Sept. 25, 2004
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Game Notes
J.R. Lemon's 82-yard touchdown run tied for the sixth longest in school history ... It was the longest run from scrimmage since Casey Moore's 94-yard TD run vs. Cal in 1999.
Today's attendance of 55,750 is the largest non-Big Game attendance at Stanford Stadium since October 27, 2001 vs. UCLA (64,495).
Today's game was the sixth in Stanford football history vs. a No. 1 ranked team. The last time Stanford played the top-ranked team was October 6, 1990 at Notre Dame - a game the Cardinal won 36-31.
Soph. tight end Patrick Danahy recorded his second career touchdown today when he caught a 2-yard pass from QB Trent Edwards in the second quarter ... Danahy has three career receptions, each for two yards ... Both of his TD's have come against the Trojans ... He caught a two-yard TD from QB Chris Lewis at USC last season.
Kyle Matter recorded his third career rushing TD on an 11-yard run on a fake field goal play in the second quarter ... Matter scored two rushing TDs during the 2002 season when he started six games at quarterback.
WR Evan Moore caught a three-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and has now caught at least one TD pass in each of Stanford's three games this season ... Moore caught 2 touchdowns in the season opener vs. San Jose State and one vs. BYU.
Soph. quarterback Trent Edwards set a career high with 23 pass completions tonight vs. USC (previous high was 21 vs. SJSU, 2003).
USC wins its third straight game over Stanford with tonight's 31-28 victory.