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Football

Cardinal Heads to Corvallis

No. 20/20 Stanford Cardinal (5-2 overall, 4-1 Pac-12)
Oregon State Beavers (1-6 overall, 0-4 Pac-12)

October 26, 2017 • 6 p.m. PT
Reser Stadium (43,154) • Corvallis, Oregon

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TelevisionLive national broadcast on ESPN with Dave Flemming (play-by-play), Brock Huard (analyst) and Laura Rutledge (sideline).

RadioLive 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.

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Notes

  • 18,060 • As the crow flies, Stanford will have traveled 18,060 miles before kicking off against Oregon State on Oct. 26. The trip from Stanford's campus to Sydney's Allianz Stadium, where the Cardinal opened the season against Rice (Aug. 26), spanned 14,866 miles. A mere 642 round-trip miles separated Stanford Stadium from the Los Angeles Coliseum (at USC on Sept. 9), 858 from San Diego Stadium (at San Diego State on Sept. 16) and 1,198 from Rice-Eccles Stadium (at Utah on Oct. 7). Nearly 496 miles separate Stanford Stadium from Reser Stadium.
  • 2,085 • Of the 44,073 applicants -- the largest application pool in school history -- for Stanford's class of 2021, only 2,085 were admitted. The admitted students came from all 50 states and 82 countries.
  • 2016 • Christian McCaffrey rushed for 199 yards and a touchdown, Bryce Love scored on a 56-yard touchdown run and Stanford beat Oregon State, 26-15. Conrad Ukropina kicked four field goals, including a personal best-tying 52-yarder in the first half. Stanford piled up 365 yards rushing and controlled the ball for more than 39 minutes. The Cardinal ran the ball on its final 29 plays from scrimmage.
  • 2015 • Kevin Hogan, a game-time decision, completed nine of 14 passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns as Stanford cruised to a 42-24 victory over Oregon State. Christian McCaffrey ran for 206 yards and ended up with 303 all-purpose yards for Stanford, which held just a 21-17 lead at the half over the Beavers before a pair of third-quarter touchdowns.
  • 2012 • Kevin Hogan threw for 254 yards and three touchdowns in his first collegiate start as No. 16 Stanford overcame four turnovers to rally past No. 13 Oregon State, 27-23. The win was the first of 10 straight under center for Hogan. Stepfan Taylor ran for 114 yards and a touchdown, eclipsing 1,000 yards rushing for the third straight season.
  • 2008 • Toby Gerhart rushed for a (then) career-high 147 yards and two touchdowns to pace Stanford to 36-28 win. Gerhart's rushing total was the 27th-best performance in school history and highest total recorded in a season-opener.
  • 2003 • The Beavers held Stanford to just 133 yards in total offense, which was the third lowest output in school history.
  • 1998 • Todd Husak set single-game records for passing yardage (450) and total offense (447), but Stanford dropped a 30-23 decision to the Beavers at Stanford Stadium.
  • 1981 • Stanford rushed for a (then) school-record 439 yards in a 63-9 victory over the Beavers in Corvallis. Darrin Nelson set a single-game school record by scoring five touchdowns against the Beavers, including an 80-yard touchdown run.
  • 1952 • Bill Rogers ran for a 96-yard touchdown in a 41-28 Stanford victory in Corvallis, the longest rush from scrimmage in school history.
  • 1940 • Frankie Albert boomed a 79-yard punt, which still ranks as the longest in school history.
  • 1919 • In a series that dates to 1919, Stanford leads Oregon State, 55-25-3.
  • 1,387 • Junior running back Bryce Love (1,387) is one of five Cardinal ever with over 1,300 yards rushing in a season (Toby Gerhart, Stepfan Taylor, Tyler Gaffney and Christian McCaffrey). Love's 1,387 rushing yards rank first nationally.
  • 1,088 • Through the season's first five games, junior running back Bryce Love's 1,088 rushing yards were the fourth-most by any player in FBS history -- Garrett Wolfe (1,181 in 2006), Marcus Allen (1,136 in 1981), Byron Hanspard (1,112 in 1996).
  • 787 • Through the season's first four games, junior running back Bryce Love had 787 yards rushing. In the past 20 years, only LSU's Leonard Fournette (864) and Northern Illinois' Garrett Wolfe (828) had more.
  • 760 • Junior running back Bryce Love's 14 longest runs in 2017 total 760 yards. Only 17 players nationally -- including Love -- have more than 760 yards rushing on the season.
