#7/6 Stanford Cardinal Game Information Date .................................................................... Saturday, Sept. 24 2-0 overall • 1-0 Pac-12 Time ...................................................................................5 p.m. PT Location ................................Pasadena, Calif. • Rose Bowl (95,542) Date Opponent Time • Result Television ...................................................................................ABC 9.2 Kansas State [FS1] ............................................. W, 26-13 Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Samantha Ponder 9.17 USC* [ABC] ......................................................... W, 27-10 Stanford Radio ......................................................... KNBR 1050 AM 9.24 at UCLA* [ABC] ....................................................... 5 p.m. #7/6 Stanford UCLA Scott Reiss ’93, Todd Husak ’00 and John Platz ’84 9.30 at Washington* [ESPN] ......................................... 6 p.m. Stanford Student Radio .............................................KZSU 90.1 FM 10.8 Washington State* ....................................................TBA Cardinal Bruins National Radio ....................................................... Sirius 84 • XM 84 10.15 at Notre Dame [NBC] ........................................ 4:30 p.m. (2-0 • 1-0 Pac-12) (2-1 • 0-0 Pac-12) Live Stats ...............................................................GoStanford.com 10.22 Colorado* ..................................................................TBA 10.29 at Arizona* .................................................................TBA • Stanford returns to a familiar destination Saturday when it travels to the Rose Bowl to face UCLA in a prime-time matchup on ABC. 11.5 Oregon State* ............................................................TBA During its last trip to Pasadena, the Cardinal won the Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1 when it defeated No. 6 Iowa, 45-16. 11.12 at Oregon* .................................................................TBA 11.19 at Cal* ........................................................................TBA • Stanford is ranked seventh in the AP poll and sixth by USA Today. Dating to Sept. 20, 2015, Stanford has been ranked by the AP in 17 11.26 Rice.............................................................................TBA consecutive weeks. Either Stanford or UCLA has been ranked in each of the past eight matchups between the two programs. 12.2 Pac-12 Championship Game [FOX] ...................... 6 p.m. *Pac-12 contest • All times PT • Stanford’s eight straight wins over UCLA are tied for the program’s best active win streak against any opponent (also eight straight wins vs. Washington State), and marks the longest winning streak for either team in the series. Stanford has scored at least 24 points in each of the past eight wins against the Bruins, winning by an average of 18.2 points. UCLA Bruins 2-1 overall • 0-0 Pac-12 • Save for WWII, Stanford and UCLA have met in every season since 1925, and 72 times in the past 71 years (twice in 2012). Date Opponent Time • Result • Stanford is 5-1 in games played at Rose Bowl Stadium since 2010: 9.3 at Texas A&M ................................................L, 24-31 (OT) 9.10 UNLV ................................................................... W, 42-21 9.17 at BYU ................................................................. W, 17-14 Recent Games at Rose Bowl Stadium 9.24 Stanford* [ABC] ..................................................... 5 p.m. Jan. 1, 2016 vs. #6 Iowa (Rose Bowl) W, 45-16 10.1 Arizona*......................................................................TBA 10.8 at Arizona State* ........................................................TBA Nov. 28, 2014 at #9 UCLA W, 31-10 10.15 at Washington State* .................................................TBA Jan. 1, 2014 vs. #4 Michigan State (Rose Bowl) L, 20-24 10.22 Utah* ..........................................................................TBA 11.3 at Colorado*........................................................... 6 p.m. Jan. 1, 2013 vs. Wisconsin (Rose Bowl) W, 20-14 11.12 Oregon State ..............................................................TBA Nov. 24, 2012 at #15 UCLA W, 35-17 11.19 USC .............................................................................TBA Sept. 11, 2010 at UCLA W, 35-0 11.26 at Cal ..........................................................................TBA *Pac-12 contest • All times PT • Stanford head coach David Shaw is undefeated against six Pac-12 opponents, including UCLA. In addition to the Bruins, the Cardinal has not lost to Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon State and Washington State during Shaw’s tenure. Shaw has six wins over UCLA, the most against any program. Inside the Notes Probable Starters ........................................................................ 