The Opening Kickoff
- Stanford football emerges from its final bye week of the season with a road contest against Virginia Tech on Saturday night. The game is televised on ACC Network at 4:30 p.m. PT.
- Stanford has lost 15 consecutive road games, the longest streak in program history and the longest active road losing streak in FBS. Stanford's last road win came in its first-ever ACC game, a 26-24 win at Syracuse on Sept. 20, 2024.
- In its four wins this year, Stanford is averaging 34 points per game and 485.5 yards of offense, compared to just 9.4 points per game and 257.2 yards of offense in its four losses.
- The Cardinal can secure bowl eligibility for the first time since 2018 by winning two of its final three games.
- Davis Warren leads the ACC and is fifth in the country in pass attempts (308) and has thrown just three interceptions. Including Warren, there are just 13 FBS quarterbacks with at least 200 passing attempts and three or fewer interceptions. Warren also ranks fifth in the ACC in passing yards (2,203) and is one of seven Power 4 quarterbacks with at least 2,000 passing yards and three or fewer interceptions.
- The Cardinal has 10 passing plays of at least 40 yards this season, one shy of the most in the ACC. That is the most over an entire season by Stanford since at least 2020, still with three games remaining.
- Micah Ford is one of four Power Four running backs to have at least 750 rushing yards and 200 receiving yards this year. The last Cardinal running back to have at least 750 rushing yards and 200 receiving yards was Christian McCaffrey in 2016. Between Weeks 7-9, Ford was the only FBS running back with at least 400 rushing yards and 150 receiving yards.
- A Stanford running back has caught a touchdown pass in three consecutive games, a first for the program since the final three games of the 2015 season (including the 2016 Rose Bowl Game).
- Against Louisville, Stanford went 4-for-8 on fourth-down attempts, setting program records in both attempts and conversions. Stanford is tied for seventh in FBS with 26 fourth-down attempts, which ranks third in the ACC. The Cardinal is tied for 25th nationally in fourth-down conversions (12) and is the only team with three touchdowns on fourth-down attempts.