PAC-12PLAYERS HONORS For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Ryan Andersen ([email protected]) OF THE WEEK OFFENSE 2019 PAC-12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS Tyler Huntley, QB, UTAH Completed 19-of-24 for 284 yards PAC-12 OVERALL and 1 TD for his 18th career 200- NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak yard passing game in leading Utah Oregon 6-0 1.000 211 106 8-1 .889 344 142 5-0 3-0 0-1 4-0 W 8 to a 33-28 win at Washington. Af- Oregon State 3-2 .600 160 169 4-4 .500 269 259 1-3 3-1 0-0 1-1 W 2 ter a first half completing 8-of-12 Stanford 3-3 .500 137 172 4-4 .500 181 224 3-2 1-2 0-0 2-1 W 1 for 100 yards and a TD, Huntley Washington 2-4 .333 170 152 5-4 .556 314 205 3-3 2-1 0-0 0-3 L 2 completed 11-of-12 passes for 184 California 1-4 .200 61 116 4-4 .500 139 166 2-2 2-2 0-0 1-2 L 4 yards and rushed for a one-yard TD Washington State 1-4 .200 186 190 4-4 .500 334 238 3-1 0-3 1-0 0-1 L 1 that officially gave the Utes the lead with 11:23 remaining in the game. SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Utah 5-1 .833 202 81 8-1 .889 298 110 5-0 3-1 0-0 1-1 W 5 Calvin Throckmorton, OT, ORE USC 4-2 .667 189 172 5-4 .556 274 255 4-1 1-3 0-0 3-0 L 1 Made his 47th consecutive start. UCLA 4-2 .667 222 193 4-5 .444 264 288 2-3 2-2 0-0 2-1 W 3 Did not allow a hit, hurry or pres- Arizona State 2-3 .400 128 148 5-3 .625 187 169 3-1 2-2 0-0 0-3 L 2 sure on the QB over 58 snaps as he Arizona 2-4 .333 165 236 4-5 .444 296 336 3-2 1-3 0-0 2-1 L 4 earned a 98% assignment grade Colorado 1-5 .167 122 218 3-6 .333 231 310 1-3 1-3 1-0 1-3 L 5 from the Oregon coaches. Helped pave the way for Oregon’s second 50-point game of the season. THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (#Pac12FB) DEFENSE Brady Breeze, S, ORE Fri., Nov. 8 Site Local Time/TV A team-high seven tackles, a fum- WASHINGTON at OREGON STATE Reser Stadium (43,154) 7:30 p.m. PT/FS1 ble recovery and pick-6 in No. 7 Or- Series: WASH leads, 65-34-4. Last: WASH, 42-23 (2018) (Cory Provus, Shane Vereen/:Petros Papadakis) egon’s 56-24 win at USC. The 32- Sat., Nov. 9 Site Local Time/TV yard pick-6 gave Oregon a 21-10 STANFORD at COLORADO Folsom Field (50,183) 1:00 p.m. MT/P12N lead and came with 2:16 left in the Series: STAN leads, 6-4-0. Last: COLO, 10-5 (2016) (Guy Haberman, Anthony Herron, Jill Savage) first half. Oregon defense limited the Trojans to 144 yards and seven USC at ARIZONA STATE Sun Devil Stadium (56,232) 1:30 p.m. MT/ABC points in the second half. Series: USC leads, 21-13-0*. Last: ASU, 38-35 (2018) (Jason Benetti, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich) WASHINGTON STATE at CALIFORNIA Memorial Stadium (62,467) 4:00 p.m. PT/P12N DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Series: CAL leads, 47-28-5. Last: WSU, 19-13 (2018) (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Lewis Johnson) John Penisini, DT, UTAH Tied his career-high with seven OPEN DATE Next Game tackles, including a sack and a ARIZONA Sat., Nov. 16 at OREGON forced fumble in Utah’s 33-28 win #7 OREGON Sat., Nov. 16 vs. ARIZONA at Washington. For the eighth time UCLA Sat., Nov. 16 at UTAH this season, Penisini was integral in #8 UTAH Sat., Nov. 16 vs. UCLA holding their opponent for under 100 yards rushing (53). #AP Rankings. * - Not including one win vacated due to NCAA penalty. SPECIAL TEAMS Mykael Wright, CB/KR, ORE QUICK HITS Returned a kickoff 100 yards for a TD at the end of the second quar- • THE RANKINGS: With OREGON at No. 7 and UTAH at No. 8, the Pac-12 has two teams ranked among the AP Top 8 ter during Oregon’s 56-24 win at for the first time since Oct. 8, 2017 when Washington came in at No. 5 and Washington State was No. 8. USC. Finished with three kickoff returns for 144 yards. First kickoff • CONFERENCE OF QUARTERBACKS: The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award has tabbed its 10 finalists for the nation’s return for a TD by a Duck since top college quarterback. The Pac-12 is well represented on that list with OREGON QB Justin Herbert, UTAH QB Tyler the season opener in 2017. Huntley and WASHINGTON QB Jacob Eason. No other conference has more than one quarterback among the 10 finalists. FRESHMAN Omar Speights, LB, OSU • BUTKUS AWARD SEMIFINALISTS: The Butkus Award announced their 12 semifinalists and making the list