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For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Heather Ward ([email protected]) PAC-12 PLAYERSHONORS OF THE WEEK 2018 PAC-12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS OFFENSE PAC-12 OVERALL Tyler Huntley, QB, UTAH NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak Completed 22 of 29 pass at- Washington 4-1 .800 133 94 6-2 .750 229 125 4-0 2-1 0-1 0-1 W 1 tempts (.759) for a career- Washington State 3-1 .750 154 120 6-1 .857 285 163 4-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 W 3 high-tying 341 yards and four Stanford 3-1 .750 96 87 5-2 .714 174 145 3-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 W 1 touchdowns in Utah’s 41-28 Oregon 2-2 .500 123 123 5-2 .714 278 183 4-1 1-1 0-0 2-2 L 1 win over USC. Also rushed for California 1-3 .250 97 110 4-3 .571 187 168 2-2 2-1 0-0 1-1 W 1 33 rushing yards and a touch- Oregon State 0-4 .000 82 192 1-6 .143 196 331 1-3 0-3 0-0 0-2 L 5 down in amassing 374 yards of total offense. Huntley’s 46-yard SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak touchdown pass to Britain Covey Utah 3-2 600 154 108 5-2 .714 212 124 3-1 2-1 0-0 2-0 W 3 on third down and five in the first USC 3-2 .600 125 134 4-3 .571 182 192 3-0 1-3 0-0 2-1 L 1 quarter sparked a run of 34 un- Colorado 2-2 .500 99 95 5-2 .714 222 150 3-0 1-2 1-0 2-1 L 2 answered points by Utah. Hunt- UCLA 2-2 .500 108 106 2-5 .286 129 189 0-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 W 1 ley’s scoring drives averaged 82 Arizona 2-3 .400 119 128 3-5 .375 222 232 2-2 1-3 0-0 0-3 L 2 yards per drive. Arizona State 1-3 .250 106 99 3-4 .429 192 147 3-1 0-3 0-0 0-1 L 2 DEFENSE Chase Hansen, LB, UTAH THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (#Pac12FB) Hansen led Utah with 11 tackles (3.0 TFL) and his second inter- Fri., Oct. 26 Site Local Time/TV ception of the season in Utah’s No. 23 UTAH at UCLA Rose Bowl (80,616) 7:30 pm PT - ESPN 41-28 win over USC. Hansen Series: UCLA leads, 11-5-0. Last: UTAH, 48-17 (2017) (Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Dekker) was integral in holding USC to Sat., Oct. 27 Site Local Time/TV just 3-of-14 on third down con- versions, including 0-10 through OREGON STATE at COLORADO Folsom Field (50,183) 1:00 pm MT - P12N the first three quarters. His inter- Series: Series tied, 5-5-0. Last: COLO, 36-33 (2017) (Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson) ception came in the first quarter ARIZONA STATE at USC L.A. Coliseum (78,467) 12:30 pm PT - ABC/ESPN2 mirror on the USC 20, eventually set- Series: USC leads, 21-12-0**. Last: USC, 48-17 (2017) (Adam Amin, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich) ting up the field goal that closed USC’s lead to four (14-10). 10 No. 15 WASHINGTON at CALIFORNIA Memorial Stadium (62,467) 3:30 pm PT - FS1 of his 11 tackles stopped USC Series: WASH leads, 54-39-4. Last: WASH, 38-7 (2017) (Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman, Holly Sonders) from a first down. With his 3.0 No. 14 WASHINGTON STATE at No. 24 STANFORD Stanford Stadium (50,424) 4:00 pm PT - P12N tackles for loss against USC, he Series: STAN leads, 40-27-1. Last: WSU, 24-21 (2017) (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Jill Savage) has 14.0 on the season, ranking second in the Pac-12 and fourth No. 19 OREGON at ARIZONA Arizona Stadium (55,675) 7:30 pm PT - ESPN in the nation. Series: ORE leads, 26-16-0. Last: ORE, 48-28 (2017) (Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra) SPECIAL TEAMS * AP Rankings. ** - Not including one win vacated due to NCAA penalty Matt Gay, PK, UTAH Gay was 2-for-2 on field goals and 5-for-5 on PATs against QUICK HITS USC. He had seven kickoffs for 459 yards (65.6 average) with • For the fifth time this season, a pair of ranked Pac-12 teams will face each other when No. 14 ASHINGTONW STATE five touchbacks. His 33-yard visits No. 24 STANFORD. Two of the Pac-12’s top passing teams will look to air it out behind WSU’s Gardner Minshew field goal to open the second II (392.1 passing yards per game) and the Stanford’s K.J. Costello (263.1 passing yards per game). It’s no wonder quarter cut USC’s lead to 14-10, that five of the league’s top 12 receivers (in receptions per game) will be featured in the game: WSU’s Tay Martin (6.6 then added a 30-yard field goal rec/g), James Williams (5.6 rec/g) and Easop Winston (4.6 rec/g); Stanford’s