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Pac-12 North Battle

#7/7 Stanford Cardinal (3-0, 1-0))
#20/19 Oregon Ducks (3-0, 0-0)

September 22, 2018 • 5 p.m. PT
Autzen Stadium (54,000) • Eugene, Ore.

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TelevisionLive national broadcast on ABC with Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) and Maria Taylor (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 • GoDucks.com • #GoStanford

What You Need to Know

  • 1 • Stanford will face its first road test of the 2018 season when it travels to Autzen Stadium to battle Oregon on Saturday in a Pac-12 North division matchup.
  • 4 • ESPN College GameDay will precede Saturday's contest, with the show on site for a regular season Cardinal affair for the seventh time -- 2010 at No. 4 Oregon, 2011 at No. 20 USC, 2011 vs. No. 6 Oregon, 2012 at No. 7 Notre Dame, 2012 at No. 1 Oregon, 2013 at USC.
  • 7 • Stanford is ranked seventh in the latest AP poll, its highest ranking since tabbed seventh heading into a road contest at No. 10 Washington on Sept. 30, 2016.
  • 1900 • In a series that dates to 1900, Stanford leads, 48-32-1.
  • 2011 • This will be the first time that a top-10 ranked Stanford team travels to Autzen Stadium since No. 3 Stanford faced No. 6 Oregon in 2011.
  • 10 • Either Stanford or Oregon has been ranked in 10 of the past 12 matchups.
  • 5 • Since 2011, the winner of the Stanford-Oregon matchup has five times gone on to win the Pac-12 North division.
  • 2 • Stanford has won the past two meetings with Oregon, and last won three straight over the Ducks from 1995-97.
  • 11 • The Cardinal owns the longest winning streak in the series -- 11 games -- from 1900-29.
  • 40 • In nine of the past 13 meetings, either Stanford or Oregon has scored at least 40 points.
  • 140 • The 81-game series has been decided by 140 points with Stanford out-scoring Oregon, 1,817-1,677.
  • 76 • Head coach David Shaw has 76 career wins, the most in Stanford history.
  • .788 • Stanford is 26-7 (.788) under Shaw when ranked in the top 10.
  • .632 • Stanford is 24-14 (.632) under Shaw against ranked opponents, the fifth-best clip nationally since 2011.
  • 24 • Stanford's 24 wins against ranked opponents is the third-best total nationally since 2011, trailing only Alabama (39) and LSU (26).
  • 88 • Stanford's 88 wins this decade rank fourth nationally and the most of any private school, ahead of TCU (77), USC (74) and Notre Dame (72).
  • 50 • With a Sept. 8 win over USC, Shaw earned his 50th Pac-12 win, tying him with Cal's Jeff Tedford (2002-12) at 16th for most conference victories. Stanford's 50 conference wins since 2011 are the fourth-most league victories of any FBS program (Oklahoma – 52, Alabama – 51, Ohio State – 51).
  • 23 • Stanford's defense has allowed only 23 points and two touchdowns through three games, with the Cardinal's 7.7 points allowed/game ranking first nationally. Only two Cardinal teams in the past 40 years have allowed fewer than 23 points through its first three games -- 1971 (20) and 2014 (13). The 2014 squad ranked second nationally with 16.4 points allowed/game, and the 1971 unit steered Stanford to a Pac-12 title and Rose Bowl win over Michigan behind a school-record 11.3 points allowed/game.
  • 7 • Junior quarterback K.J. Costello's seven touchdown passes tied Andrew Luck (2011) and Kevin Hogan (2014) for the most by any quarterback in the Shaw era through the season's first three games.
  • 5 • Stanford is off to a 3-0 start for the fifth time since 2010, when it began 4-0. Here are the others: 2011 (9-0), 2012 (3-0), 2013 (5-0) and 2016 (3-0).
  • 35 • Stanford is one of 35 teams nationally without a loss.
  • 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.