SCHEDULE / SCOREBOARD 2005 STANFORD FOOTBALL Stanford (1-1, 0-0) Game #3 - Oregon (3-1, 0-1) at Stanford (1-1, 0-0) 9/10 at Navy (CSTV) W, 41-38 9/17 U.C. Davis L, 17-20 October 1, Stanford Stadium 10/1 Oregon 2:00 pm Stanford, California, 2:00 pm 10/8 at Washington State TBA 10/15 at Arizona 4:00 pm MT 10/22 Arizona State 2:00 pm GAME INFORMATION 10/29 UCLA 2:00 pm Date: ............................................................................................. October 1, 2005 11/5 at USC TBA Kickoff: .................................................................................................... 2:00 pm 11/12 at Oregon State TBA 11/19 California (ABC) 4:00 pm Site: ................................................................................................... Stanford, CA 11/26 Notre Dame (ABC) 12:30/5:00 pm Television: ..................................................................................No live television Radio: .................................................... KNEW, 910 am (Tim Roye, Bob Murphy) Oregon (3-1, 0-1) Campus Radio: ............................................................................. KZSU, 90.1 fm 9/1 at Houston W, 38-24 Internet: ........................................... www.gostanford.com (live audio, live stats) 9/10 Montana W, 47-14 9/17 Fresno State W, 37-34 The Series: .............................................................. Stanford leads series 43-24-1 9/24 USC L, 13-45 Last Meeting: ............................... Oregon 16, Stanford 13, at Stanford, 11/23/04 10/1 at Stanford 2:00 pm Series Notes: ................................................. Oregon has won last three meetings 10/8 at Arizona State 10/15 Washington • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 10/22 at Arizona 11/5 California 11/12 at Washington State Cardinal Opens Pac-10 Play at Home Against Oregon 11/19 Oregon State Stanford (1-1) opens the Pacific-10 Conference season on Saturday, October 1 with a home date against Oregon (3-1, 0-1) … The Cardinal is coming off a bye STANFORD QUICK FACTS week after opening the season with a road win at Navy and a home loss to UC Location: ......................... Stanford, CA Davis … Stanford will play eight consecutive conference games and the season Founded: ....................................... 1891 Enrollment: .. 13,075 (6,556 undergrads) finale vs. Notre Dame … The Ducks got off to a 3-0 start and were ranked No. Colors: ................... Cardinal and White 25 in the nation before losing last Saturday to top-ranked USC, 45-13 … The Nickname: ............................... Cardinal Ducks led early 13-0 before the Trojans scored 45 unanswered points … …Or- Conference: .......................... Pacific-10 egon won its three non-conference games against Houston, Montana and Fresno Stadium: ..... Stanford Stadium (85,500) State while averaging over 40 points scored in those games … The Ducks have Surface: ........................... Natural Grass won the last three meetings with Stanford, including a 16-13 win at Stanford President: ............... Dr. John Hennessy Stadium last season. Athletic Director: .......... Dr. Ted Leland Head Coach: ....................... Walt Harris Years at Stanford: ............ First Season Stanford to Honor Hall of Fame Class of 2005 2004 Overall Record: ...................... 4-7 Stanford's Hall of Fame Class of 2005 will be honored at halftime on Saturday's 2004 Pac-10 Record: ......... 2-6 (tie 8th) game against Oregon … The group of seven individuals and an Olympic Crew Letterman Returning / Lost: ...... 50 / 11 will be formally inducted in the Hall of Fame on Friday, September 30 … The Off. Letterwinners Ret./Lost: ...... 25 / 4 Class includes men's basketball coach Mike Montgomery, currently the head Def. Letterwinners Ret./Lost: .... 22 / 7 coach of the Golden State Warriors, women's tennis All-American and NCAA Specialists Ret./Lost: ..................... 3 / 3 champion Sandra Birch, All-American and U.S. Olympic water polo player Starters Returning/Lost: ................. 15/7 Doug Burke, football All-American Ed Cummings, baseball All-American Eric Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: .10/1 Hardgrave, All-American, Olympian and NCAA swimmer Janel Jorgensen, Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: .. 5/6 Chuck Evans, one of the school's all-time great football players, and a group of Specialists Returning/Lost: .............. 