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GAME SIX STANFORD FOOTBALL GAME NOTES CONTACT: Scott Swegan | 419.575.9148 | [email protected] SCHEDULE OVERALL 3-2 HOME 0-1 | AWAY 3-1 | NEUTRAL 0-0 PAC-12 3-2 HOME 0-1 | AWAY 3-1 | NEUTRAL 0-0 OREGON L 4:30 PM • NOV. 7 • ABC 14-35 COLORADO L 12:30 PM • NOV. 14 • ESPN 32-35 WASHINGTON STATE CCD UCLA Bruins Stanford Cardinal 7:30 PM • NOV. 21 Record ..................................................................3-3 (3-3 Pac-12) Record ..................................................................3-2 (3-2 Pac-12) CALIFORNIA Ranking (AP/Coaches)........................................................NR/NR Ranking (AP/Coaches)........................................................NR/NR W 1:30 PM • NOV. 27 • FOX 24-23 Head Coach ...................................................................Chip Kelly Head Coach ................................................................David Shaw Career Record ..............................................................56-27 (7th) Career Record ............................................................89-36 (10th) WASHINGTON W Record at UCLA ............................................................10-20 (3rd) Record at Stanford ...............................................................same 1:00 PM • DEC. 5 • FOX 31-26 Location ...........................................................Los Angeles, Calif. Location ................................................................Stanford, Calif. Founded .................................................................................1919 Founded .................................................................................1891 OREGON STATE W 7:30 PM • DEC. 12 • ESPNU 27-24 Enrollment ..........................................................................45,507 Enrollment ...................................16,384 (6,994 undergraduate) Colors .....................................................................Blue and Gold Colors ............................................................ Cardinal and White UCLA 5:00 PM • DEC. 19 • ESPN2 GAMEDAY INFORMATION BY THE NUMBERS KICKOFF ...........................................Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020 (5:00 p.m. PT) TELEVISION ..........................................................................................ESPN2 A!er missing his first four field LOCATION .............................................................................Pasadena, Calif. .. Beth Mowins (PxP), Kirk Morrison (analyst), Taylor McGregor (reporter) goals of the season, Jet Toner has STADIUM ........................................................................................ Rose Bowl LOCAL RADIO ............................ Cardinal Sports Network • KNBR 1050 AM 7 converted seven straight. ...............................................Scott Reiss ‘93 (PxP), John Platz ‘84 (analyst) Following Saturday’s win at Oregon State, the Cardinal has now won 11 THE OPENING KICKOFF 11 straight over the Beavers. • Stanford travels to UCLA on Saturday evening for a • Under David Shaw, Stanford is 27-20 (.574) against Saturday’s game at UCLA will cap showdown at the Rose Bowl. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. AP Top-25 programs. Fifteen of those wins have come a 19-day road trip for the Cardinal • The Cardinal has won three straight games on the road, against Top-15 opponents. 19 to conclude the 2020 season. defeating Cal 24-23 in Big Game, No. 23 Washington 31- • The Cardinal trailed 14-9 at halftime and 21-16 at the 26 at Husky Stadium and Oregon State 27-24 at Reser end of the third quarter on Saturday night at Oregon Davis Mills has attempted 204 Stadium. State, coming from behind for the 27-24 win. consecutive passes without an INT, the 204 third-longest active streak in the FBS. • Stanford, who is now bowl eligible, announced on • Stanford is 79-17 in the David Shaw era when allowing Sunday that the game at UCLA will be its final contest less than 30 points and 58-6 when scoring more than 30 Austin Jones has combined to of the season. After being on the road since Dec. 1, the points. rush for 264 yards in his last two games. Cardinal will decline postseason opportunities. A full • Stanford blocked three kicks in a two-game stretch, 264 timeline of events throughout the season can be found including Thomas Booker’s blocked extra points at Cal on page three. and at UW. Simi Fehoko also blocked a field goal at Cal. WHAT’S INSIDE • The Cardinal, which was not scheduled to play UCLA • Although Stanford will now play UCLA on Saturday, the Game Information/Coverage ............................. 1 this season for the first year since 1945 (WWII), has played Cardinal will not play USC for the first season since 1924. Media Information/Schedule ............................ 