#13/13 0-0 overall • 0-0 Pac-12 Date Opponent Time • Result August 31, 2018 • 6 p.m. PT 8.31 State...... 6 p.m. (52,424) • Stanford, Calif. 9.8 USC*...... 5:30 p.m. FS1 • Justin Kutcher, Demarco Murray and Petros Papadakis 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 #13/13 Stanford Cardinal (0-0) KZSU 90.1 FM 9.29 at Notre Dame...... 4:30 p.m. vs. 10.6 Utah*...... TBA San Diego State Aztecs (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 • StanfordFootball * Pac-12 contest • All times PT In-game notes • @GoStanfordNotes

124 • Stanford opens its 124th season with a nonconference game against San Diego State.

8 • Stanford (9) and San Diego State (8) each have advanced to bowl games the past eight seasons. The Cardinal and Aztecs are the only football teams in -- FBS or NFL -- to advance to the postseason in each of the past eight seasons.

10 • Stanford’s success in home openers has mirrored its rise as a football program. In 2008, Stanford began a winning streak in home openers that has reached 10. In those years, the Cardinal has accumulated a 98-35 record and reached bowl games the past nine seasons, including three Rose Bowls.

6 • Stanford is 4-1 all-time in August. Dating to the program’s first season in 1892, this is just the sixth football game played by Stanford in the month of August. The last five came in 2017 (vs. Rice in Sydney, Australia), 2014 (vs. UC Davis), 2012 (vs. San Jose State), 2008 (vs. Oregon State) and 1992 (vs. Texas A&M in Anaheim, Calif.). Stanford’s season-opening contest in 2012 against San Jose State was the first Friday night game at Stanford Stadium.

14 • Stanford is 14-0 at home under David Shaw against nonconference opponents. The Cardinal has won its past 19 home nonconference games -- outscoring opponents 38-16 over that stretch -- with the last loss coming against Notre Dame in 2007.

8 • Stanford (13th) is ranked in the AP preseason poll for the eighth time in as many seasons under head coach David Shaw.

73 • Head coach David Shaw has 73 career wins, the most in Stanford history.

85 • Stanford’s 85 wins this decade rank fourth nationally and the most of any private school, ahead of TCU (75), USC (73), Notre Dame (69), Navy (66) and Baylor (65).

8 • Stanford has won at least eight games for a school-record nine straight years.

.821 • Stanford is 23-5 (.821) against in-state opponents under head coach David Shaw.

.823 • Stanford is 51-11 (.823) in games played on California soil under head coach David Shaw.

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.

3 • Three members of the Stanford staff spent time at the University of San Diego -- Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football David Shaw (passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach), Willie Shaw Director of Defense Lance Anderson (defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator) and Kissick Family Director of Sports Performance Shannon Turley (director of athletic performance). In 2006, San Diego won the Division I-AA Mid-Major national title and the Pioneer League championship with the nation’s top offense. The Toreros led all NCAA Division I-AA teams in passing offense (293.3 yards/game), total offense (494.25) and scoring offense (42.83).

8 • Eight Cardinal hail from San Diego County: Fifth-year Alijah Holder (Oceanside/Oceanside) Fifth-year inside linebacker Jordan Perez (Carlsbad/Carlsbad) Senior punter Jake Bailey (Solana Beach/Santa Fe Christian) Senior safety Frank Buncom (San Diego/St. Augustine) Senior outside linebacker Casey Toohill (San Diego/Cathedral Catholic) Junior kicker Collin Riccitelli (San Marcos/Carlsbad) Sophomore outside linebacker Caleb Phillips (Encinitas/Santa Fe Christian) Freshman outside linebacker Jake Lynch (Del Mar/Cathedral Catholic)

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 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: Stanford leads, 3-2-0 (.600)

• At Stanford: Stanford leads, 2-0-0 (1.000)

• At San Diego State: San Diego State leads, 2-1-0 (.333)

