It Happened Against WSU

It Happened Against Washington State
 
1952 - Keith Jackson made his broadcasting debut as the Pullman-area radio voice for this game. No word on whether Jackson uttered his famous, "Whoa, Nellie!" when Dick Monteith blocked an extra-point try to preserve Stanford's 14-13 victory.
 
1969 - Stanford's defense limited the Cougars to just 109 yards in total offense, which is the fourth-lowest output ever by a Cardinal opponent. Stanford won the game 49-0 at Stanford Stadium.
 
1970 - Jim Plunkett connected with Randy Vataha on 96-yard touchdown pass with 10:12 left in the second quarter, marking the longest pass play in school history at the time. Plunkett finished with 275 yards in total offense to become the NCAA's all-time career record holder in that category. Stanford won 63-16.
 
1971 - Stanford's only Pac-8 loss in a Rose Bowl season was to Washington State, 24-23, at Stanford Stadium. The Cougars' Don Sweet kicked a 27-yard field goal with four seconds left to cap a 14-play, 75-yard drive that began with 2:11 to go.
 
1975 - Stanford ran for 395 yards in a 54-14 victory over the Cougars in Pullman. The rushing performance ranks as the fourth-best in school history.
 
1978 - Quarterback Steve Dils set Pac-10 single-game records for passing yards (430), total offense (438) and touchdown passes (5) in Stanford's 43-27 win over the Cougars in Pullman. Dils' performance overshadowed a record-breaking performance by sophomore Darrin Nelson, who set the school's all-time career rushing record in just his 18th game.
 
1980 - Darrin Nelson ran for 202 yards on 21 carries in a 48-34 victory in Pullman. The rushing performance ranks as the 10th-best in school history; John Elway threw for 379 yards and five touchdowns.
 
2008 - Toby Gerhart rushed for four first-half touchdowns to tie a single-game record as Stanford blanked the Cougars, 58-0 in a driving rainstorm at Stanford Stadium. The 58-point margin of victory was Stanford's second largest in the post-World War II-era.
 
2009 - Andrew Luck threw for 193 yards in his collegiate debut and Toby Gerhart ran for 121 as Stanford won its season opener in Pullman, 39-13. Chris Owusu returned a kickoff 85 yards for a TD in the third quarter, his first of three kickoff returns for touchdowns during the season.
 
2011 - Stanford extended its national-long winning streak to 14 games with a 44-14 victory in Pullman. Stanford led only 10-7 at halftime, but erupted for 34 second-half points, including a 96-yard kickoff return for a score by Ty Montgomery as time expired.
 
2015 - Washington State kicker Erik Powell, who had made five field goals, missed wide right on a 43-yard effort as time expired, giving Stanford a 30-28 victory. After Quenton Meeks intercepted a pass to give Stanford the ball, Conrad Ukropina kicked 19-yarder with 1:54 left to put the Cardinal in front. Quarterback Kevin Hogan led a comeback from a 22-10 second-half deficit with his legs, rushing for 112 yards on 14 carries.