JJ Arcega-Whiteside (5.3 rec/g) and as time expired in the second Trent Irwin (4.9 rec/g). quarter, giving Utah a 20-14 lead. He leads the Pac-12 in • UTES SWEEP PAC-12 WEEKLY HONORS: For just the fourth time since the Conference began honoring Players of scoring by a kicker per game the Week for Offense, Defense and Special Teams, has a team won all three in the same week: (8.0) and field goals per game Oct. 22, 2018 - Utah QB Tyler Huntley, LB Chase Hansen, PK Matt Gay (1.43). He is a perfect 6-for-6 Oct. 14, 2006 - Oregon State WR Sammie Stroughter, LB Derrick Doggett, PK Alexis Serna in the 30-39-yard range this Nov. 20, 2004 - Oregon State QB Derek Anderson, DE Bill Swancutt, PK Alexis Serna season. Sept. 24, 1988 - USC SE Erik Affholter, LB Scott Ross, PK Quin Rodriguez 2018 PAC-12 vs. ... PAC-12 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK American .......................................... 0-1 THE RANKINGS: For the second time this season, five Pac-12 teams are ranked in both the AP poll and the Coaches poll. WASHINGTON STATE (14/15) makes the biggest jump in the AP poll this week, moving up Atlantic Coast .................................... 1-0 11 places, followed by WASHINGTON (15/13), OREGON (19/21), UTAH (23/24), and STANFORD (24/23) Big Sky ............................................. 7-0 ... Washington has now appeared in the AP Top 25 for 41 consecutive ranking periods, and have been in Big Ten ............................................. 2-1 the Top 10 in 29 of the last 40 ranking periods ... Utah makes its first appearance in the AP poll this season, Big 12 ............................................... 0-2 becoming the ninth different Pac-12 team to grace the rankings this year. Colonial ............................................. 1-0 THE ROAD MORE TRAVELED... Pac-12 teams are 18-3 (.857) at home in non-conference play, but just 15- CUSA ................................................ 1-1 11 (.576) on the home turf in league play ... Four of the five ranked Pac-12 teams are on the road this week. Mid-American ................................... 2-0 Mountain West .................................. 6-3 LAST THREE... Both UTAH and WASHINGTON STATE are riding three-game winning streaks and have put Southeastern ..................................... 0-1 up impressive numbers during that successful stretch of games ... Over the last three games for Utah: Ute Sun Belt ............................................ 0-0 rush defense has allowed 62.3 rushing yards per game ... Ute offense has averaged 41.0 ppg ... QB Tyler Huntley has completed 53-of-69 passes (.768) for 741 yards (247.0 avg) and 7 TDs and just one intercep- FBS Independent .............................. 2-2 tion ... RB Zack Moss has rushed for 364 yards (121.3 avg) and 3 TDs ... Over the last three games for FCS Independent .............................. 1-0 Washington State: Cougar pass defense is allowing just 203 passing yards per game on 55-of-91 passes Total-All .............................. 23-11 (.676) (.604) and just one receiving TD, while collecting nine sacks and 21 tackles for loss ... QB Gardner Minshew Total-FBS ............................ 14-11 (.560) II is 100-for-147 (.680) for 1,198 yards (399.3 ypg) and 12 TDs. The Pac-12 has posted a winning record TAKING A STAND: Washington LB Ben Burr-Kirven leads all Pac-12 players with 10 or more tackles in a against foes outside league for 34 consec- game six times this season. He has compiled a league-best 108 tackles to date for a 13.5 tackles per game utive seasons ... The Pac-12 has a 153-61 (2nd in the FBS). Here’s list of those defensive stalwarts with the most games having double-digit tackles: (.715) record in non-conference play over 6 Ben Burr-Kirven, WASH the last four-plus seasons. 5 Evan Weaver, CAL; Jordan Kunaszyk, CAL 4 Jalen Harvey, ASU; Nate Landman, COLO; Adarius Pickett, UCLA 3 Troy Dye, ORE; Colin Schooler, ARIZ; Tony Fields II, ARIZ; Peyton Pelluer, WSU, Chase Hansen, UTAH NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE 2 Jalen Moore, OSU; Cody Barton, UTAH; Bobby Okereke, STAN 1 16 players Fri., Nov. 2 THORPE AWARD SEMIFINALISTS: The Paycom Jim Thorpe Award tabs a pair of Pac-12 safeties as semi- COLORADO at ARIZONA, 7:30 pm PT finalist for the prestigious honor that recognizes the best defensive back in the nations - seniorUgochukwu FS1 Amadi, ORE and senior Taylor Rapp, WASH.