• First meeting: 1985 at San Diego State - Stanford 22, San Diego State 41

• Last meeting: 2017 at San Diego State - Stanford 17, San Diego State 20

• Last Stanford win: 1988 at Stanford - Stanford 31, San Diego State 10

• Last San Diego State win: 2017 at San Diego State - Stanford 17, San Diego State 20

• Longest Stanford win streak: 3 (1986-88)

• Longest San Diego State win streak: 1 (multiple)

• Largest Stanford win: 31-10 (1988 at Stanford)

• Largest San Diego State win: 41-22 (1985 at San Diego State)

• Series streak: San Diego State - W1

1985 • The Cardinal offense moved the ball well but could only produce one , while the defense couldn’t stop the San Diego State attack. The Aztecs reached the Cardinal end zone on five of their first six possessions en route to a 41-22 win.

1986 • The Cardinal recorded its first win against San Diego State with a 17-10 home victory.

1987 • Despite the absence of 1986 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year Brad Muster, the Cardinal offense put up 44 points on the Aztec defense and Stanford escaped with a 44-40 road victory.

1988 • The Cardinal closed out a four-year series with an emphatic 31-10 win, the largest margin of victory by any team in the series.

2017 • Christian Chapman threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end David Wells with 54 seconds left, capping a wild ending sparked by a darkness delay in San Diego State’s 20-17 victory over No. 19 Stanford. Six plays before Wells’ score, the game was delayed nearly 25 minutes when most of the lights went out at 50-year-old San Diego Stadium. The game resumed with the Aztecs on the Stanford 42, and San Diego State quickly moved in for the score. On the winner, Chapman rolled right and found Wells, who slammed into Brandon Simmons and tumbled into the end zone. The comeback by San Diego State overshadowed a huge night by Stanford’s Bryce Love. He gained 184 yards on just 13 carries, including touchdown runs of 53 and 51 yards, plus a 47-yarder that set up a field goal. Love’s 53- yard scoring run came on the first play of the fourth quarter, giving Stanford a 17-13 lead.

2 Offense

96 • Stanford’s offense returns over 96 pct. of its total scoring from 2017 (435 of 453 points).

200 • Stanford has rushed for 200 or more yards in nine of its past 20 games (9-0 in those games).

18,827 • Stanford has rushed for 18,827 yards since 2011, 19th-best nationally. That’s 13.4 trips across the Golden Gate Bridge.

148 • Stanford has scored in 148 consecutive games, dating to Nov. 11, 2006.

68 • Stanford has recorded at least one rushing touchdown 68 times in its past 76 games. Stanford has won 31 of its past 37 games when recording at least one rushing touchdown.

46 • Stanford has 46 rushing in its past 19 games.

2.01 • Stanford has 191 rushing touchdowns in David Shaw’s 95 games as head coach, an average of 2.01/game.

9 • Stanford has allowed only nine sacks over the past 10 games (277 pass attempts).

17 • Stanford returns the nucleus of an offensive line that paved the way for Bryce Love’s record-breaking junior season in 2017. The Cardinal also allowed only 17 sacks in 14 games last season, fifth-fewest among all Power 5 program.

32:27 • At 32:27, Stanford’s average time of possession per game since 2011 ranks fifth nationally. The average millennial spends over 32 minutes a day on Instagram.

2,833 • Stanford’s 2,833 rushing yards in 2017 ranked fourth in program history.

5.902 • Stanford’s 5.902 rushing yards/attempt in 2017 ranked first in program history.

32.4 • Stanford’s 32.4 points/game in 2017 ranked eighth in program history.

30 • Stanford has averaged 30 or more points in four of head coach David Shaw’s nine seasons.

58 • Stanford’s 58 points scored against UCLA in 2017 was the 19th-highest output in program history.

405 • Stanford’s 405 rushing yards against UCLA in 2017 was the fourth-highest total in program history.

656 • Stanford’s 656 total yards against Rice in 2017 were the seventh-most in program history.

2,507 • Senior Cameron Scarlett and senior Bryce Love combined for 2,507 rushing yards in 2017, as the top rushing tandem in program history returns for the 2018 campaign.

