Random numbers -
terry - 09-22-2010
Random numbers . . .
Andrew Luck has 10 TD passes and 0 interceptions so far this year.
15 different Stanford players have scored TDs so far this year.
Before this year, the last time Stanford won 3 straight games by 35 points or more was in 1928. The coach was Pop Warner.
Toby Gerhart had 66% of Stanford\'s rushing yards last year. So far this year, Stanford\'s leading rusher, Stepfan Taylor, has 22% of Stanford\'s rushing yards.
The last time Stanford scored more than 68 points was 61 years ago, in a 74-20 win over Hawaii in 1949.
The combined 92 points scored in Stanford\'s 68-24 win over Wake Forest is tied for the 5th most points ever scored in a Stanford game. The record for combined points in a Stanford game is 107.
The Wake Forest game is the only Stanford game in the last 25 years with combined scoring of 90+ points that didn\'t involve Oregon:
107 - Stanford 58, Oregon 49, 1997
93 - Stanford 51, Oregon 42, 2009
92 - Stanford 68, Wake Forest 24, 2010
91 - Oregon 63, Stanford 28, 1998
91 - Stanford 49, Oregon 42, 2001
Chase Thomas is the Pac 10\'s co-leader in sacks, with 4 sacks (3 solo, 1 assisted). Stanford is tied for the Pac 10 team lead in sacks, with 11.
Offensive stats after 3 games, this year and last year:
2009 2010
Rushing Attempts 108 125
Rushing Yards 614 727
Rushing Avg. 5.7 5.8
Rushing Yds/Game 204.7 242.3
Passing comp.-att. 45-73 48-76
Passing yards 640 699
Passing Yds/Att. 8.8 9.2
Passing Yds/Game 213.3 233.0
Total Yards/Game 418.0 475.3
[Opponents were Wake Forest, UCLA, and Sacramento St. this year, and Wake Forest, Washington St., and San Jose St. last year.]
Jim Harbaugh\'s overall record at Stanford is now 20-20 . . . 14-14 in conference games, 6-6 in non-conference games.
Stanford has won 13 of its last 15 home games.
Stanford has a chance for a 4-0 start this year. Stanford has started a season 4-0 just once in the last 57 seasons (in 1986).
Stanford has lost 7 straight games at Notre Dame. Stanford\'s last win in South Bend was in 1992.
Since 1993, Stanford\'s record in the Eastern and Central time zones is 1-14-1. The win was at Navy in 2005 and the tie was at Northwestern in 1994. Half of the losses were to Notre Dame. It\'s time to break that streak.
Re: Random numbers -
washingtonismoney - 09-22-2010
Some other fun numbers can be found here:
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/fei-ratings/2010/fei-three-and-out
Who knew Stanford was third in the country in forcing three and outs?