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#9/9 Stanford Cardinal (2-0)
UC Davis Aggies (2-0)

September 15, 2018 • 11 a.m.
Stanford Stadium (50,424) • Stanford, Calif.

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TelevisionLive national broadcast on Pac-12 Network with Ted Robinson (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (analyst) and Jill Savage (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.

On the WebGoStanford.com • UCDavisAggies.com • #GoStanford

What You Need to Know

  • 11 • Stanford's 11 a.m. nonconference meeting with UC Davis is the earliest home start time in program history. The Cardinal's last 11 a.m. local time kickoff came at Northwestern to open the 2015 season.
  • 700 • When the Cardinal and UC Davis last met in 2014, the season-opening victory was the 700th win in program history. It was the first of three straight home games to start that season.
  • .667 • Stanford leads the series with UC Davis, 2-1 (.667). Stanford won the first meeting, 59-0, on Nov. 12, 1932, against the team known as the California Aggies. It served as a tuneup for the Big Game and was the last victory in the Stanford coaching career of Glenn "Pop" Warner, who went 71-17-8 (.781) from 1924-32. The College Football Hall of Famer coached Stanford to its first two Rose Bowls. However, UC Davis stunned the Cardinal in 2005 with 20 unanswered points in a 20-17 upset at Stanford Stadium.
  • 2005 • The 2005 matchup with the Aggies marked the first time Stanford played a (then) non-Division I-A opponent since the Cardinal beat Cornell, 56-6, in 1991. The Aggies, who were in the third year of a four-year transition from NCAA Division II to Division I, previously had not played a Division I team since a 44-14 loss to Idaho in 1997. UC Davis' Jon Grant threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Blaise Smith with eight seconds left as the Aggies posted a 20-17 win to spoil Stanford head coach Walt Harris' home debut. UC Davis held Stanford to 180 yards, as the Cardinal managed two first-half touchdowns on a pair of fumble recoveries.
  • 2003 • UC Davis visited Stanford Stadium prior to the 2003 campaign for a "scrimmage" in which both teams competed against one another in a game-like setting.
  • 4 • Stanford played the UC Davis reserves four times in 1946, 1947, 1949 and 1950, going 2-1-1 in that span.
  • 45 • In 2014, Ty Montgomery returned his first career punt for a touchdown and caught five passes for 77 yards and another score, as routed UC Davis, 45-0.
  • 52 • During the 2014 matchup against UC Davis, then-freshmen Christian McCaffrey's first career touch results in a 52-yard touchdown catch from Kevin Hogan.
  • 9 • Stanford is ranked ninth in the latest AP poll, its highest ranking since tabbed seventh heading into a road contest at No. 10 Washington on Sept. 30, 2016.
  • 8 • Stanford (13th) was ranked in the AP preseason poll for the eighth time in as many seasons under head coach David Shaw.
  • 75 • Head coach David Shaw has 75 career wins, the most in Stanford history.
  • 87 • Stanford's 87 wins this decade rank fourth nationally and the most of any private school, ahead of TCU (77), USC (74) and Notre Dame (71).
  • 8 • Stanford has won at least eight games for a school-record nine straight years.
  • .833 • Stanford is 25-5 (.833) against in-state opponents under head coach David Shaw.
  • .828 • Stanford is 53-11 (.828) in games played on California soil under head coach David Shaw.
  • 50 • With a Sept. 8 win over USC, head coach David Shaw earned his 50th Pac-12 win, tying him with Cal's Jeff Tedford (2002-12) at 16th for most conference victories.
  • 107 • Stanford has not surrendered a touchdown in the past 107 minutes and 38 seconds of game action.
  • 24 • Stanford, which operates on the academic quarter calendar, will have 24 days between its season opener (Aug. 31) and the first day of classes (Sept. 24). The Cardinal will play three home games (vs. San Diego State, vs. USC, vs. UC Davis) before students return to campus for the fall quarter.
  • 1921 • Built in 1921, Stanford Stadium is the eighth-oldest FBS facility. The current configuration includes a renovation completed prior to the 2006 season. The venue has a cozy seating capacity of 50,424, a considerable difference from the 85,000 that existed in what was previously the largest privately owned college football facility in the United States. Stanford Stadium has a long and storied history. In 1928, Herbert Hoover, a former Stanford football student manager, gave his acceptance speech there upon being nominated as the Republican presidential candidate. During the height of the Cold War, track coach Payton Jordan brought the USA-USSR dual meet to Stanford in 1962 in "the greatest track meet of all time." The stadium was the site of the 1985 Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins. The 1994 World Cup, including a July 4 showdown between the U.S. and Brazil and the 1999 Women's World Cup semifinal between the U.S. and Brazil took place at Stanford Stadium.