- Stanford returns home to Stanford Stadium for the next two weeks, hosting Colorado in its home opener on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. PT. The Cardinal has won 12 consecutive home openers dating back to the 2008 season. Last year, Stanford beat Northwestern, 17-7, in the home opener.
- In his first career start, sophomore running back Austin Jones rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries. It was his first career 100-yard game and first career two-touchdown game.
- Seven Cardinal made their first career starts on Saturday: CB Ethan Bonner, RB Austin Jones, OLB Thunder Keck, ILB Ricky Miezan, DE Thomas Schaffer, CB Salim Turner-Muhammad and SS Noah Williams.
- Seven Cardinal made their first career appearances on Saturday: RB Casey Filkins, WR John Humphreys, K Joshua Karty, QB Tanner McKee, LS Kyle Petrucci, CB Omari Porter and TE Benjamin Yurosek.
- Sophomore inside linebacker Levani Damuni had an interception and fumble recovery on Saturday at Oregon, both career firsts.
- Nathaniel Peat rushed six times for 93 yards, including an explosive 73-yard carry that set up Jones’ second touchdown of the night. Peat added 98 kick return yards to finish with 191 all-purpose yards.
- 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 paid off in a big way Saturday night. The Cardinal rushed for 197 yards at Oregon. Stanford’s season high during the 2019 season was 189 yards vs. Washington. Stanford’s starting offensive line Saturday at Oregon was LT Walter Rouse, LG Barrett Miller, C Drew Dalman, RG Branson Bragg and RT Foster Sarell. In total, the OL room has a combined 58 career starts.
- Stanford has seven student-athletes who served two-year LDS missions prior to enrolling, the lastest of which is true freshman QB Tanner McKee who returned from Brazil in the spring. The others to have served on LDS missions are: sophomore ILB Levani Damuni (New Zealand), junior WR Simi Fehoki (South Korea), senior FB Houston Heimuli (Indianapolis), sophomore ILB Spencer Jorgensen (Thailand), junior OLB Tangaloa Kaufusi (Taiwan) and senior OLB Gabe Reid (American Samoa).