  • 676 • Stanford's 676 tackles for loss this decade ranks sixth nationally.
  • 656 • Stanford's 656 total yards against Rice in the season opener were the seventh-most in program history, and best total since 1999 (672 vs. No. 18 UCLA).
  • 625 • There are more than 625 registered student organizations at Stanford.
  • 564 • Junior running back Bryce Love gained 564 yards rushing in consecutive wins over UCLA (Sept. 23) and Arizona State (Sept. 30), third-most over a two-game stretch in Pac-12 history.
  • 500 • Stanford has gained more than 500 yards of total offense seven times in its past 11 games.
  • 405 • Stanford's 405 rushing yards against UCLA (Sept. 23) were the fourth-most in program history. Stanford was the first team to rush for over 400 yards against UCLA since USC did so in 2005. Junior running back Bryce Love had 263 against UCLA in 2017, and USC running back Reggie Bush had 260 in 2005.
  • 400 • Stanford has held opponents to fewer than 400 yards of total offense in 41 of its past 44 games.
  • 301 • Junior running back Bryce Love's 301 yards rushing against Arizona State (Sept. 30) were the most by any Cardinal, eclipsing Christian McCaffrey's school-record 284 at Cal in 2016. Love broke 12 tackles and notched 175 yards after contact against the Sun Devils.
  • 295 • Stanford has averaged 295 rushing yards/game with 12 rushing touchdowns during its four-game winning streak.
  • 274 • Stanford leads the nation with 274 sacks since 2011.
  • 250 • Junior running back Bryce Love and USC's Reggie Bush are the only Pac-12 players ever with 250 or more rushing yards in consecutive games. Stanford had one 250-yard rusher in the program's first 1,256 games.
  • 202 • Stanford has made 202 consecutive extra-point attempts, the third-longest streak in the nation (Texas A&M - 224, Auburn - 203). The streak dates to Stanford's matchup at Oregon State on Oct. 26, 2013.
  • 200.86 • Junior running back Bryce Love ranks first among Pac-12 players -- and second nationally -- with 200.86 all-purpose yards/game.
  • 200 • Stanford has rushed for 200 or more yards in nine of its past 13 games (9-0 in those games).
  • 200 • Stanford has allowed 200 or more rushing yards only 14 times under head coach David Shaw.
  • 199 • Before a second-quarter interception at San Diego State (Sept. 16), Stanford had 199 consecutive pass attempts without an interception. Senior quarterback Keller Chryst had 170 straight attempts without a pick.
  • 198.1 • Junior running back Bryce Love ranks first nationally with 198.1 rushing yards/game. Oklahoma State's Barry Sanders (238.9), USC's Marcus Allen (212.9), Cornell's Ed Marinaro (209.0) and Iowa State's Troy Davis (198.6) are the NCAA leaders for single-season rushing yards/game.
  • 141 • Stanford has scored in 141 consecutive games, dating to Nov. 11, 2006.
  • 137 • Stanford claimed five national team championships during the past academic year, increasing its overall total to 137, including 113 NCAA titles. Recent NCAA crowns came in men's soccer, women's volleyball, women's swimming and diving, and women's water polo.
  • 134 • Stanford held USC (Sept. 9) without a single punt or kickoff return yard, a first for the Cardinal special teams units in 134 games, dating to the 2006 regular season finale against Cal. Stanford special teams coordinator Pete Alamar was the Golden Bears' special teams coordinator for that 2006 affair.
  • 123 • Stanford opened its 123rd season with a nonconference game against Rice on Aug. 26 in Sydney, Australia.
  • 120.9 • Junior running back Bryce Love is averaging 120.9 yards in the first half of the season's first seven games, a figure that would rank ninth nationally.
  • 113 • The Cardinal and UCLA share the NCAA lead with 113 team titles.
  • 101.29 • Junior running back Cameron Scarlett (101.29) is 11th among Pac-12 players in all-purpose yards/game.
  • 100 • Stanford has rushed for at least 100 yards in 65 of its past 71 games. Stanford has not recorded fewer than 100 yards rushing in a victory since the second game of 2012 (92 yards vs. Duke).
  • 100 • Stanford has had an individual 100-yard rusher in 26 of its past 32 games. It did not have a 100-yard rusher in the 15 games prior.
  • 100 • Junior running back Bryce Love has gained 100 yards rushing five times this season in the first quarter.
  • 99 • Stanford received a graduation success rate of 99 percent from the NCAA for the third consecutive year in 2016, a total that paced all FBS institutions and ranked 11 points higher than the next Pac-12 school (UCLA - 88 percent).
