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September 23, 2001 2001 Stanford Football Schedule (2-0 Overall, 1-0 Pacific-10 Conference) Date Opponent Location Kickoff Television Result 9/8 Boston College Stanford Stadium 7:00 pm Fox Sports Net W, 38-22 9/22 Arizona State Stanford Stadium 7:00 pm none W, 51-28 9/29 USC L.A. Memorial Coliseum 3:30 pm KRON 10/13 Washington State Stanford Stadium 2:00 pm none 10/20 Oregon Autzen Stadium 12:30 pm TBA 10/27 UCLA Stanford Stadium 4:00 pm ABC 11/3 Washington Husky Stadium 12:30 pm TBA 11/10 Arizona Arizona Stadium 7:00 pm (MT) TBA 11/17 California Stanford Stadium 12:30 pm TBA 11/24 Notre Dame Stanford Stadium 5:00 pm ABC 12/1 San Jose State Spartan Stadium 2:00 pm none 2001 Stanford Football: Game #3 Stanford (2-0, 1-0) at USC (1-2, 0-1) Game Facts 3-0 start since it opened the 1986 campaign with a Date: September 29, 2001 4-0 record under Jack Elway and first 2-0 Pac-10 Kickoff: 3:30 pm start since the 1999 Rose Bowl campaign ... The Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum contest against the Trojans also marks the latest (92,000) start to the Cardinal’s road schedule since the 1969 Television: Live, KRON (Channel 4). Ted season when it opened the campaign with two home Robinson, Toi Cook. games before visiting Purdue on October 4 ... Radio: KTCT (1050 am). Tim Roye, Bob Murphy. Saturday’s game will also mark the start of a stretch Pregame show begins at 3:00 pm. where Stanford plays four of its next six games Internet: Live game audio and live game stats on away from The Farm, including road contests at #6 www.gostanford.com Oregon (Oct. 20) and #12 Washington (Nov. 3). ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Stanford vs. USC: Stanford has won two straight over USC in a series that has been recently domi- The Cardinal: Stanford University is off its first 2- nated by down-to-the-wire contests ... Five of the 0 start since 1995 after a convincing 51-28 Pac-10 last seven games between the schools have been victory over Arizona State on Saturday at Stanford decided by seven points or less, including each of Stadium ... The Cardinal has won three consecutive the last two years ... Last season, Stanford pulled conference openers by a combined scored of 125- off a miraculous 32-30 home win over the Trojans 60 ... Stanford, which has won four straight games when QB Chris Lewis threw a 20-yard touchdown dating back to last season, now takes to the road for pass to Jamien McCullum with no time left on the the first time this season when it visits Southern clock ... In its last trip to the L.A. Coliseum, the California rival USC at the Los Angeles Memorial 1999 Cardinal squad took a huge step toward its Coliseum ... The Cardinal will be aiming for its first first Rose Bowl appearance since the 1970 cam- 2001 Stanford Football - Page 1 paign when it overcame a 21-0 first quarter deficit who has twice to win 35-31 ... USC leads the all-time series 52-26- been named Pac- Tyrone Willingham vs. USC 3 in a series that dates back to 1905 (the teams have 10 Coach of the Year Score met annually since 1946), and is 23-15-1 against the Year (1995 & 1995 L, 31-30 @ USC Cardinal in L.A. 1999), owns a 1996 W, 24-20 @ Stanford career record of 1997 L, 45-21 @ USC 1998 L, 34-9 @ Stanford Schedule Notes: With the San Jose State game 37-33-1 (.528) and 1999 W, 35-31 @ USC now scheduled for December 1, Stanford will have Pac-10 record of 2000 W, 32-30 @ Stanford two regular season games after The Big Game with 27-22 (.551) ... He California … Stanford plays Cal on November 17, has led the Cardi- then hosts Notre Dame on November 24 followed nal to three bowl games, including a 1999 Pac-10 by the San Jose State contest … The last time a Championship and a trip to the Rose Bowl on Stanford football team played two regular season January 1, 2000 ... The Rose Bowl appearance was games after The Big Game was in 1899 when Stanford’s first in 28 seasons ... Willingham has the Stanford played Multnomah (Portland) and a team Cardinal off to a 2-0 start for the first time since the called “All-Seattle” … With the postponement of 1995 campaign - his first season on The Farm ... In the San Jose State game and the open date on that season, the Cardinal opened with wins at San October 6, Stanford will have played just three Jose State (47-33) and Utah (27-20) en route to a 7- games as of October 12 … The last time a Stanford 4-1 season and an appearance in the Liberty Bowl. team played as few as three