4 • Junior K.J. Costello will be the fourth to start Stanford’s season opener in the past four years, following Kevin Hogan (2015), Ryan Burns (2016) and Keller Chryst (2017).

1,000 • Senior wide receivers Trent Irwin (1,053) and JJ Arcega-Whiteside (1,160) each have over 1,000 career receiving yards.

2 • Arcega-Whiteside has at least two catches in 12 straight games.

28 • Irwin has at least one reception in each of the past 28 games.

9 • Arcega-Whiteside’s nine receiving touchdowns in 2017 were the most since Ty Montgomery’s 10 in 2013. With 14 career receiving scores, Arcega-Whiteside is two shy from cracking the program’s top-10 all-time list.

44.8 • Arcega-Whiteside’s 48.4 pct. catch rate on deep passes (20+ yards) was the third-highest nationally among wide receivers in 2017.

129.6 • Arcega-Whiteside leads all returning Pac-12 wide receivers in passer rating (129.6) when targeted.

2.65 • Junior tight end Kaden Smith finished last season with the third-highest yards/route run average (2.65) among returning Pac-12 tight ends.

3 Defense • Special Teams

100 • The Cardinal has at least one tackle for loss in each of its past 100 contests.

289 • Stanford leads the nation with 289 sacks since 2011.

20 • Stanford is one of nine teams to allow 20 points/game or fewer since 2011.

30 • Stanford has allowed fewer than 30 points 65 times in its past 73 games.

200 • Stanford has allowed 200 or more rushing yards only 14 times under head coach David Shaw.

118.6 • Stanford has allowed only 119.6 rushing yards/game, fifth nationally since 2011.

349.3 • Stanford has allowed only 349.3 scrimmage yards/game, 17th nationally since 2011.

11 • Stanford has forced at least one turnover in 11 straight games (the Cardinal is 43-6 under head coach David Shaw when winning the turnover battle).

1 • Stanford’s defense has at least one takeaway in 28 of the past 32 games (20 forced fumbles, 33 interceptions).

81 • Stanford has at least one sack in 81 of its past 88 games.

5 • Fifth-year senior inside linebacker Bobby Okereke has five or more tackles in 13 straight games.

94 • Okereke’s 94 tackles last season are tops among Cardinal returners, and the most by any returning player since 2008.

2 • The Cardinal has had two of the top defensive linemen in college football the past two years with Solomon Thomas headlining the defense in 2016 and Harrison Phillips in 2017. There’s a void at that spot this year that Jovan Swann hopes to fill. Swann did not start a contest until the 2017 Pac-12 Championship Game against USC, when he had six tackles and three quarterback hurries.

117 • Junior kicker Jet Toner’s 117 points in 2017 ranked fifth on Stanford’s single-season scoring list.

21 • Toner’s 21 field goals made in 2017 were the second-most in program history. Only three returning kickers had more field goals than Toner last season.

1.000 • Toner’s perfect 1.000 extra-point pct. in 2017 was the 13th in program history. Toner is one of three Cardinal ever with a 1.000 career extra-point pct.

43.67 • Senior Jake Bailey’s 43.67 career punting average ranks first in program history. Bailey posted the second-best punting season in school history last year, averaging 45.4/punt. He led the Pac-12 and ranked seventh nationally.

24.35 • Senior Cameron Scarlett’s 24.35 career kickoff return average ranks eighth in program history.

39 • Scarlett returned a school-record 39 kickoffs in 2017, and ranked first nationally with 12 kickoff returns of 30 or more yards.

219 • Stanford has made 223 consecutive extra-point attempts, the second-longest streak in the nation (Auburn - 225). The streak dates to Stanford’s matchup at Oregon State on Oct. 26, 2013.

20 • Over the past five years, Stanford and Kansas State are the only two Power 5 teams to have 20 pct. of their kickoffs result in field position past their own 35-yard line.

30 • Stanford has not surrendered a kickoff return of 30 yards or more in its past 17 games, dating to 2016 contest at Oregon. In seven of 14 games last season, Stanford did not surrender a single kickoff return yard.