  • 97 • Nearly 97 percent of Stanford undergraduates live on campus, and there are an estimated 13,000 bikes at Stanford daily.
  • 96 • Stanford's 8,180-acre campus is large enough to contain 96 Disneylands.
  • 87 • Junior running back Bryce Love is the fastest Stanford running back to gain 1,000 yards rushing in a season (fifth game, 87 carries). Previous Stanford record holder Christian McCaffrey gained his 1,000th rushing yard in the eighth game of 2015 (163rd carry).
  • 81 • Stanford's 81 wins this decade are the most of any private school, ahead of TCU (71), USC (68), Notre Dame (65), Baylor (64) and Navy (64).
  • 81 • The 81-game series with Oregon State is Stanford's fifth-oldest rivalry.
  • 79 • Stanford's 79 wins against FBS opponents this decade ranks second nationally. Only Alabama (87) has more.
  • 69 • Head coach David Shaw has 69 career wins, two shy of matching the school record set by Glenn "Pop" Warner (71 from 1924-32).
  • 62 • Stanford has recorded at least one rushing touchdown 62 times in its past 69 games. Stanford has won 28 of its past 31 games when recording at least one rushing touchdown.
  • 60 • Stanford ranks third nationally with seven plays from scrimmage covering 60 or more yards.
  • 55 • The 55-point margin of victory in Stanford's 62-7 season-opening win over Rice was the second-largest since 1949, and largest since a 58-0 win against Washington State in 2008.
  • 50.6 • Junior running back Bryce Love is averaging 50.6 yards/scoring play during his career: 93-yard catch, 47-yard run, 48-yard run, 7-yard run, 56-yard run, 50-yard run, 49-yard catch, 10-yard run, 75-yard run, 51-yard run, 53-yard run, 69-yard run, 61-yard run, 43-yard run, 59-yard run, 68-yard run, 5-yard run, 67-yard run.
  • 50 • Stanford ranks second nationally with 12 plays from scrimmage covering 50 or more yards.
  • 50 • Dating to 2016, junior running back Bryce Love has recorded a rush of 50 or more yards in nine straight games, the only player to do so in the past 20 years. Love has nine rushes of 50 or more yards in seven games this season. By comparison, Alabama's Mark Ingram had two such rushes in 14 games in 2009, and Derrick Henry had five such rushes in 15 games in 2015 for the Crimson Tide.
  • 50 • Senior defensive tackle Harrison Phillips has a team-high 50 tackles, including five for loss.
  • 49 • Stanford's 62 points scored against Rice were the most in an opener in 49 years (62-20 win over San Jose State in 1968) and the most in any game since 2013 (63-13 win over Cal).
  • 46 • Stanford's 46 regular-season conference wins are second-most nationally since 2011 behind Alabama (48).
  • 45 • Stanford has won 45 consecutive games when leading after three quarters, dating to Oct. 13, 2012 -- an overtime loss at Notre Dame.
  • 45 • Stanford has won 45 consecutive games when leading after three quarters.
  • 41 • Stanford, which sponsors 36 varsity sports, has won at least one NCAA team title in each of the past 41 academic years, representing the longest streak in history.
  • 40 • Stanford ranks third nationally with 17 plays from scrimmage covering 40 or more yards.
  • 40 • Nine of junior running back Bryce Love's past 10 touchdowns have covered 40 or more yards.
  • 38 • Stanford's 38 first-half points in its opener against Rice tied for the most in a half over the past four seasons.
  • 35 • During the 2016 season, 35 former Cardinal received an NFL paycheck.
  • 35 • Stanford has 35 rushing touchdowns in its past 13 games.
  • 33 • Stanford has produced 33 NFL draft picks since 2010, 12th-most by any program over that span.
  • 32:34 • At 32:34, Stanford's average time of possession per game since 2011 ranks fifth nationally. The average millennial spends over 32 minutes a day on Instagram.
  • 30 • The Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center is at the forefront of concussion and traumatic brain injury research, and is incorporating state of the art eye-tracking tests -- EYE-SYNC -- in all of its studies. The EYE-SYNC test is administered with customized eye tracking technology, called Dynamic Visual Synchronization (DVS) Goggles. The eye tracking test lasts 30 seconds, and the results show the ability to focus -- a key problem after a concussion.
  • 30 • Stanford's 2017 roster includes student-athletes from 30 states, and Austria.