was Led team with 10 tackles, tying a CALIFORNIA senior LB Evan Weaver. Weaver leads the FBS in tackles, averaging 15.9 per game. season-best, in the win over Arizo- • TOMEY HONORED: Former Arizona head coach Dick Tomey will receive the American Football Coaches Association’s na. Added half a sack and a tackle 2020 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award. The award is given to those “whose services have been outstanding in the advance- for loss. Also tallied four pressures ment of the best interest in football,” and will be presented, posthumously, during the 2020 AFCA Convention in and a pass deflection. Nashville, Tenn. 2019 PAC-12 vs. ... PAC-12 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK American .......................................... 1-2 THE RANKINGS: Two Pac-12 teams are ranked in the AP and in the Coaches polls - OREGON (7/7) and UTAH (8/9) ... Back-to-back weeks with two Pac-12 teams in the Top 10 for the first time since three con- Atlantic Coast .................................... 0-0 secutive weeks in September 2018 when Stanford and Washington were both ranked in the Top 10 ... Eight Big Sky ............................................. 6-0 different Pac-12 teams have been ranked in the Top 25 at some point this season. Big Ten ............................................. 3-0 Big 12 ............................................... 1-1 NOT SO FRIENDLY CONFINES: The home team is just 17-17 in Pac-12 play. Only OREGON and UTAH Colonial ............................................. 0-0 remain undefeated at home in conference play, each with 3-0 records vs. Pac-12 foes. CUSA ................................................ 1-0 Mid-American ................................... 2-0 MAXWELL AND BEDNARIK AWARDS TAB SEMIFINALISTS: OREGON QB Justin Herbert and UTAH RB Mountain West .................................. 4-4 Zack Moss are two of the 20 semifinalists for the 83rd Maxwell Award for the Collegiate Player of the Year, while CALIFORNIA LB Evan Weaver and UTAH DE Bradlee Anae are two of the 20 semifinalists for the 25th Southeastern ..................................... 1-1 Chuck Bednarik Award for the Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. Sun Belt ............................................ 0-0 FBS Independent .............................. 3-2 DON’T LOOK, ETHEL!: Some notable streaks of late... FCS Independent .............................. 0-0 • USC WR Michael Pittman Jr. has caught four or more passes in each of the last 14 games. During Total-All .............................. 24-11 (.686) that stretch of games, he has a total of 80 receptions for 1,341 yards and 13 TDs. Total-FBS ............................ 16-11 (.593) • OREGON has won eight in a row, and eight consecutive conference games. • UCLA has rushed for 200 or more yards in its last five straight games. The Pac-12 has posted a winning record against • OREGON STATE has won three straight conference road games for the first time since 2013. non-conference foes for 34 consecutive sea- • ARIZONA STATE WR Kyle Williams has a reception in 36 straight games, currently the fourth-longest sons. active streak in FBS. • For starters... OREGON OG Shane Lemieux and OT Calvin Throckmorton have each started 47 con- NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE secutive games. OREGON STATE OT Blake Brandel has started 44 consecutive games. • WASHINGTON PK Peyton Henry has connected on 15 consecutive field goal attempts. Sat., Nov. 16 ARIZONA at OREGON, 7:30 pm PT YOU COMPLETE ME: Through nine weeks, five Pac-12 QBs are among the 28 FBS quarterbacks who have ESPN completed at least 65.0% of their pass attempts this season (minimum 15 passes per game/played in 75.0% *ARIZONA STATE at OREGON STATE, of team’s games). That’s more than any other conference. Those five have combined to complete 970-of- 1:30 pm or 4:30 pm PT 1,402 (.692) for 11,964 yards, 103 TDs, 25 INT. P12N or FS1 5. Tyler Huntley, Sr., UTAH .733 (141-of-191, 2,062 yards, 11 TD, 1 INT) *STANFORD at WASHINGTON STATE, 8. Anthony Gordon, Sr., WSU .700 (278-of-397, 3,387 yards, 32 TDs, 9 INT) 1:30 pm or 4:30 pm PT 11. Justin Herbert, Sr., ORE .694 (200-of-288, 2,329 yards, 24 TDs, 2 INT) P12N or FS1 14. Kedon Slovis, Fr., USC .685 (165-of-241, 1,889 yards, 16 TDs, 8 INT) USC at CALIFORNIA, 8:00 pm PT 28.