Stanford (4-8, 3-6 Pac-10 in 2007) Game One Aug. 28 Oregon State (ESPN 2)* 6:00 p.m. Oregon State Beavers at Stanford Cardinal Sept. 6 at Arizona State* 7:00 p.m. August 28, 2008 • Stanford Stadium • 6:00 p.m. • (ESPN 2) Sept. 13 at TCU 4:00 p.m. Sept. 20 San Jose State 6:00 p.m. Stanford Kicks Off 2008 Season Thursday Night Against Oregon State Stanford will open its 2008 season on Thursday night, August 28 against the Ore- Sept. 27 at Washington* 7:00 p.m. gon State Beavers with kick off set for 6:00 p.m. at Stanford Stadium (50,000). The game Oct. 4 at Notre Dame (NBC) 11:30 a.m. will be televised nationally on ESPN 2. This year’s season opener marks Stanford’s earli- Oct. 11 Arizona* 2:00 p.m. est season debut since the Cardinal kicked off the 1992 season on August 26 with a 10-7 loss Oct. 18 at UCLA* (Comcast) 1:00 p.m. to Texas A&M in the Pigskin Classic. Stanford rebounded from that loss to finish 10-3 un- der head coach Bill Walsh, capped off by a 24-3 win over Penn State in the Blockbuster Bowl. Nov. 1 Washington State* TBA Nov. 8 at Oregon* TBA Broadcast Information Nov. 15 USC* (Versus) 4:00 p.m. The Stanford-Oregon State game will be televised live on ESPN 2, with Ron Franklin (play- Nov. 22 at California* 12:30 p.m. by-play), Ed Cunningham (analysis) and Jack Arute (sidelines) calling the action. Every Stan- All times listed are Pacific ford game this season with be carried live on KTRB AM 860 with Dave Flemming (play-by- play) and former Stanford players Todd Husak (analysis) and Mike McLaughlin (sidelines) handling the broadcast duties. All broadcasts will begin one hour prior to kickoff with the Oregon State (9-4, 6-3 Pac-10 in 2007) Cardinal Tailgate Show. In addition, KTRB will air the Cardinal Locker Room Report immedi- ately following the game, complete with a game recap, highlights and interviews. Stanford Aug. 28 at Stanford 6:00 p.m. student station KZSU will also broadcast the game live with Jake Kelman calling the action. Sept. 6 at Penn State 12:30 p.m. Sept. 13 Hawai’i 1:00 p.m. Web Sites and Real-Time Stats Sept. 25 USC 6:00 p.m. Live in-game stats will be made available via the Stanford (www.gostanford.com) and Oregon Oct. 2 at Utah 6:00 p.m. State (www.osubeavers.com) athletic web sites. Oct. 11 Washington State TBA Stanford-Oregon State Series Oct. 18 at Washington 4:00 p.m. Stanford leads the overall series against Oregon State, which dates back to 1919, 47-24-3. Howev- Nov. 1 Arizona State 7:15 p.m. er, the Cardinal has dropped the last two games in the series by a combined score of 53-13. Stanford Nov. 8 at UCLA TBA suffered a 23-6 defeat on Oct. 27 of last season in Corvallis and also dropped a 30-7 decision the last time the two teams met in Stanford Stadium during the 2006 campaign. Stanford is just 1-6 against Or- Nov. 15 California TBA egon State dating back to the 2000 campaign (the teams did not meet in 2001) and is 3-8 over the last 11 Nov. 22 at Arizona 4:00 p.m. meetings dating back to 1996. Stanford held the upperhand in the series prior to Oregon State’s recent Nov. 29 Oregon 4:00 p.m. success, holding a 23-3-1 advantage in 27 games played beginning with the 1969 contest in Corvallis. All times listed are Pacific Cardinal Clips • The season-opener against Oregon State on August 28th marks Stanford’s earliest season-opener Final 2007 Pac-10 Standings since kicking off the 1992 season on August 26 with a 10-7 loss to Texas A&M in the Pigskin Conference Overall Classic. W L W L • Stanford has dropped its last two season openers at Oregon in 2006 (48-10) and to UCLA last USC 7 2 11 2 season (45-17)...however, the Cardinal is 5-3 in its last eight season openers dating back to the Arizona State 7 2 10 3 2000 season. Oregon State 6 3 9 4 • The season-opener against Oregon State marks just the fourth time in the last 17 seasons Stan- Oregon 5 4 9 4 ford has kicked off its schedule against a conference opponent...in the post-World War II era UCLA 5 4 6 7 beginning in 1946, Stanford has faced a conference opponent in its season-opener 16 times. Arizona 4 5 5 7 • Seven of Stanford’s 12 regular season games are on the road, marking the seconed time in three California 3 6 7 6 seasons and the third time in school-history the team has played seven road games (2006 and Washington State 