Stanford Cardinal (5-1 • 4-0 Pac-12)
Washington Huskies (3-3 • 1-2 Pac-12)
October 24, 2015 • 7:30 p.m. PT
Stanford Stadium (50,424) • Stanford, Calif.
Television • Live national broadcast on ESPN with Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Brian Griese (analyst) and Tom Luginbill (sideline).
Radio • Live coverage on Stanford’s flagship station -- KNBR 1050 AM -- with Scott Reiss ’93 (play-by-play), Todd Husak ’00 (analyst) and John Platz ’84 (sideline). The broadcast begins one hour before kickoff with the Cardinal Tailgate Show and concludes with the postgame Cardinal Locker Room Report. The game can be heard on Stanford student radio -- KZSU 90.1 FM -- and online at kzsulive.stanford.edu. Compass Media Networks, Sirius Satellite Radio (channel 137) and XM Satellite Radio (channel 197) will carry a national broadcast.
Polls • Stanford (10th - AP, 11th - USA Today) • Washington (NR - AP, RV - USA Today)
Live Stats • Live in-game statistics available at GoStanford.com
On the Web • GoStanford.com • GoHuskies.com • Pac-12.com • #GoStanford
• No. 10/11 Stanford concludes the first of two three-game homestands Saturday when it welcomes Washington to Stanford Stadium. The past three matchups between the Cardinal and Washington have been decided by a combined 14 points.
• At 4-0, the Cardinal is the only Pac-12 North team undefeated in conference play (Utah leads the Pac-12 South with a 3-0 conference record). In fact, Stanford is 4-0 in conference play for the first time since 2011, fourth since 1970 and 11th since 1925.
• The Cardinal enters the matchup ranked 10th by the AP and 11th by USA Today. The top-10 ranking by the AP is Stanford’s first since the end of the 2013 regular season. Of Stanford’s 83 all-time AP top-10 rankings, 45 have been earned since 2010.
• Stanford has won six of its past seven meetings with Washington. With a win on Saturday, Stanford will even the series in the 86th meeting (Washington leads, 41-40-4). Stanford won once from 1983-2003, and Washington has not won at Stanford Stadium since 2007. Stanford’s series with Washington is its second oldest, and the Huskies are the Cardinal’s most common out-of-state opponent.
• Starting with its home-opening win over UCF, the Cardinal is one of eight FBS teams -- and five Power 5 teams -- to score at least 31 points in each of their past five contests, and one of four to do so without facing an FCS program.
• In wins over Oregon State, Arizona and UCLA, Stanford rushed for over 300 yards in three straight games for the first time in program history.
• Stanford has won a nation-best 25 consecutive night games at home.
• Under head coach David Shaw, Stanford is 3-1 vs. Washington, 32-8 in Pac-12 regular-season games, 27-3 at home, 15-4 in October, 33-11 coming off a win, 21-6 when ranked higher than an opponent, 24-8 in night games and 13-4 on ESPN.
• Since 2010, Stanford is 42-5 in games in California (4-0 in 2015, 7-2 in 2014, 7-2 in 2013, 10-0 in 2012, 7-1 in 2011, 7-0 in 2010).
• Stanford and Texas are the only schools among the 68 Power 5 and independent programs to play 12 FBS opponents, 11 of which are Power 5 schools or Notre Dame. Five of Stanford’s 12 regular-season opponents -- No. 7 Oregon, No. 8 USC, No. 11 Notre Dame, No. 13 UCLA and No. 22 Arizona -- were ranked in the AP’s preseason top 25.
• Stanford requires students to declare a major before their junior year. Among the team’s upperclassmen, 16 majors are represented. Eleven Cardinal are engineering majors. Majors with three or more Cardinal student-athletes: communication, economics, human biology, management science and engineering, psychology, public policy, and science, technology and society.
• No program in the nation has a higher graduation rate over the past four years than Stanford (99%). Furthermore, no Pac-12 Conference team has had more draftees over the past four years than Stanford (19).