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For Immediate Release \\ Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 Contacts \\ Josh Ishoo ([email protected]), Christine Jacobsen ([email protected]) THIS WEEK’S #PAC12FB SCHEDULE 2020 #PAC12FB STANDINGS Date Game Time (Local) TV NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Div Strk Sat., Dec. 5 Stanford at #22 Washington 1 p.m. PT FOX #22 Washington 3-0 1.000 95 69 3-0 0-0 1-0 W3 Colorado at Arizona 4 p.m. PT FS1 #23 Oregon 3-1 .750 154 119 2-0 1-1 2-1 L1 #23 Oregon at California 4 p.m. PT ESPN Oregon State 2-2 .500 121 130 2-1 0-1 2-2 W2 Oregon State at Utah 7:30 p.m. PT ESPN Washington State 1-1 .500 67 71 0-1 1-0 1-1 L1 UCLA at Arizona State 7:30 p.m. PT FS1 Stanford 1-2 .333 70 93 0-1 1-1 1-1 W1 Sun., Dec. 6 Washington State at #20 USC 4:30 p.m. PT FS1 California 0-3 .000 60 89 0-1 0-2 0-2 L3 SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Div Strk #BACKTHEPAC #20 USC 3-0 1.000 95 74 1-0 2-0 3-0 W3 The latest Pac-12 news & information is always available at Pac-12.com Colorado 3-0 1.000 103 84 2-0 1-0 1-0 W3 or by following along on: UCLA 2-2 .500 138 106 2-0 0-2 1-1 W1 • Twitter (@Pac12 & @Pac12Network) Arizona State 0-1 .000 27 28 0-0 0-1 0-1 L1 • Facebook (Facebook.com/Pac12Conference) Utah 0-2 .000 38 57 0-1 0-1 0-1 L2 • Instagram (@Pac12Conference) Arizona 0-3 .000 67 105 0-1 0-2 0-2 L3 QUICK HITS BOWL UPDATES: Today, Dec. 2, ESPN Events announced that the 2020 Las THIS MAN IS LANDING ON LISTS: COLORADO’s Nate Landman had a career- Vegas Bowl will not be played due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, high three sacks in the Buffs win over San Diego State last week. Dec. 1, the Sun Bowl Association announced the 2020 Tony the Tiger Sun • He is now the third CU player since 2010 with three sacks in a game, Bowl will not be played, also due to the COVID-19 pandemic. the first to do so since Mustafa Johnson had three in 2019 vs. Nebraska. • Following the news, the Pac-12’s current bowl lineup, as of Dec. 2, • Landman’s performance earned him honors with being named a includes: Rose Bowl (CFP semifinal), Valero Alamo Bowl, LA Bowl and Butkus Award semifinalist on Monday, Nov. 30 as well as the Football Independence Bowl. Writers Association of America’s Bronko Nagurski National Defensive • Pac-12 teams this season are required to be .500-or-better to be Player of the Week on Tuesday, Dec. 1. considered bowl eligible. • Also named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week, presented by Nextiva, his second weekly honor of the season (also, week two). RESTED OPPONENTS: When USC faces WASHINGTON STATE on Sunday, MORE ON THE BUFFS: COLORADO’s Jarek Broussard is the first Buffs RB since Dec. 6, it will be the Cougs first game since Nov. 14 (and Trojans first game Eric Bienemy in 1988 to rush for 100+ yards in a season’s first three games. since Nov. 21). • Broussard is also the second player in COLORADO history to have 100+ • Every opponent for USC this season, including this week’s, did not play rush yards in the first three games of his career (Charlie Davis in 1971). the prior week (ARIZONA STATE on Nov. 7, ARIZONA on Nov. 14 and • COLORADO quarterback Sam Noyer has recorded a rush TD and pass UTAH on Nov. 21). TD in all three games this season. JUST FIGHT ON: USC has allowed opponents to covert just 2-of-15 third downs THE DAWG POUND: WASHINGTON’s Zion Tupuola-Fetui has 7.0 sacks this in the second half this year (1-of-10 in the fourth quarter). season, the most by any FBS player since 2012 in a team’s first three games. • WASHINGTON ranks 12th in the country in today defense allowing just DAVEY O’BRIEN AWARD: On Tuesday, Dec. 1, the Davey O’Brien Foundation 314.0 yards per game and third in passing yards allowed with 162.7. announced the 35 quarterbacks named to the Davey O’Brien QB Class of • Huskies have now shut out their opponents in at least one half of every 2020, with each member of the group now an official candidate to win the game this season (OREGON STATE & ARIZONA in first half, UTAH in 2020 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award. Pac-12 candidates include second half). OREGON’s Tyler Shough and USC’s Kedon Slovis. CALL IT A COMEBACK: Last weekend WASHINGTON overcame a 21-0 halftime • Kedon Slovis this season has thrown for over 260 yards in all three of deficit, which was the largest halftime deficit the Huskies have overtime to USC’s games. His 70.7 completion percentage leads the Pac-12 and win since 1988. ranks ninth best in the country. His 31.3 completions per game lead the nation, while his 323.3 pass YPG rank seventh in FBS and lead • It was also the forth time since 1996 a Pac-12 school has come back the Pac-12. from a deficit of 21 or more points. • Tyler Shough has now thrown multiple TDs in each of his last three YOUNG DUCK: OREGON’s Noah Sewell is one of three FBS freshmen with 10 games, with nine total over that span. He is the third Oregon QB since tackles and two stops for loss in a single game this season. 1962 with multiple total TDs in each of his first four starts (also, Darron Thomas & A.J. Feeley). RUN IT: OREGON STATE’s Jermar Jefferson ranks second in FBS with 168.8 rush yards per game and COLORADO’s Jarek Broussard ranks fourth with 144.0 yards per game. 2020 SCHEDULE INFO NOTABLE ACTIVE RANKINGS & STREAKS • Each team is set to play five divisional ACTIVE STREAKS games and one crossover game against FBS, MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES ALLOWING 35 POINTS OR LESS Team Games Dates a non-division opponent, with these six Washington 74 11/15/2014 - 12/2/2020 games being evenly distributed between San Diego State 32 08/31/2018 - 12/2/2020 home and away for each team. Iowa 23 11/10/2018 - 12/2/2020 • The seventh & final week will feature all 12 Ohio State 20 12/01/2018 - 12/2/2020 teams in action highlighted by the Pac-12 *Oregon’s streak of 22-straight was snapped in the 41-38 loss to Oregon State on 11/27/2020 Football Championship Game, presented by 76®, on Dec. 18, which this year will CAREER RECEPTIONS - PAC-12 take place in a home-hosted format. Rank Receptions Player • Week seven match up information will be 1. 316 Gabe Marks, Washington State, 2012-16 (3457 yards-37 TDs) announced at a later date. 2. 294 Nelson Spruce, Colorado, 2012-15 (3347-23) 3. 259 Mike Thomas, Arizona, 2005-08 (3240-23) 4. 258 Derek Hagan, Arizona State, 2002-05 (3939-27) HEALTH AND SAFETY 5. 251 Robert Woods, USC, 2010-12 (2924-32) T-24. 207 Tyler Vaughns, USC, 2017-current (2580-18) For universities utilizing daily antigen testing, at least one weekly PCR test will also be administered CAREER PUNTING - PAC-12 for each student-athlete, in addition to all positive tests to be confirmed with a PCR test. All testing Rank Average Player 1. 45.74 Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah, 2016-18 (175 punts-8,004 yards) recommendations will be reviewed and updated 2. 45.17 Tom Hackett, Utah, 2012-15 (242-10,933) as needed on an ongoing basis. 3. 44.57 Kirk Wilson, UCLA, 1956-58 (77-3432) Active 46.39 Michael Turk, Arizona State, 2019-current (72-3340) In addition to the consistent access to sufficient Active 45.76 Oscar Draguicevich, Washington State, 2018-current (84-3844) testing across all Pac-12 programs, community prevalence has shown continued improvement COACHES WINS... in the majority of communities across the Pac- BY CONFERENCE WINS ONLY 12 footprint. To address concerns regarding Rank Coach, School (Seasons) W-L-T PCT potential health outcomes related to the virus, 1. Terry Donahue, UCLA (1976-95) 98-51-5 .653 each Pac-12 sports medicine group will be 2. Don James, WASH (1975-92) 97-38-2 .715 implementing cardiac monitoring protocols for 3. Mike Bellotti, ORE (1995-2008) 72-43-0 .626 all student-athletes with a positive test. The 4. John McKay, USC (1960-75) 70-17-3 .794 Pac-12 institutions are also participating in a 5. Howard Jones, USC (1925-40) 65-23-12 .710 national COVID-19 cardiac registry which will 6. O.E. Hollingbery, WSU (1926-42) 64-43-10 .590 7. John Robinson, USC (1976-82, 1993-97) 63-23-3 .724 allow for medical practitioners to monitor closely, Larry Smith, ARIZ (1980-86) & USC (1987-92) 63-34-4 .644 and gain greater insight into, potential health 9. Pete Carroll, USC (2001-2009)^ 62-14-0 .816 outcomes in student-athletes. 10. Dick Tomey, ARIZ (1987-2000) 60-49-4 .549 11. David Shaw, STAN (2011-current) 59-25-0 .702 Key elements of the testing protocols for football Mike Riley, OSU (1997-98, 2003-14) 58-63-0 .479 student-athletes include the following: 13.