4 William V. Campbell Trophy candidate Bryce Love

1 • In 2017, senior Bryce Love ranked first among Power 5 running backs in: Rushing yards - 2,118 Rushing yards/game - 162.9 Rushing yards/attempt - 8.05 [FBS record] 100-yard rushing games - 12 20-yard rushes - 30 30-yard rushes - 24 40-yard rushes - 15 50-yard rushes - 13 [FBS record] 60-yard rushes - 7 Consecutive games with a 30-yard rush - 13 [FBS record] Consecutive games with a 50-yard rush - 11 (Nov. 26, 2016 - Nov. 4, 2017) [FBS record] Consecutive games with a touchdown - 12 (Nov. 26, 2016 - Nov. 18, 2017) Consecutive games with a rushing touchdown - 11 (Aug. 26 - Nov. 18, 2017)

2,118 • Love’s 2,118 yards last season were the most for an FBS player who returned to school the following year. Only one other player who reached 2,000 yards in a season and was eligible for the NFL draft decided to stay in school – Northwestern’s Damien Anderson following the 2000 season. Christian McCaffrey in 2015 and Iowa State’s Troy Davis in 1995 both rushed for 2,000 yards and returned, but were not draft-eligible. Davis is the only player to appear twice on the NCAA’s official list of 2,000-yard rushing seasons in the FBS.

4 • Only four players have gone from runner-up one year to winner the next: Herschel Walker (1982), O.J. Simpson (1968) Glenn Davis (1946) and Tom Harmon (1940).

3 • With Love returning to The Farm for 2018, the past three runner-ups that returned to school the following season all attended Stanford -- Christian McCaffrey in 2016 and Andrew Luck in 2011 ( both ended up as top-8 picks in the NFL Draft). Love joins Toby Gerhart, Luck and McCaffrey as Stanford’s Heisman finalists since 2009 – his 2017 finalist nod marked the second time a Cardinal teammate from the same backfield of a previous finalist earned the recognition (Gerhart and Luck played together in 2009, Love and McCaffrey were on the same team in 2015 and 2016).

50 • Love recorded a rushing touchdown of 50 or more yards 11 times in 2017. Over the past five seasons, only one team had that many 50-yard rushing touchdowns in a season (New Mexico had 11 in 2016).

5.71 • After injuring his ankle last season on Oct. 14, Love averaged 5.71 yards/rush. That’s a better rushing average than 118 of the 130 FBS programs. During that stretch, five of Stanford’s six games were against teams ranked by the AP.

40 • Love is averaging over 40 yards/scoring play during his career: 93-yard catch, 47-yard run, 48-yard run, 7-yard run, 56-yard run, 50-yard run, 49-yard catch, 10-yard run, 75-yard run, 51-yard run, 53-yard run, 69-yard run, 61-yard run, 43-yard run, 59-yard run, 68-yard run, 5-yard run, 67-yard run, 52-yard run, 1-yard run, 13-yard run, 9-yard run, 57-yard run, 9-yard run, 15-yard run, 69-yard run.

30 • In 2017, Love had a rush of at least 30 yards in each game: 62 vs. Rice, 75 vs. USC, 53 vs. San Diego State, 69 vs. UCLA, 61 vs. Arizona State, 68 vs. Utah, 67 vs. Oregon, 52 vs. Washington State, 35 vs. Washington, 57 vs. Cal, 31 vs. Notre Dame, 52 vs. USC, 69 vs. TCU.

24 • Love had 24 rushes that gained at least 30 yards in 2017. Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon (21) is the only other player in the past eight seasons to have more than 16 in a season.

301 • Love’s 301 yards rushing against Arizona State (Sept. 30) in 2017 were the most by any Cardinal, eclipsing Christian McCaffrey’s school-record 284 at Cal in 2016. Love broke 12 tackles and notched 175 yards after contact against the Sun Devils. The 301 yards was the eighth-best single-game total in Pac-12 history.

