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Eastbound to Utah

Stanford Cardinal (3-2 overall, 2-1 Pac-12)
No. 20/18 Utah Utes (4-0 overall, 1-0 Pac-12)

October 7, 2017 • 7:15 p.m. PT
Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,807) • Salt Lake City, Utah

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TelevisionLive national broadcast on FS1 with Eric Collins (play-by-play), Danny Kanell (analyst) and A.J. Hawk (analyst).

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

  • 16,965 • As the crow flies, Stanford will have traveled 16,965 miles before kicking off against Utah on Oct. 7. 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), and 858 from San Diego Stadium (at San Diego State on Sept. 16).
  • 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.
  • 2015 • Stanford's last regular-season road win against a top-25 team came at No. 6 USC on Sept. 6, 2015. Its last regular-season road win against a top-25 not on California soil was Nov. 17, 2012 at No. 1 Oregon.
  • 2013 • During Stanford's last trip to Rice-Eccles Stadium, Utah posted 415 yards of total offense to propel the Utes to a 27-21 upset of the fifth-ranked Cardinal. Ty Montgomery amassed more than 200 all-purpose yards, including a 100-yard kick return for a touchdown in the first quarter, but the Stanford offense was stifled. With a 13-point deficit to overcome in the fourth quarter, Kevin Hogan found Devon Cajuste near the sideline of the end zone for a score. The Cardinal defense forced a second consecutive three-and-out, but on its final drive the offense fell short on fourth-and-two from the Utah six-yard line with 51 seconds remaining.
  • 1995 • After denying Utah's last-second attempt to put the ball in the end zone, Stanford left Salt Lake City with a 27-20 win and a 2-0 record. Stanford safety Alistair White intercepted a pass in his own end zone with 13 seconds left in the game to preserve the Cardinal triumph. The Cardinal turned the ball over twice inside the Utah 25 -- an interception by quarterback Mark Butterfield and a fumble by running back Anthony Bookman -- but the Stanford defense was stout. It held Utah to just 255 yards of total offense and turned the Utes away without touchdowns on three trips to the red zone.
  • 1989 • Just four days after the Quake of '89 hit the Bay Area, the Cardinal resumed play at Stanford Stadium, dropping a 27-24 contest to Utah. Wide receiver Jon Pickney caught six passes for 148 yards and two touchdowns to pace the Cardinal, but with a comfortable 24-13 early in the fourth quarter, Stanford watched Utah put up 14 unanswered points. Utes quarterback Scott Mitchell hit Dennis Smith for a 26-yard touchdown pass and, on the next possession, found Darrel Hicks over the middle for a 23-yard score with 30 seconds to play.
  • 1,088 • Junior running back Bryce Love's 1,088 rushing yards through five games are 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.
  • 667 • Stanford's 667 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.
  • 591 • Junior running back Bryce Love's 11 longest runs in 2017 total 591 yards. Only one other Power 5 player has more than 591 rushing yards all season (Oregon's Royce Freeman - 592).
  • 564 • Junior running back Bryce Love has gained 564 yards rushing in the past two games, third-most over a two-game stretch in Pac-12 history.
  • 542 • Junior running back Bryce Love has gained 542 yards rushing after contact, a figure that itself would rank seventh nationally for total rushing yards.
  • 500 • Stanford has gained more than 500 yards of total offense six times in its past nine 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 39 of its past 53 games.
  • 301 • Junior running back Bryce Love's 301 yards rushing against Arizona State (Sept. 30) are 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.
  • 270 • Stanford leads the nation with 270 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.
  • 218.6 • Junior running back Bryce Love ranks first among Pac-12 players -- and third nationally -- with 218.6 all-purpose yards/game. Junior running back Cameron Scarlett (115.8) is ninth among Pac-12 players.
  • 217.6 • Junior running back Bryce Love ranks first nationally with 217.6 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.
  • 200 • Stanford has allowed 200 or more rushing yards only 13 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.
  • 193 • Stanford has made 193 consecutive extra-point attempts, the third-longest streak in the nation (Michigan - 297, Texas A&M - 222). The streak dates to Stanford's matchup at Oregon State on Oct. 26, 2013.
  • 139 • Stanford has scored in 139 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.
  • 129 • Stanford was the 129th and final FBS program to plays its originally scheduled home opener Sept. 23 against UCLA at Stanford Stadium. Georgia Southern's Sept. 9 home opener was moved to Birmingham, Alabama, due to the impending threat of Hurricane Irma, and plays its first true home game on Oct. 4.
  • 123 • Stanford opened its 123rd season with a nonconference game against Rice on Aug. 26 in Sydney, Australia.
  • 113 • The Cardinal and UCLA share the NCAA lead with 113 team titles.
  • 111 • Junior running back Bryce Love has more rushing yards (1,088) than 111 FBS teams.
  • 100 • Stanford has rushed for at least 100 yards in 63 of its past 69 games. Stanford has not recorded fewer than 100 yards rushing in a victory since the second game of 2012 (92 yards vs. Duke).
  • 100 • Junior running back Bryce Love's 217.6 rushing yards/game is more than 100 FBS teams, including 14 of the current AP Top 25.
  • 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).
  • 79 • Stanford's 79 wins this decade are the most of any private school, ahead of TCU (68), USC (66), Baylor (64), Navy (63) and Notre Dame (63).
  • 77 • Stanford's 77 wins against FBS opponents this decade ranks second nationally. Only Alabama (84) has more.
  • 67 • Head coach David Shaw has 67 career wins, four shy of matching the school record set by Glenn "Pop" Warner (71 from 1924-32).
  • 60 • Stanford leads the nation with six plays from scrimmage covering 60 or more yards.
