Oct. 27, 2007
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STANFORD
Stanford has dropped two straight and six of its last seven against Oregon State. Stanford had its two-game road and two-game Pac-10 win streaks snapped. Stanford's six points was its second-lowest total of the 2007 season to only the three points in a 41-3 loss to Arizona State on September 29. Richard Sherman caught three balls for 70 yards and has now led Stanford in receiving yards in 11 of its last 13 games. Sherman also returned a career-high four punts for a career-high 21 yards, including a 22-yarder that was the longest of his career. Tavita Pritchard recorded career highs in passes attempts (29) and yards passing (189). Mark Bradford had one reception to increase his career total to 143. Bradford is ninth on Stanford's all-time reception list and also has 2076 career receiving yards. Ben Ladner made a career-high five catches for 32 yards. Stanford had 6.0 sacks and now has 27.0 on the season to nearly already double the team's 14.0 in 2006. Stanford had a season-high 9.0 tackles-for-loss. Stanford did not force a turnover to end a string of at least one turnover by an opponent in six consecutive games. Clinton Snyder had a career-high 12 tackles and now has 59 in his last six contests. Jay Ottovegio became Stanford's all-time leader in both punts (255) and punting yardage (10176), moving past former record holder Kevin Miller, who punted 248 times for 9,973 yards from 1995-98. Pannel Egboh extended his consecutive games started streak to 20. Owen Marecic carried the ball for the first time in his Stanford career, finishing with three rushes for 6 yards. Derek Belch made his first two field goal attempts from 44 and 43 yards in the first half but had a third from 27 yards in the third quarter blocked to mark the first time he has had a kick blocked in his career. Belch is now 11-of-15 (73.3%) on field goals this season. Stanford's four turnovers (all in the second half) marked a season-high.
OREGON STATE
Oregon State Team Notes
Oregon State has now outscored its opponents, 92-6, this season in the first quarter. Over the last 17 games, the Beavers have outscored their opponents 172-30 in the first quarter. Derrick Doggett's third-quarter field goal block was Oregon State's first of the season. Oregon State improved to 38-6 when leading entering the fourth quarter under head coach Mike Riley. The Beavers are also 24-2 since 2004. Against Stanford, the OSU defense limited the Cardinal to just 5 yards. The 5 yards rushing is a season low for an Oregon State opponent this season. It puts Oregon State at 56.1 yards allowed rushing per game this season.
Oregon State Individual Notes
Howard Croom's first-quarter touchdown marked the second of the season for the sophomore from Long Beach, Calif. James Rodgers' 51-yard run in the first quarter was the longest of his career. Yvenson Bernard scored his 35th career rushing touchdown - and 10th of the season -- in the second quarter. Bernard has now scored at least 10 touchdowns on the ground each of the last three seasons. He needs just three to tie his career high of 13 set in 2005. Bernard's 35 touchdowns are just four shy of second-most in Oregon State history. He needs four for 39, which would tie Steven Jackson, who had 39 from 2001-03. Bernard tallied 62 yards in the ground to give him 3,462 for his career. He moved into 12th place in Pacific-10 Conference history. He left the game late in the first half with an undisclosed shoulder injury. Bernard has also now gone 162 rushes without a fumble. Anthony Brown caught one pass to give him 124 for his career, moving him into a tie for seventh place (with Pat Chaffey - 1986, 88-89) in OSU history. OG Roy Schuening started his 45th game, tying him with Ken Simonton (1998-2001) and Dennis Weathersby (1999-2002) for the most starts in Oregon State history. Schuening needs three starts to tie Richard Seigler (2000-03) for the most school history. The game was also Schuening's 45th straight start, keeping him in second place in OSU history. He needs three more consecutively to tie Seigler for the most consecutive in Beaver history. Alexis Serna made his 70th, 71st and 72nd career field goals, extending his OSU career record. He is also the Pac-10's all-time leader in field goals made and is the active NCAA leader. Serna moved into a tie for eighth place in Pac-10 history for points scored after posting 11 against Stanford.