The Opening Kickoff
- The final home game of the season takes place on Saturday afternoon as Stanford hosts No. 25 Louisville inside Stanford Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12:30 pm PT on ACC Network.
- Despite a lot of recent travel into the Eastern Time Zone, Stanford will not leave the Bay Area during its final three games. The season concludes with road games at California and San Jose State.
- Stanford is looking to snap a six-game losing streak, with five of those losses coming in ACC play. The last win for the Cardinal was its inaugural ACC game at Syracuse on Sept. 20.
- The Stanford defense has been significantly better at forcing offenses into mistakes in year two under Willie Shaw Director of Defense Bobby April. The Cardinal has forced 13 turnovers through nine games, compared to just 11 during the entire 2023 season. Stanford is also one of eight FBS teams with an interception return touchdown, fumble return touchdown and a special teams touchdown.
- This year's Cardinal team is one of the most aggressive in the country. Stanford has gone for it on fourth down 26 times, tied for fifth-most in FBS. The 14 successful fourth-down conversions are tied for 12th-most in the country.
- Ashton Daniels put up one of the best rushing performances by a Stanford quarterback in program history at NC State. He carried the ball 11 times for 129 yards, tying the 55-year record set by Don Bunce in 1969 against Washington State. He also scored twice, including a 67-yard run in the first quarter that marked the longest rush by a Cardinal since 2022.
- Young players have been making an impact for the Cardinal all season long. Two freshman running backs have over 260 yards (Micah Ford and Chris Davis Jr.). 81.7% of the team's receiving yards are from underclassmen, the highest mark in college football. Redshirt sophomore Elic Ayomanor is the team's leading receiver with 46 receptions for 592 yards and five touchdowns.
- Continuing on the theme of youth, 14 different Cardinal have made their first collegiate starts in 2024. That is tied for the eighth most in FBS and leads the ACC. 18 players have also made their collegiate debuts this year, totaling 41 collegiate debuts in the first two years under Troy Taylor.