games by October 12 was in 1962 … During that season, Stanford played Coaching Tenure at Stanford Tulane on September 21 (W, 6-3), Michigan State Name (at Stanford) Record on September 29 (W, 16-13) and Oregon State on Pop Warner (9), 1924-32 71-17-8 October 6 (L, 27-0) … Stanford’s fourth game that John Ralston (9), 1963-71 55-36-3 season was vs. Washington State in Pullman on Tyrone Willingham (7), 1995-01 37-33-1 October 13. Chuck Taylor (7), 1951-57 40-29-2 Tiny Thornhill (7), 1933-39 35-25-7 Experience Across The Board: Stanford returns Fasani’s Fast Start: Fifth-year senior quarterback 16 starters and 39 letter-winners from last year’s Randy Fasani is putting up early season numbers team that finished 5-6 overall and 4-4 in the Pacific- that rival any quarterback in the nation ... The fifth- 10 Conference (fourth place) … The Cardinal year senior has already thrown for eight touch- returns nine starters on offense, seven on defense downs, while going 32-of-55 (58.2 percent) for 527 and both kickers from a year ago ... The experience yards with no interceptions ... The Granite Bay, that the Cardinal lacked in 2000 has given way to a Calif. native, who is one of 20 candidates for the veteran club in 2001 … The Cardinal finds itself Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award presented to the with a defense made up of 10 players in their final nation’s top senior quarterback, is first in the season of eligibility, including its entire starting nation in points responsible for (24.00 per game) secondary and linebacking corps. and fourth in passing efficiency (186.7), and also leads the Pac-10 in both of those categories ... Tyrone Willingham: Head coach Tyrone Against Arizona State, Fasani was 17-of-26 for Willingham is in his seventh season at the helm of 295 with four touchdowns and no interceptions the Stanford University football program … Only despite leaving the game after the third quarter two other coaches in school history have enjoyed a with the Cardinal holding a commanding 23-point longer tenure on The Farm than Willingham - lead ... He was 6-of-9 for 105 yards and a touch- Glenn “Pop” Warner and John Ralston, who both down in the first quarter and 6-of-8 for 129 yards coached at Stanford for nine seasons … and another score in the second period ... Fasani Willingham’s tenure also ranks tied for second has thrown four touchdown passes in each of the among current Pacific-10 Conference head coaches Cardinal’s first two games, making him the first behind only Washington State’s Mike Price and Stanford QB to throw four touchdown passes or tied with Oregon’s Mike Belotti ... Willingham, 2001 Stanford Football - Page 2 more in back-to-back games since the great John Fasani’s 2001 Statistics Elway accomplished the feat in 1980 (5 at Year PA PC .Pct YDS INT TD Washington State and 6 vs. Oregon State) ... In BC 29 15 .517 232 0 4 addition, Stanford quarterbacks have thrown for ASU 26 17 .654 295 0 4 four touchdowns or more in a game on 19 occa- Totals 55 32 .582 527 0 8 sions in program history and Fasani, who also threw for four TDs against San Jose State last Awards “Watch” List: QB Randy Fasani, FS year, joins Elway (four) and 1970 Heisman Tank Williams, OG Eric Heitmann and ILB Coy Trophy winner Jim Plunkett (three) as the only Wire are all listed on various “Watch” Lists for QBs to accomplish that feat three or more times ... national awards … Fasani is one of 20 candidates In the season opener against Boston College, for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award pre- Fasani was 15-of-29 for 232 yards with a career- sented to the nation’s top senior quarterback ... high tying four touchdowns and no interceptions Williams is on the Jim Thorpe Watch List for the ... In the second half alone, Fasani was 10-of-15 nation’s top defensive back … Both Heitmann and for 156 yards and two scores ... The Cardinal has Wire are included on the Lombardi Award Watch thrived under Fasani since he won the starting QB List for the best lineman in college football. job prior to the 2000 season ... In the 10 games Fasani has started since winning the job, Stanford The Top 10 List: Both Kerry Carter and Brian is 7-3 and averaging 32.7 points per contest ... in Allen could crack the Cardinal’s all-time top-10 those 10 contests, Stanford has scored no fewer rushing list in 2001 … Allen, in his final season of than 24 points and has put up 30 or more five eligibility, has gained 1,411 rushing yards in his different times ..