There\'s something odd about Stanford\'s road schedule this year -- Stanford has long road losing streaks against all but one of this year\'s road opponents. The details:
Notre Dame
Stanford\'s last win at ND: 1992
Stanford\'s losing streak at ND: 7 games
UCLA
Stanford\'s last win at UCLA: 1996
Stanford\'s losing streak at UCLA: 6 games
Arizona State
Stanford\'s last win at ASU: 1999
Stanford\'s losing streak at ASU: 4 games
UCBerkeley
Stanford\'s last win at UCBerkeley: 2000
Stanford\'s losing streak at UCBerkeley: 4 games
Oregon
Stanford\'s last win at Oregon: 2001
Stanford\'s losing streak at Oregon: 4 games
Against these five opponents combined, Stanford\'s road record since 2001 is 0-20.
And most of those 20 road losses were not close. In 13 of those 20 losses, Stanford lost by 21 points or more. Stanford lost by fewer than 7 points in only 2 of those 20 games.
The only one of this year\'s road opponents against which Stanford does not have a long road losing streak is, oddly enough, Washington. Stanford has won its last two games at UW. Still, it\'s hard to think of Washington as a team against which we\'ve had much road success -- between 1975 and 2006, Stanford went 31 years without a road win at Washington, losing 12 straight games at UW during that time.
Stanford does not have long road losing streaks against any of the other teams we play regularly. Stanford has a two-game road winning streak at USC, a one-game road winning streak at WSU, a one-game road losing streak at Arizona, and a two-game road losing streak at OSU. Stanford\'s combined road record against those four teams since 2001 is 8-7.
So, this year\'s road schedule includes all of the opponents that have been toughest for Stanford to beat on the road. Or to put it another way, Stanford has a great opportunity this year to reverse a lot of bad karma on the road. Stanford has struggled on the road against this group of opponents, but now it\'s time for some payback.
Notre Dame
Stanford\'s last win at ND: 1992
Stanford\'s losing streak at ND: 7 games
UCLA
Stanford\'s last win at UCLA: 1996
Stanford\'s losing streak at UCLA: 6 games
Arizona State
Stanford\'s last win at ASU: 1999
Stanford\'s losing streak at ASU: 4 games
UCBerkeley
Stanford\'s last win at UCBerkeley: 2000
Stanford\'s losing streak at UCBerkeley: 4 games
Oregon
Stanford\'s last win at Oregon: 2001
Stanford\'s losing streak at Oregon: 4 games
Against these five opponents combined, Stanford\'s road record since 2001 is 0-20.
And most of those 20 road losses were not close. In 13 of those 20 losses, Stanford lost by 21 points or more. Stanford lost by fewer than 7 points in only 2 of those 20 games.
The only one of this year\'s road opponents against which Stanford does not have a long road losing streak is, oddly enough, Washington. Stanford has won its last two games at UW. Still, it\'s hard to think of Washington as a team against which we\'ve had much road success -- between 1975 and 2006, Stanford went 31 years without a road win at Washington, losing 12 straight games at UW during that time.
Stanford does not have long road losing streaks against any of the other teams we play regularly. Stanford has a two-game road winning streak at USC, a one-game road winning streak at WSU, a one-game road losing streak at Arizona, and a two-game road losing streak at OSU. Stanford\'s combined road record against those four teams since 2001 is 8-7.
So, this year\'s road schedule includes all of the opponents that have been toughest for Stanford to beat on the road. Or to put it another way, Stanford has a great opportunity this year to reverse a lot of bad karma on the road. Stanford has struggled on the road against this group of opponents, but now it\'s time for some payback.