  • 60 • Stanford has recorded at least one rushing touchdown 60 times in its past 67 games. Stanford has won 26 of its past 29 games when recording at least one rushing touchdown.
  • 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.
  • 51.4 • Junior running back Bryce Love is averaging 51.4 yards/scoring play (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).
  • 50 • Stanford leads the nation with eight 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 seven straight games, the only player to do so in the past 20 years. Love has seven rushes of 50 or more yards in five games this season, tops in the nation among individuals and more than any FBS program except Notre Dame (7). 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.
  • 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).
  • 44 • Stanford's 44 regular-season conference wins are second-most nationally since 2011 behind Alabama (45).
  • 43 • Stanford has won 43 consecutive games when leading after three quarters, dating to Oct. 13, 2012 – an overtime loss at Notre Dame.
  • 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 has scored at least 40 points in five of its past nine games.
  • 40 • Stanford leads the nation with 11 plays from scrimmage covering 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.
  • 33 • Stanford has produced 33 NFL draft picks since 2010, 12th-most by any program over that span.
  • 32:35 • At 32:35, Stanford's average time of possession per game since 2011 ranks fifth nationally.
  • 31 • Stanford has 31 rushing touchdowns in its past 11 games.
  • 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 57 times in its past 64 games.
  • 30 • Stanford leads the nation with 16 plays from scrimmage covering 30 or more yards.
  • 28 • Stanford had 28 former players make NFL opening day rosters, third-most of any Pac-12 team.
  • 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 has scored on each of its 22 trips to the red zone -- seven rushing touchdowns, eight passing touchdowns, seven field goals.
  • 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.
  • 20 • Stanford leads the nation with 22 plays from scrimmage covering 20 or more yards.
  • 19 • The Stanford community includes 19 Nobel laureates.
  • 19 • Junior wide receiver Trent Irwin has at least one reception in each of the past 19 games.
  • 12 • Junior Bryce Love is one of 12 running backs in Stanford history with at least 2,000 career rushing yards.
  • 11.1 • Junior running back Bryce Love ranks first nationally with 11.1 yards/rush.
  • 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 • Sophomore kicker Jet Toner is one of 11 players nationally without a missed field goal attempt (9-9).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 8.81 • Junior running back Bryce Love is Stanford's career leader with 8.81 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 238.
  • 8 • Stanford has won at least eight games for a school-record eight straight years.
  • 8 • Stanford advanced to a school-record eighth straight bowl game in 2016, a streak that leads the Pac-12.
  • 8 • With eight rushing touchdowns on the season, junior running back Bryce Love ranks seventh nationally and second among Pac-12 players. Junior running back Cameron Scarlett's six rushing touchdowns ranks 18th nationally.
  • 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.
  • 7 • Junior running back Bryce Love is the first Cardinal ever with 100 yards rushing in each of his first seven career starts. His seven consecutive games with 100 or more yards rushing ranks second in Stanford history (Christian McCaffrey - 9, Toby Gerhart - 7).
  • 7 • Junior running back Bryce Love has scored at least one touchdown in seven consecutive games, a streak that ranks third in Stanford history (Toby Gerhart - 11, Tyler Gaffney - 10, Tommy Vardell - 7).
  • 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 • Junior running back Bryce Love has six rushing touchdowns of 50 or more yards. The top-8 AP poll teams (Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma, Penn State, Georgia, Washington, Michigan and TCU) have combined for six.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 2.07 • Stanford has 176 rushing touchdowns in David Shaw's 86 games as head coach, an average of 2.07/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 • Saturday's game features two of the longest tenured head coaches in the Pac-12. David Shaw is in his seventh season at Stanford, and Kyle Whittingham is in his 13th season at Utah.
  • 2 • Junior running back Bryce Love has two games with 250 or more rushing yards on the season. The rest of FBS players? Only two such games combined.
  • 1 • Stanford ranks first among Pac-12 teams in passes had intercepted (2).
  • 1 • Stanford ranks first among Pac-12 teams in tackles for loss allowed (4.40).
  • 1 • Stanford ranks first among Pac-12 teams in turnovers lost (5).
  • 1 • Stanford's defense has at least one takeaway in 19 of the past 24 games (13 forced fumbles, 22 interceptions).
  • 1 • Stanford has at least one sack in 73 of its past 79 games.
  • 1 • The Cardinal has at least one tackle for loss in each of its past 91 contests.
  • 1 • Stanford head coach David Shaw has recorded a win in all but one Pac-12 venue -- Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium.
  • 1.000 • Under head coach David Shaw, Stanford is 7-0 (1.000) on FS1.
  • .798 • Stanford is 79-20 (.798) in this decade, the sixth-best winning pct. nationally over that stretch.
  • .772 • Head coach David Shaw is 44-13 (.772) against Pac-12 opponents during the regular season.
  • .760 • Stanford is 19-6 (.760) under head coach David Shaw in October.
  • .645 • Of 46 Power 5 head coaches that have completed at least five seasons, David Shaw's .645 (20-11) career winning percentage against ranked teams is second.
  • .429 • Stanford trails, 3-4-0 (.429), in the all-time series with Utah. The Cardinal is 2-1 in games played in Salt Lake City.
  • 0 • Stanford's opener against Rice was one of five games played during the season's Week 0.