2-5 Coaching Staff .................................................................................6 • When Stanford and UCLA met in 2015 at Stanford Stadium, one jaw-dropping catch by Francis Owusu nearly overshadowed a record- Rosters ....................................................................................... 7-10 setting performance from Christian McCaffrey. Owusu pinned the ball on the back of UCLA defender Jaleel Wadood in the end zone for Notes ........................................................................................ 11-14 one of the most memorable catches in recent memory and McCaffrey did most of the rest with a school-record 243 yards rushing and Series History.................................................................................15 four touchdowns in No. 15 Stanford’s 56-35 victory over No. 18 UCLA. McCaffrey scored on a 70-yard run out of the Wildcaff formation, Statistics .................................................................................. 16-25 returned a kick 96 yards to set up another score and ran for three more touchdowns in a virtuoso performance that broke Toby Game Summaries .................................................................... 26-40 Gerhart’s school record of 223 yards rushing in a game set in 2009. McCaffrey finished with 369 all-purpose yards. Records .................................................................................... 41-57 Longest Plays ................................................................................58 • For the first time in the 56-year history of the conference preseason poll, Stanford was chosen as the favorite to win the Pac-12 The Last Time (Stanford) ..............................................................59 Conference title. The media poll has correctly selected the conference champion in 29 of 55 previous polls, but only twice in the last The Last Time (Opponents) ..........................................................60 nine polls. The Cardinal was not picked to win as much as the Pac-12 North Division in any of its three recent championship seasons Depth Chart ...................................................................................61 (2012, 2013, 2015). • Stanford has won at least 11 games four times in five seasons under head coach David Shaw. From 1891-2010, the program recorded four 10-win seasons. #GoStanford Twitter ....................................................................@StanfordFBall Instagram .................................................................. StanfordFBall • Stanford is 49-6 this decade in games played on California soil. Under head coach David Shaw (2011-current), Stanford is 20-2 vs. Facebook ..............................................................StanfordFootball in-state opponents. Snapchat .................................................................. Stanford_FBall • Under head coach David Shaw, Stanford is 28-8 on the road, 37-9 vs. Pac-12 opponents, 16-3 in September, 43-13 coming off a win, 36-5 vs. unranked opponents and 9-4 on ABC. • The Cardinal returns 48 letterwinners (20 offense, 24 defense, four specialists) and 14 starters (five offense, six defense, three specialists) from last season’s Pac-12 championship team that finished 12-2 and won the Rose Bowl Game against Iowa. Only 24.5 percent of this year’s Stanford roster is composed of fourth- and fifth-year seniors. Underclassmen make up 75.5 percent of the 2016 roster. 1 Probable Starters • Offense 17 • RYAN BURNS • 6-5 • 232 • Sr. • Leesburg, Va. (Stone Bridge) • Science, technology and society major PASSING G Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G Effic • 10 of 10 passing to begin first career start vs. Kansas State 2014 2 1-1-0 13 0 13 1.000 13.0 6.5 209.2 • 20-yard rush on first career snap (2014 vs. UC Davis) 2015 4 0-0-0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- QB • Led Stone Bridge to two AAA state runner-up finishes 2016 2 22-32-1 258 2 56 68.8 8.1 129.0 150.9 • 51-6 as high school starter TOTAL 8 23-33-1 271 2 56 69.7 8.2 33.9 152.6 • Older sister, Kelly, played volleyball at North Carolina State 10 • KELLER CHRYST • 6-5 • 236 • Jr. • Palo Alto, Calif. (Palo Alto) • Science, technology and society major PASSING G Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G Effic • Played in four games last season 2015 4 5-9-0 59 1 20 .56 6.6 14.8 147.29 • Four-star recruit by Scout, Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports 2016 1 1-1-0 11 0 11 100.0 11.0 11.0 192.4 QB • Set majority of passing records at Palo Alto High School Total 5 6-10-0 70 1 20 60.0 7.0 14.0 151.8 • Uncle, Paul Chryst, is head coach at Wisconsin • Father, George, served as offensive coordinator