For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, Oct. 9, 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 Laviska Shenault, WR, COLO NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak In Colorado’s 28-21 win over Washington 3-0 1.000 79 51 5-1 .833 175 82 3-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 W 5 Arizona State, Shenault caught Washington State 2-1 .667 120 100 5-1 .833 251 143 3-0 2-1 0-0 1-0 W 2 13 passes for 127 yards and 2 Stanford 2-1 .667 76 74 4-2 .667 154 132 3-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 L 2 TDs, while rushing 5 times for Oregon 1-1 .500 73 62 4-1 .800 228 122 3-1 1-0 0-0 1-1 W 1 13 yards and two more scores. California 0-2 .000 41 66 3-2 .600 131 124 2-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 L 2 This was his fourth 100-yard re- Oregon State 0-3 .000 75 143 1-5 .167 189 282 1-2 0-3 0-0 0-1 L 4 ceiving game of the year and he has caught at least one TD pass SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak in all five games this season. He Colorado 2-0 1.000 66 37 5-0 1.000 189 92 3-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 W 5 is the first player in Colorado USC 2-1 .667 66 73 3-2 .600 123 131 2-0 1-2 0-0 1-0 W 2 history to score multiple touch- Arizona 2-1 .600 79 55 3-3 .500 182 159 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-1 W 1 downs rushing and receiving in Utah 1-2 333 71 70 3-2 .600 129 86 1-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 W 1 the same game. Shenault is the Arizona State 1-2 .333 93 79 3-3 .500 179 127 3-0 0-3 0-0 0-1 L 1 fifth receiver to earn the Pac-12 UCLA 0-2 .000 40 69 0-5 .000 92 182 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 L 5 Offensive Player of the Week honor twice in the same season. THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (#Pac12FB) DEFENSE Jaylon Johnson, DB, UTAH Fri., Oct. 12 Site Local Time/TV Johnson tallied seven tackles ARIZONA at UTAH Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,807) 8:00 pm MT - ESPN and one interception return for Series: UTAH leads, 22-19-2. Last: UTAH, 30-24 (2017) (Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Willams) a touchdown in the 40-21 win Sat., Oct. 13 Site Local Time/TV at No. 14 Stanford. He became just the third Ute in history, and No. 7 WASHINGTON at No. 17 OREGON Autzen Stadium (54,000) 12:30 pm MT - ABC/ESPN2 the first since 1994, to return Series: WASH leads, 60-45-5. Last: WASH, 38-3 (2017) (Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe) an interception 100 yards for UCLA at CALIFORNIA Memorial Stadium (62,467) 4:00 pm PT - P12N a touchdown. His interception Series: UCLA leads, 54-33-1. Last: UCLA, 30-27 (2017) (Roxy Bernsten, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson) return for the touchdown came in the second quarter with Stan- No. 19 COLORADO at USC Los Angeles Coliseum (78,467) 7:30 pm PT - FS1 ford on the Utah 9-yard line and Series: USC leads, 12-0-0. Last: USC, 38-24 (2017) (Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Bruce Feldman) the Utes clinging to a 7-0 lead. Johnson’s 100-yard interception OPEN DATE return is the longest in the na- ARIZONA STATE - Next Game: Thurs., Oct. 18 vs. Stanford tion this year. OREGON STATE - Next Game: Sat., Oct. 18 vs. California STANFORD - Next Game: Thurs., Oct. 18 at Arizona State SPECIAL TEAMS WASHINGTON STATE - Next Game: Sat., Oct. 20 vs. Oregon Matt Gay, PK, UTAH * AP Rankings. Gay was integral in Utah’s 40-21 win at No. 14 Stanford, mak- QUICK HITS ing 4-of-4 field goals, including back-to-back kicks of 48 and 49 • SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER... Due in part to the stellar performances of QB Steven Montez (15th, 284.0 ypg), RB yards to end the first half and Travon McMillan (20th, 105.6 ypg) and WR Laviska Shenault (1st, 141.6 ypg), the undefeated COLORADO Buffaloes the start the second half. His are just one of three FBS teams (also Ole Miss, Oklahoma State) to have a player listed among the Top 20 in passing 49-yard field goal was a season- yards per game, rushing yards per game and receiving yards per game. long. Gay’s other field goals were from 34 and 37 yards putting • With No. 7 WASHINGTON facing No. 17 OREGON, it’s the third time this season that Pac-12 ranked teams are squar- him at 4-of-4 made field goals ing off in conference play. The game, which is the 111th meeting between these two teams, also features a pair of inside the 40-yard line this sea- FBS Top 30 rated quarterbacks in Oregon’s Justin Herbert (No. 8, 180.9) and Washington’s Jake Browning (No. 28, son and 25-of-26 in his career. 