  • 30 • No Pac-12 Conference team has had more NFL draftees over the past five years than Stanford's 30.
  • 30 • Stanford has allowed fewer than 30 points 59 times in its past 66 games.
  • 30 • Stanford ranks second nationally with 31 plays from scrimmage covering 30 or more yards.
  • 30 • Junior running back Bryce Love has 18 runs of 30 or more yards through seven games -- in the previous two seasons, no player nationally had more than 13 such runs.
  • 28 • Stanford had 28 former players make NFL opening day rosters, third-most of any Pac-12 team.
  • 27 • If junior running back Bryce Love was his own team, his 1,387 rushing yards would rank 39th of 129 FBS programs.
  • 25 • Stanford is one of 10 teams to have allowed fewer than 25 points/game for four straight seasons.
  • 25 • Stanford's 25 fifth- and fourth-year seniors are the most of any Pac-12 program.
  • 23 • Stanford won the 2016-17 Division I Learfield Sports Directors' Cup, extending its streak to 23 years of capturing the award presented to the most successful intercollegiate athletic department in the nation.
  • 22.4 • As of 2016, Stanford's endowment eclipsed $22.4 billion.
  • 22 • Stanford requires students to declare a major before their junior year. Among the team's upperclassmen, 22 majors are represented. Majors are: civil engineering, communication, computer science, economics, history, human biology, international relations, Japanese, mechanical engineering, media studies, management science and engineering, philosophy, political science, product design, psychology, public policy, sociology, sustainable design and construction, symbolic systems, urban studies, and science, technology and society.
  • 21 • Junior wide receiver Trent Irwin has at least one reception in each of the past 21 games.
  • 20 • Junior running back Bryce Loves leads the FBS with 22 rushes of 20 or more yards. He has two or more rushes of 20 or more yards in every game this season.
  • 19 • The Stanford community includes 19 Nobel laureates.
  • 17 • Senior tight end Dalton Schultz has at least one catch in 17 consecutive games.
  • 16 • Stanford has won 16 of its past 17 games when scoring first.
  • 12 • Junior Bryce Love is one of 12 running backs in Stanford history with at least 2,000 career rushing yards (2,396).
  • 11 • Senior defensive tackle Harrison Phillips had a career-high 11 tackles at USC (Sept. 16), and 10 tackles one week later at San Diego State (Sept. 23).
  • 11 • Junior running back Bryce Love is the 11th running back in FBS history to gain 1,000 yards in his team's first five games. Others on the list include Marcus Allen, Barry Sanders, Ricky Williams and Leonard Fournette.
  • 11 • With 11 rushing touchdowns on the season, junior running back Bryce Love ranks seventh nationally and first among Pac-12 players.
  • 10.27 • Junior running back Bryce Love ranks first nationally with 10.27 yards/rush. Other notable running backs through seven games: Derrick Henry (5.9 yards/rush, 901 rushing yards), Mark Ingram (6.7 yards/rush, 905 rushing yards), Reggie Bush (8.6 yards/rush, 812 rushing yards), Ron Dayne (5.8 yards/rush, 1,020 rushing yards).
  • 9 • Coaching continuity remains a hallmark of the program. Nine of 10 full-time coaches returned for 2017, the only change coming at running back, where Ron Gould replaced Lance Taylor, who became the Carolina Panthers' wide receivers coach.
  • 9 • Junior running back Bryce Love is the first Cardinal ever with 100 yards rushing in each of his first nine career starts. His nine consecutive games with 100 or more yards rushing -- the nation's longest active streak -- is tied for first in Stanford history with Christian McCaffrey.
  • 9 • Junior running back Bryce Love has scored at least one touchdown in nine consecutive games, a streak that ranks third in Stanford history (Toby Gerhart - 11, Tyler Gaffney - 10).
  • 8.71 • Junior running back Bryce Love is Stanford's career leader with 8.71 yards/rush. The FBS career yards/rush record is 8.26 by Glenn Davis of Army (1943-46). The minimum number of carries to qualify is 300 -- Love has 275.
  • 8 • Stanford has won at least eight games for a school-record eight straight years (heading into 2017 season).
  • 8 • Stanford advanced to a school-record eighth straight bowl game in 2016, a streak that leads the Pac-12.
  • 8 • Junior running back Bryce Love's 301 yards rushing against Arizona State (Sept. 30) is the eighth-best single-game total in Pac-12 history.
  • 8 • Junior running back Bryce Love has eight rushing touchdowns of 50 or more yards.