2 the Bruins every season since 1927. The Cardinal also did not play Notre Dame for the first Game Notes...........................................................3-7 • Stanford’s winningest coach, David Shaw is in his 10th time since 1996. 2020 Standings/Pac-12 Schedules .................. 8 season as the Cardinal’s head coach. He has 89 wins, ..........................9-10 seven more than the 82 that Stanford won in the 15 Rosters ................................................................11-12 seasons prior to Shaw taking over as head coach. Depth Chart/Starters/Participation .........13-15 Statistics.............................................................16-31 Game Recaps ...................................................32-36 The Last Time ........................................................37 MEDIA INFORMATION FOOTBALL MEDIA RELATIONS CARDINAL SPORTS NETWORK FIELD ACCESS & SIDELINE POLICY Director (primary) .................................. Scott Swegan Stanford Football broadcasts can be heard on KNBR/ Field access is limited to a small number of ................................................swegans@stanford.edu KTCT AM 1050. Broadcasts can be heard throughout credentialed photographers and videographers Associate Director (secondary) ...............Tyler Geivett the Bay Area. on assignment, per the Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical ................................................. [email protected] Advisory Committee. Print media and anyone Assistant AD, Communications ................. Brian Risso KZSU BROADCAST working out of the press box will not be permitted on .................................................... [email protected] KZSU Stanford broadcasts all Stanford Football home the field for the 2020 season, including pregame, the games on 90.1 FM. final five minutes of the game, or postgame. Not all SOCIAL MEDIA photographers will be granted field access and some TWITTER ..............................................@StanfordFball MEDIA POLICIES will be required to shoot from designated locations INSTAGRAM .........................................@StanfordFball Stanford Athletics will continue to evaluate the in the stands. FACEBOOK .................................... @StanfordFootball rapidly-changing landscape, while prioritizing the WEBSITE .............................................GoStanford.com safety, health and well-being of our entire community • Only photographers and videographers with field and complying with the most updated guidance from access (green armband) will be allowed on the field. DAVID SHAW MEDIA AVAILABILITY Santa Clara County. Stanford University understands Those without field access will not be permitted on Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football David Shaw the importance of assisting the media in providing the field. will hold his weekly press conference on Tuesday at coverage of the institution, its athletics programs, • On-field photographers can shoot outside the team 9:30 a.m. PT via Zoom. Shaw will also be available administrators, coaches and student-athletes. bench areas (extended to the 15-yard lines in 2020) for a press conference this week on Wednesday’s Despite the challenges that the COVID-19 global and cannot pass behind the team benches on the National Signing Day via Zoom. Requests for Coach pandemic has created, Stanford will continue to do field. Please utilize the staircases at the 15-yard Shaw can be made to Scott Swegan. its best to provide access and coverage opportunities lines to pass behind the benches. There is to be no while prioritizing the health and safety of our student- photography behind the team benches. OTHER MEDIA AVAILABILITY athletes, coaches, staff and the media. Our goal is to • For media assigned to shoot from the stands, there Practices are currently closed to the media due to disseminate information as widely, uniformly and are four photo corrals (two spots per) available at Stanford’s COVID-19 restrictions. There are media fairly as possible using normally accepted media field level, behind the closed gates, at the bottom of opportunities with student-athletes via Zoom after standards. To this end, the best attempt will be sections 104, 105, 121 and 122. The only photography practices on Tuesdays and by request on Wednesday. made to fill reasonable requests by recognized media and videography done inside the 15-yard lines will Requests for student-athletes and assistant coaches outlets, however, the Stanford Stadium press box be from the mid-field photodeck on the west side can be directed to Tyler Geivett. Please make your and work spaces have drastically limited seating concourse at the top of sections. All other in-stands weekly student-athlete requests by 5 p.m. on and not all requests may be met for all games. photography