3/0 2005 Stanford Cardinal Football STAT RANKINGS Olympic rowers that includes Conn Findlay, Kurt Seiffert, Kent Mitchell and Ed Ferry. Team Rankings Category Avg Pac-10/NCAA Remaining Schedule Includes Five Ranked Teams Rush Off 127.5 7 / 73 Stanford's remaining schedule includes five teams currently ranked among the Pass Off 176.5 10 / 93 nation's top-25 who have combined for a 16-2 record to date … The Cardinal's Scoring Off 29.0 8 / 52 Total Off 304.0 10 / 97 final nine opponents have an aggregate record of 25-8 and a winning percentage Rush Def 160.0 7 / 76 of .758 … Among Stanford's future opponents are No. 1 ranked USC (3-0), No. Pass Def 249.5 7 / 83 11 Cal (4-0), No. 14 Notre Dame (3-1), No. 15 Arizona State (3-1) and No. 20 Scoring Def 29.0 7 / 79 UCLA (3-0). Total Def 409.5 6 / 81 Pass Eff. Def 113.08 4 / 40 Stanford Looks to Snap Three-Game Losing Skid vs Ducks Pass Eff. Off 111.02 10 / 93 Oregon has won the last three meetings with the Cardinal and four of the last Kickoff Ret 33.0 1 / 9 Punt Ret 2.25 10 / 110 five dating back to 1998 … A year ago, the Ducks came from behind to win at Net Punting 35.17 5 / 52 Stanford Stadium 16-13 on October 23 … The Cardinal took a 13-9 lead early Turnover Marg. 0.0 6 / 55 in the fourth quarter, but a two-yard run by Terrence Whitehead capped a 70-yard drive and put the Ducks ahead to stay 16-13 … Stanford took posses- Individual Stat Rankings sion on its 23-yard line with 16 seconds remaining and after two pass comple- tions of 17 and 28 yards, the Cardinal found itself in field goal position … Nick Sanchez, Interceptions (0.50) Michael Sgroi then missed a 48-yard attempt as time expired, giving the Ducks T-3rd Pac-10 / T-28th NCAA a hard-fought road win against the Cardinal … For the series, which dates back to 1900, the Cardinal owns a 43-24-1 advantage … The two teams have Udeme Udofia, Interceptions (0.50) been known to produce high-scoring games … In fact, in the last 10 meetings T-3rd Pac-10 / T-28th NCAA between the Cardinal and the Ducks, Oregon has average almost 38 points Michael Sgroi, Field Goals (1.50) per game while Stanford has averaged almost 28 per game … In the last three 5th Pac-10 / 31st NCAA games, however, Oregon has outscored the Cardinal 92-27, including a 41-14 win in 2002 and a 35-0 victory in '03 … Stanford has also lost its last three Pac- Jay Ottovegio, Punting (39.58) 10 openers (2002 at ASU, 2003 at Washington, 2004 at home vs. USC). 6th Pac-10 / 59th NCAA Marcus McCutcheon, KOR (23.67) Head Coach Walt Harris 4th Pac-10 / 49th NCAA In eight seasons at Pitt, Walt Harris turned the Panthers into a perennial bowl contender and among the top programs in the country … He led Pitt to six bowl games in eight seasons, including the last five, and a first-ever BCS bowl (Fiesta) following the 2004 campaign … He was named Stanford's head coach on December 13, 2004 … Harris, a Bay Area native, has coached for over 30 years, including 11 as a head coach … His career record stands at 64-69, which includes a 52-44 record at Pitt, three years at UOP (1989-91), where the Tigers improved each season under Harris, and 1-1 at Stanford … Harris has coached at Ohio State, Tennessee, Illinois, Michigan State and Cal along with a three- year stint with the New York Jets … In the last five seasons at Pitt, Harris' teams went 39-23, won at least seven games each year and advanced to a bowl game each season. Final Season in Original Stanford Stadium Stanford Stadium, built in 1921, has served as home of the Cardinal football program for the past 83 years … This season, however, will mark the final year in the original Stadium before a major renovation begins immediately following the Cardinal's season finale vs. Notre Dame on November 26, 2005 … The Car- dinal will play six home games in Stanford Stadium this season and moments after the season finale against the Fighting Irish, the process will begin on an $85-90 million renovation project … See page 6 of this press release for more details on the Stadium renovation project. 2005 Stanford Cardinal Football 2005 Stanford Cardinal Football Alston Et Al.... Earn Pre-Season Honors Media Information Fifth-year senior OLB Jon Alston was tabbed a consensus First-Team All-Pac- 10 selection while several other Cardinal player earned pre-season honors rec- Weekly Press Conference ognition … Alston, who was named Second-Team All-Pac-10 a year ago, was Stanford head coach Walt Harris also named to a few pre-season All-America teams while being ranked among hosts a weekly news conference the top outside linebackers in the country … Other Cardinal players receiving each Monday throughout the 2005 First-Team All-Pac-10 recognition include DT Julian Jenkins, NT Babatunde season beginning at 3:00 pm in th Oshinowo and KOR T.J. Rushing … Also earning pre-season honors were ILB Arrillaga Family Sports Center … Kevin Schimmelmann, WR Evan Moore, PK Michael Sgroi, OT Jeff Ed- Selected Stanford players are also in wards and SS Brandon Harrison. attendance … The Press Conferences will be streamed live at Alston Tabbed As One of Nation's Top OLBs www.gostanford.com. Senior outside linebacker Jon Alston enters