3 6 5 7 Stanford 3 6 4 8 1976)...seven of the 12 opponents on Stanford’s schedule appeared in bowl games last season. Washington 2 7 4 9 • Welcome back 24 letterwinners on offense, including nine starters...a total of 18 letterwinners, including 11 starters, return on defense...only one letterwinner from last year returns from Stan- Games This Week ford’s kicking game. August 28 • Stanford features four players who have earned spots on various preseason watch lists, includ- Oregon State at Stanford ing center Alex Fletcher (Outland Trophy and Rimington Award), safety Bo McNally (Lott Tro- phy) and linebackers Clinton Snyder (Nagurski Trophy, Butkus and Bednarik Award) and Pat August 30 Maynor (Butkus Award). Washington at Oregon • Stanford’s defensive unit remains largely intact from last year’s squad that ranked second in Idaho at Arizona the Pac-10 and 11th nationally with 37 sacks...Cardinal also averaged 8.33 tackles-for-loss last Northern Arizona at Arizona State season, a figure that ranked third in the Pac-10 and fifth nationally. Michigan State at California • On the coaching front, takes over as assistant head coach and co-defensive co- Oklahoma State vs. Washington State (Seattle) Ron Lynn USC at Virginia ordinator...linebacker coach Andy Buh has added the the title of co-defensive coordinator. • Stanford finished the 2007 season with an overall record of 4-8 and a Pac-10 mark of 3-6 (t-7th)... Sept. 1 included in the win total were victories over top-ranked (USA Today) USC and defending Pac-10 Tennessee at UCLA Conference co-champion California...two other victories came at the expense of San Jose State (37-0) and Arizona (21-20). Head Coach Jim Harbaugh Stanford’s Probable Starting Lineup Michigan ‘86 4-8 Overall (3-6 Pac-10) • 2nd Season Offense 33-14 Career Record • 5th Season Pos. No. Player Notes Jim Harbaugh (Michigan ‘86) enters his WR 8 Ryan Whalen Impressive camp; had one catch for 11 yards last year second season at Stanford after guiding his LT 76 Ben Muth Fifth-year senior who made 9 starts last season inaugural Cardinal squad to a 4-8 (3-6 Pac- LG 72 Chase Beeler Transfer from Oklahoma; played 5 games for Sooners in ‘06 10 / t-7th) finish last season. Included in C 60 Alex Fletcher Outland Trophy and Rimington Award candidate Stanford’s win total last season were signa- RG 71 Andrew Phillips Much improved over last two seasons ture victories over top-ranked (USA Today) RT 63 Chris Marinelli Has made 17 career starts, including 14 in a row USC in Los Angeles and defending Pac-10 TE 84 Austin Gunder Started the final six games last season Conference co-champion California. His QB 14 Tavita Pritchard Defeated USC in first career start last season overall collegiate head coaching record, RB 5 Anthony Kimble Stanford’s leading rusher each of the last two seasons which includes a three-year stint at the Uni- FB 48 Owen Marecic Pac-10 honorable mention selection last season versity of San Diego, stands at 33-14 (.702). WR 89 Doug Baldwin Caught 11 passes for 93 yards off the bench in ‘07 Harbaugh came to Stanford after guiding the University of San Diego to back-to-back Defense Division I-AA Mid-Major national titles in Pos. No. Player Notes 2005 and ‘06. He compiled a 29-6 (.829) re- DE 91 Pannel Egboh Recorded 13.5 TFL and 6.0 sacks in ‘07 cord in his three years at USD, including DT 95 Brian Bulke Started last two games of last season a pair of 11-1 marks in each of his final two NT 92 Sione Fua Sat out last season while on LDS mission seasons. A former quarterback, Harbaugh DE 80 Erik Lorig 37 tackles and 7.5 TFL last season enjoyed a 15-year NFL career with five differ- SLB 20 Clinton Snyder Bednarik, Nagurski and Butkus Award candidate ent teams after entering the league as a first MLB 43 Chike Amajoyi Made six starts last season as a freshman round draft pick of the Chicago Bears in 1987. WLB 44 Pat Maynor Butkus Award candidate After seven seasons in Chicago (1987-93), he LC 6 Wopamo Osaisai Veteran in the secondary; Pac-10 100 meter champion went on to play with Indianapolis (1994-97), FS 40 Taylor Skaufel Played in all 12 games and made 35 tackles as frsoh Baltimore (1998), San Diego (1999-2000) and SS 22 Bo McNally Team’s leading tackler last season; Lott Trophy candidate Carolina (2001).