155.0). Gay also made 4-of-4 PATs giv- • PICK-SIX... There were 12 interception returns for touchdowns last week by FBS players, three by Pac-12 players. ing him 16 points on the night. UTAH’s Jaylon Johnson returned his pick 100 yards, the only return this season in the FBS of 100 yards, ARIZONA’s Gay ranks first in the Pac-12 in Scottie Young Jr. returned one of his two interceptions against California for a 24-yard score; ARIZONA’s Azizi Hearn field goals per game (1.60). also scored on an interception return of 34 yards, although he was the benefactor of teammate Colin Schooler’s inter- ception and subsequent fumble that he recovered and carried in for the score. 2018 PAC-12 vs. ... PAC-12 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK American .......................................... 0-1 THE RANKINGS: Three Pac-12 teams are ranked in the AP poll, while four grace the Coaches poll. WASH- INGTON (7/7), OREGON (17/17), COLORADO (19/18) and STANFORD (nr/24)... Washington has now ap- Atlantic Coast .................................... 1-0 peared in the AP Top 25 for 39 consecutive ranking periods, and have been in the Top 10 in 29 of the last Big Sky ............................................. 7-0 38 ranking periods ... Colorado makes its first appearance in the AP poll since coming in at No. 17 in the Big Ten ............................................. 2-1 final ranking period of the 2016 season. Big 12 ............................................... 0-2 Colonial ............................................. 1-0 REMAINING PERFECT: COLORADO is one of 11 FBS teams that remain undefeated this season. CUSA ................................................ 1-1 MOST-PLAYED CONFERENCE RIVALRIES: The 111th meeting between WASHINGTON and OREGON this Mid-American ................................... 2-0 week is among the Pac-12’s most-played rivalries. UCLA and CALIFORNIA square off this week for the 89th Mountain West .................................. 6-3 time, but it’s not among the top 10 most-played in the Conference. Here’s a look at the top 10: Southeastern ..................................... 0-1 Games Rivalry First Game and Outcome (location) Series Record Sun Belt ............................................ 0-0 121 Oregon-Oregon State 1894 - OSU, 16-0 (Eugene) ORE, 64-47-10 FBS Independent .............................. 2-2 120 Stanford-California 1892- STAN, 14-10 (San Francisco) STAN, 63-46-11 FCS Independent .............................. 1-0 110 Oregon-Washington 1904 - ORE, 18-0 (Seattle) WASH, 60-45-5 Total-All .............................. 23-11 (.676) 109 Washington-Washington State 1900 - Tied, 5-5 (Seattle) WASH, 72-32-6 Total-FBS ............................ 14-11 (.560) 105 USC-California 1915 - USC, 28-10 (Berkeley) USC, 70-30-5* 102 Washington-Oregon State 1897 - OSU, 16-0 (Corvallis) WASH, 64-34-4 The Pac-12 has posted a winning record 102 Washington State-Oregon State 1903 - OSU, 6-0 (Corvallis) WSU, 52-47-3 against foes outside league for 34 consec- 98 Stanford-USC 1905 - STAN, 16-0 (Stanford) USC, 63-32-3* 97 California-Washington 1904 - Tied, 6-6 (Seattle) WASH, 54-39-4 utive seasons ... The Pac-12 has a 153-61 95 Oregon-Washington State 1901 - WSU, 16-0 (Pullman) ORE, 47-41-7 (.715) record in non-conference play over * - One win later vacated due to NCAA penalty the last four-plus seasons. BOW UP: Washington QB Jake Browning and RB Myles Gaskin are climbing the Pac-12 career charts. Career Passing Yards Career Total Offense NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE 8. 10,913 Alex Brink, WSU, 2004-07 8. 11,285 Cade McNown, UCLA, 1995-98 9. 10, 911 Steve Stenstrom, STAN, 1991-94 9. 11,011 Alex Brink, WSU, 2004-07 Thur., Oct. 18 10. 10,796 Marcus Mariota, ORE, 2012-14 10. 11,097 Derek Anderson, OSU, 2001-04 STANFORD at ARIZONA STATE, 6:00 pm PT 11. 10,708 Cade McNown, UCLA, 1995-98 11. 10,812 Connor Halliday, WSU, 2011-14 ESPN 12. 10,693 Matt Leinart, USC, 2003-05 12. 10,777 Jake Browning, WASH, 2015-18 13. 10,612 Jake Browning, WASH, 2015-18 Sat., Oct. 20 Career Touchdown Passes COLORADO at WASHINGTON, 12:30 pm PT 5.