times. In 55 of those games, at least one team has been ranked. This game has featured a ranked team every season since 2001. In seven of the past 11 matchups, both teams have been ranked. 35 • Stanford had never scored more than 35 points in its first 86 meetings with USC, but eclipsed the 35-point mark in 2009 (55), 2010 (37), 2011 (56), and twice in 2015 (41, 41). 41 • Andrew Luck Director of Offensive and Kevin M. Hogan Quarterbacks Coach Tavita Pritchard engineered one of the biggest upsets in college football history on Oct. 6, 2007, against No. 2 USC in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Making his first career start, Pritchard threw a 10-yard touchdown pass on fourth down to wide receiver Mark Bradford with 49 seconds remaining to lift the Cardinal to a 24-23 victory. The Trojans were favored by 41 points. 7 • Stanford has won seven of its past 10 contests against USC, the best 10-game stretch for the Cardinal in series history. Seven of the past 12 meetings between Stanford and USC have been decided by eight points or less. 1 • Head coach David Shaw has a family tie to the USC football program -- he is the nephew of former USC All-America cornerback (1964-66) and assistant coach (1980-86) Nate Shaw. 2 • Tight ends coach Morgan Turner has a pair of family ties to the USC football program -- father, Ron, was a USC assistant coach from 1985-87, and uncle, Norv, was an assistant from 1976-84. 4 • Safety Frank Buncom, the fourth of his name, is the grandson of former USC left tackle Frank Buncom (1960-61). 2 • Two of three St. Brown brothers will be on the field Saturday -- Stanford wide receiver, Osiris, and USC wide receiver, Amon-Ra. The oldest St. Brown brother, Equanimeous, currently plays for the Green Bay Packers. 74 • Head coach David Shaw has 74 career wins, the most in Stanford history. 86 • Stanford’s 86 wins this decade rank fourth nationally and the most of any private school, ahead of TCU (76), USC (74) and Notre Dame (70). 8 • Stanford has won at least eight games for a school-record nine straight years. .827 • Stanford is 24-5 (.827) against in-state opponents under head coach David Shaw. .825 • Stanford is 52-11 (.825) in games played on California soil under head coach David Shaw. Four of those losses came at the hands of USC. 20 • Under head coach David Shaw since 2011, Stanford is 20-4 against USC, UCLA and Cal. In the six seasons before Shaw: 7-11. 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. Series History Series: USC leads, 62-32-3 (.655) At Stanford: USC leads, 34-11-2 (.745) First meeting: 1905 at Stanford - Stanford 16, USC 0 Last meeting: 2017 at Levi’s Stadium - Stanford 28, USC 31 Last Stanford win: 2016 at Stanford - Stanford 27, USC 10 Last USC win: 2017 at Levi’s Stadium - Stanford 28, USC 31 Longest Stanford win streak: 4 (2009-12) Longest USC win streak: 12 (1958-69) Largest Stanford victory: 55-21 (2009 at USC) Largest USC victory: 49-0 (1977 at USC) Series streak: USC - W2 1970 • Before a crowd of 86,000 at Stanford Stadium, Stanford stunned fourth-ranked USC, 24-14, marking its first win over the Trojans since 1957. Jim Plunkett completed 19 of 31 passes for 275 yards and one touchdown and Stanford’s defense turned back the Trojans twice on goal line stands. 1973 • Rod Garcia set a Stanford and Pac-8 record by booting a 59-yard field goal in the first quarter. However, Chris Limahelu’s 34-yard field goal with 0:34 left lifted the eighth-ranked Trojans to a 27-26 victory at the Coliseum. 1979 • After trailing at halftime, 21-0, Stanford rallied to score 14 points in the fourth quarter to tie top-ranked USC, 21-21, at the Coliseum. It was the only blemish on USC’s record, as the Trojans would finish the season ranked second in both wire service polls behind national champion Alabama. 1982 • John Elway completed 27 of 41 passes for 239 yards and broke Jim Plunkett’s NCAA record with his 26th career 200-yard passing game. Elway’s record-setting performance was not enough, as USC came away with a 41-21 victory at Stanford Stadium. 1991 • Stanford defeated USC, 24-21, at the Coliseum, marking the Cardinal’s first victory over the Trojans since 1975. 1992 • Steve Stenstrom completed 23 of 39 passes for 273 yards and Stanford’s defense limited 11th-ranked USC to 59 rushing yards in a 23-9 victory at Stanford Stadium. 1997 • Troy Walters caught 11 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns despite a 45-21 Cardinal loss decision at the Coliseum. Walters also returned a punt 66 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter. 1999 • Stanford rallied from a 21-0 first-quarter deficit in Los Angeles as Todd Husak threw for two touchdowns and rushed for the game-winning score in a 35-31 victory. Tim Smith made a game-saving interception at the seven-yard line on the final play, as the Cardinal went on to win the Pac-10 title and earn a Rose Bowl appearance for the first time in nearly three decades. 2000 • After coming off the bench to replace an injured Randy Fasani, Chris Lewis threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jamien McCullum as time expired to give Stanford a thrilling 32-30 comeback victory over USC. Kerry Carter tied a single-game record with four rushing touchdowns and DeRonnie Pitts caught 13 passes for 176 yards. 2007 • Tavita Pritchard connected with Mark Bradford on a 10-yard touchdown pass on a fourth-and-goal play with 49 seconds remaining to lift Stanford to a 24-23 victory over second-ranked USC at the Coliseum. In his first career start, Pritchard engineered one of the biggest upsets in college football history against a USC unit favored by 41 points. 2009 • Toby Gerhart rushed for 178 yards and three touchdowns to lead Stanford to a 55-21 victory over No. 11 USC at the Coliseum. The 55 points were the most ever scored against USC, as the Cardinal handed the Trojans their worst home loss since 1966.