  • 7 • The Cardinal has won seven straight against Oregon State and eight of the past nine.
  • 7 • Sophomore K.J. Costello is the seventh straight Stanford quarterback to win his starting debut, a 34-24 victory over Arizona State (Sept. 30).
  • 6 • At least six foreign languages are spoken by the Cardinal -- French (Sean Barton, Peter Kalambayi and Osiris St. Brown), Samoan (Gabe Reid), Japanese (Jesse Burkett), German (Devery Hamilton and Osiris St. Brown) and Austrian German (Thomas Schaffer). Multiple student-athletes are fluent in Spanish.
  • 6 • Stanford and Alabama lead the nation as the only programs with six seasons of 10 or more wins against FBS opponents since 2010.
  • 6 • Stanford is one of six programs with at least one national championship in football, baseball and men's basketball. It is the only program with at least one national championship in football, baseball, men's basketball and women's basketball.
  • 6 • Stanford has advanced to six bowl games in as many seasons under head coach David Shaw. Only Alabama's Nick Saban (10), Clemson's Dabo Swinney (9) and Florida State's Jimbo Fisher (7) have longer consecutive streaks dating to the tenure's start with their current team.
  • 6 • In the past six matchups, Stanford has outscored Oregon State, 203-86.
  • 5 • Stanford (Asia, Australia and North America) is one of five programs to play a college football game on three different continents, joining Boston College, BYU, Cal and Notre Dame.
  • 5 • Stanford has twice this season scored five rushing touchdowns in a game (vs. Rice, vs. UCLA).
  • 5 • Junior safety Justin Reid leads the nation with five interceptions.
  • 4.71 • Stanford ranks third among Pac-12 teams in tackles for loss allowed (4.71).
  • 4 • Stanford's defense has multiple interceptions in each of the past four games.
  • 3 • Since the start of the 2012 season, Stanford is one six FBS programs with at least three conference titles.
  • 3 • Stanford signed three of the nation's top-10 recruits in the 2017 class. The Cardinal had corralled two such signees in the combined 15 previous years. Stanford is the first school in the modern era of college football recruiting services to sign the No. 1 quarterback, No. 1 offensive tackle and No. 1 tight end in the same class, earning the trifecta from both Scout and 247Sports.
  • 3 • Three Stanford quarterbacks accounted for at least one touchdown in Stanford's season-opening win over Rice, a program-first since 1998 against Washington State. Senior Keller Chryst threw for three scores, fifth-year senior Ryan Burns threw for one score, and sophomore K.J. Costello ran for a 25-yard score.
  • 3 • Stanford ranks first among Pac-12 teams in fewest passes had intercepted (3).
  • 2.05 • Stanford has 180 rushing touchdowns in David Shaw's 88 games as head coach, an average of 2.05/game.
  • 2 • Former Cardinal John Elway (Denver Broncos) and John Lynch (San Francisco 49ers) are NFL general managers. The other two schools with two NFL general managers? Connecticut and John Carroll.
  • 2 • With two touchdown receptions against Rice, tight end Colby Parkinson became the first Cardinal true freshman with multiple scoring catches in a season opener.
  • 2 • Along with Oregon State, Stanford is one of two Power 5 programs with two byes this season.
  • 2 • Junior running back Bryce Love has two games with 250 or more rushing yards on the season. The rest of FBS players? Only seven such games combined.
  • 1.14 • Stanford's 1.14 turnover margin ranks first among Pac-12 teams and 10th nationally.
  • 1 • Stanford's defense has at least one takeaway in 21 of the past 26 games (14 forced fumbles, 26 interceptions).
  • 1 • Stanford has at least one sack in 75 of its past 81 games.
  • 1 • The Cardinal has at least one tackle for loss in each of its past 93 contests.
  • .938 • Stanford's .938 clip in the red zone ranks second among Pac-12 teams.
  • .802 • Stanford is 81-20 (.802) in this decade, the sixth-best winning pct. nationally over that stretch.
  • .780 • Head coach David Shaw is 46-13 (.780) against Pac-12 opponents during the regular season.
  • .778 • Stanford is 21-6 (.778) under head coach David Shaw in October.
  • .656 • Of 46 Power 5 head coaches that have completed at least five seasons, David Shaw's .656 (21-11) career winning percentage against ranked teams is second.
  • 0 • Stanford's opener against Rice was one of five games played during the season's Week 0.
  • 0 • Stanford has not allowed a sack over the past four games (100 pass attempts), the only team nationally that has not surrendered a sack over that stretch.