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Desert Moon

#RV/24 Stanford Cardinal (4-2, 2-1)
Arizona State Sun Devils (3-3, 1-2)

October 18, 2018 • 6 p.m.
Sun Devil Stadium (53,599) • Tempe, Ariz.

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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.

On the WebGoStanford.comTheSunDevils.com#GoStanford

What You Need to Know

  • 12 • Twelve days after its last outing, Stanford travels to Arizona State for a Thursday night Pac-12 Conference game against the Sun Devils.
  • .757 • Head coach David Shaw is 22-7 (.757) in October.
  • .714 • Stanford is 10-4 (.714) under head coach David Shaw when coming off a bye week.
  • .600 • Stanford is 3-2 (.600) under Shaw when playing on Thursday.
  • .783 • Stanford is 18-5 (.783) under Shaw when coming off a loss.
  • 301 • No player in Stanford history ever had the type of day that senior running back Bryce Love did in 2017 when he set a single-game school record for 301 yards rushing and three touchdowns to help the Cardinal beat Arizona State, 34-24. Love's total gave him 1,088 yards overall, the third FBS player since 2004 to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark in his team's first five games.
  • 2011 • Since Shaw's first season in 2011, Stanford's ... • 77 wins represent the winningest stretch in program history • 77 wins ranks sixth nationally • .762 winning pct. ranks eighth nationally • .675 road winning pct. ranks 12th nationally • .773 conference winning pct. is the best of any Pac-12 program • 51 conference wins are the most of any Pac-12 program
  • 89 • Stanford's 89 wins this decade rank fifth nationally and the most of any private school, ahead of TCU (78), USC (77) and Notre Dame (76).
  • 51 • With a Sept. 22 victory over Oregon, head coach David Shaw earned his 51st Pac-12 win, tying him with Washington's James Phelan (1930-41) at 15th for most conference victories. Shaw needed only 65 games to achieve 50 conference wins, tied for second-fastest in Pac-12 history (USC's Pete Carroll reached the 50-win mark through 60 league games).
  • 34 • Sure-handed senior wide receiver Trenton Irwin has at least one reception in 34 consecutive games, a streak that ranks eighth nationally.
  • 2.0 • Sophomore cornerback Paulson Adebo ranks third nationally -- and first among Pac-12 players -- with 2.0 passes defended/game.
  • 8 • Senior wide receiver JJ Arcega-Whiteside ranks third nationally -- and first among Pac-12 players -- with eight receiving touchdowns. Dating to the 2017 regular season finale against Notre Dame, Arcega-Whiteside has 12 receiving scores over the past nine games.
  • 14.13 • Junior quarterback K.J. Costello ranks 17th nationally -- and third among Pac-12 players -- with 14.13 yards/completion. Costello is third among Pac-12 quarterbacks with 8.85 yards/attempt.
  • .857 • Junior kicker Jet Toner's .857 field goal percentage ranks second among Pac-12 players.
  • 0.58 • Fifth-year senior outside linebacker Joey Alfieri ranks sixth among Pac-12 defenders with 0.58 sacks/game.
  • 253 • Senior inside linebacker Ryan Beecher was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma on Dec. 21, 2017. His final chemotherapy session came on June 4, 2018, and he returned to action in Stanford's season opener against San Diego State on Aug. 31, 2018, a span of 253 days after his diagnosis.