Stanford’s game vs. Washington State, which was scheduled for Nov. 21, was canceled on Friday afternoon. The decision was made under the Pac-12’s football game cancellation policy due to Washington State not having the minimum number of scholarship players available for the game as a result of a number of positive football student-athlete COVID-19 cases and resulting isolation of additional football student-athletes under contact tracing protocols.
Stanford and Cal meet for the 123rd Big Game on Friday inside California Memorial Stadium. The Cardinal is 8-1 in Big Games under Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football David Shaw.
The Big Game is the sixth-most played FBS rivalry game. Cal is Stanford’s most common opponent (next is USC with 99 all-time meetings). Stanford’s 64 wins over the Bears are its most against any opponent.
True sophomore running backs Nathaniel Peat (286) and Austin Jones (179) are Stanford’s top two in terms of all-purpose yards through the first two games.
Stanford’s three defensive captains are its three leading tacklers through two games. ILB Curtis Robinson has 14, while FS Malik Antoine and DE Thomas Booker each have 11.
A week after missing all four field goals, fifth-year kicker Jet Toner was back to the player Cardinal fans have come to know. Against Colorado, Toner was 3-for-3 with makes from 28, 33 and 48 yards.
In his season debut, Davis Mills was 31-of-56 passing for 327 yards and one touchdown. He also added his first career rushing touchdown. Mills’ 327 yards passing were the second-most in his career. His 31 completions were just outside the Top 10 for a single game in school history while his 56 attempts were tied for fifth-most. In last season’s game at Washington State, Mills set the school record for passing with 504 yards. He was 33-of-50, both career highs, while his three touchdowns tied a career high.
No unit was hit harder by injuries in 2019 than Stanford’s offensive line, but the experience gained by a slew of true freshmen last season has proven valuable early in 2020. The Cardinal rushed for 197 yards at Oregon. Stanford’s season high during the 2019 season was 189 yards vs. Washington. Through two games, the Cardinal has allowed just one sack. The 0.5 sacks per game allowed are fifth-best in the country.
Fifth-year tight end Scooter Harrington caught his first career touchdown pass against Colorado in what was his 38th career game. He finished the game with two catches for 18 yards. He entered the game having made 10 career catches for 52 yards.