1,088 • Through 2017’s first five games, Love’s 1,088 rushing yards were the fourth-most by any player in FBS history -- Garrett Wolfe (1,181 in 2006), (1,136 in 1981), Byron Hanspard (1,112 in 1996).

5 Program • Athletics • University

2011 • Since head coach David Shaw’s first season in 2011, Stanford’s ... 73 wins represent the winningest stretch in program history 73 wins are tied for fifth-most nationally .768 winning pct. ranks eighth nationally .870 home winning pct. ranks sixth nationally 23 wins against AP-ranked opponents are tied for third nationally .622 winning pct. against AP-ranked opponents is tied for fifth nationally 49 conference wins are the most of any Pac-12 program 778 conference winning pct. is the best of any Pac-12 program 9 consecutive bowl appearances leads the Pac-12

5 • Five Cardinal have completed work for their undergraduate degree: fifth-year senior Alameen Murphy, fifth-year senior Bobby Okereke, fifth-year senior Alijah Holder, fifth-year senior Isaiah Brandt-Sims and fifth-year senior Brandon Fanaika.

30 • Stanford’s 2018 roster includes student-athletes from 30 different states and one foreign country.

2 • Former Cardinal John Elway (Denver Broncos) and John Lynch (San Francisco 49ers) are NFL general managers. The other two schools with two NFL general managers? Connecticut and John Carroll.

42 • Stanford, which sponsors 36 varsity sports, has won at least one NCAA team title in each of the past 42 academic years, representing the longest streak in NCAA history.

142 • Stanford claimed five national team championships during the last academic year, increasing its overall total to 142, including 117 NCAA titles.

117 • The Cardinal leads the NCAA with 117 team titles.

24 • Stanford won the 2017-18 Division I Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, extending its streak to 24 years of capturing the award presented to the most successful intercollegiate athletic department in the nation.

6 • Stanford is one of six programs with at least one national championship in football, baseball and men’s basketball. It is the only program with at least one national championship in football, baseball, men’s basketball and women’s basketball.

30 • The Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center is at the forefront of concussion and traumatic brain injury research, and is incorporating state of the art eye-tracking tests -- EYE-SYNC -- in all of its studies. The EYE-SYNC test is administered with customized eye tracking technology, called Dynamic Visual Synchronization Goggles. The eye tracking test lasts 30 seconds, and the results show the ability to focus -- a key problem after a concussion.

17 • Stanford requires students to declare a major before their junior year. Among the team’s upperclassmen, 17 majors are represented. Majors are: aeronautics and astronautics, communication, computer science, economics, history, human biology, international relations, Japanese, mechanical engineering, media studies, management science and engineering, political science, product design, psychology, sociology, symbolic systems, and science, technology and society.

2,040 • Of the 47,450 applicants -- the largest application pool in school history -- for Stanford’s class of 2022, only 2,040 were admitted. The admitted students came from all 50 states and 63 countries.

625 • There are more than 625 registered student organizations at Stanford.

13,000 • There are an estimated 13,000 bikes at Stanford daily.

96 • Stanford’s 8,180-acre campus is large enough to contain 96 Disneylands.

5 • The top five undergraduate majors at Stanford include: computer science, engineering, human biology, management science and engineering, and mechanical engineering.

24.8 • As of 2017, Stanford’s endowment eclipsed 24.8 billion.

17 • The Stanford community includes 17 Nobel laureates.

31 • Stanford faculty have won the Nobel Prize 31 times since the university’s founding.

4 • Stanford’s faculty includes four Pulitzer Prize winners.

2 • Stanford’s faculty includes two Presidential Medal of Freedom winners.

97 • About 97 percent of all eligible undergraduates live in campus housing.

700 • There are about 700 buildings on Stanford’s campus that incorporate approximately 15.4 million square feet.

1.1 • Stanford’s inner campus includes about 1.1 million square feet of shrubs, 143,000 linear feet of groundcovers, 43,000 trees, 25 fountains and more than 800 different species of plants.

150 • The 700-acre Stanford Research Park, created in 1951, is home to over 150 companies.

78 • There are 78 electric vehicle-charging stations on Stanford’s campus.

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