10-06-2011, 04:10 PM
Random stats . . .
Colorado has lost 19 straight road games. Colorado's last road win was in 2007.
Stanford is one win away from matching the school record for consecutive wins. Stanford won 13 straight in 1939-1941 with Clark Shaughnessy, Frankie Albert, and the Wow Boys, and also in 1904-1905.
Stanford has won 9 straight conference games, which ties the school record. Stanford also won 9 straight conference games in 1969-70 with the Plunkett teams, and in 1940-41.
Andrew Luck's 23-of-27 performance against UCLA was his highest completion percentage ever for a single game (85%).
Stanford converted 10-of-14 3rd downs against UCLA and now has lifted its 3rd down conversion rate for the season up to 50%. Stanford has risen to 17th nationally in 3rd down conversion rate.
Coby Fleener now has 13 career TD receptions. That's either a record for Stanford tight ends, or close to a record, depending on whether you count Bill McColl (14 TDs) as a tight end. In McColl's time, he was referred to as an "end." I know McColl was a tight end in the NFL, but I'm not sure where he played for Stanford. I'd be curious to hear from somebody who saw McColl play -- should he be considered a TE?
Fleener currently has a career average of 15.1 yards/reception, which is the best career average ever for a Stanford TE. McColl averaged 14.7 and Bob Moore averaged 14.3.
The Colorado game will be Stanford's third conference game, and all 3 of those games have been against teams in the South Division. After this game, 5 of Stanford's next 6 games will be against North Division teams.
Stanford's average time of possession is 32:33, which ranks 21st nationally. That's good, but it's a couple of minutes less than last year, when Stanford led the nation with an average time of possession of 34:34. The reason for the difference is the Duke game. Stanford got killed in time of possession against Duke, with only 25:36. Of course, that was absolutely irrelevant to the outcome. In the second half of that game, when Duke was building up its advantage in time of possession, Stanford scored TDs on 4 straight drives, but took an average of only 2:27 on those 4 TD drives. So Stanford ran away with the game in the second half, but didn't hold the ball long. Putting aside the Duke game, Stanford is averaging 34:52 per game.
Stanford as a team ranks 6th nationally in passing efficiency. Two of the 5 teams ahead of Stanford are option teams that don't pass much (Georgia Tech, Air Force).
Stepfan Taylor has broken into Stanford's top 10 in career rushing yards, with 1,841 yards. Last week he passed Tommy Vardell and Ray Handley to move into 10th place.
Last time Stanford played Colorado, David Shaw had 1 reception for 21 yards.
Colorado has lost 19 straight road games. Colorado's last road win was in 2007.
Stanford is one win away from matching the school record for consecutive wins. Stanford won 13 straight in 1939-1941 with Clark Shaughnessy, Frankie Albert, and the Wow Boys, and also in 1904-1905.
Stanford has won 9 straight conference games, which ties the school record. Stanford also won 9 straight conference games in 1969-70 with the Plunkett teams, and in 1940-41.
Andrew Luck's 23-of-27 performance against UCLA was his highest completion percentage ever for a single game (85%).
Stanford converted 10-of-14 3rd downs against UCLA and now has lifted its 3rd down conversion rate for the season up to 50%. Stanford has risen to 17th nationally in 3rd down conversion rate.
Coby Fleener now has 13 career TD receptions. That's either a record for Stanford tight ends, or close to a record, depending on whether you count Bill McColl (14 TDs) as a tight end. In McColl's time, he was referred to as an "end." I know McColl was a tight end in the NFL, but I'm not sure where he played for Stanford. I'd be curious to hear from somebody who saw McColl play -- should he be considered a TE?
Fleener currently has a career average of 15.1 yards/reception, which is the best career average ever for a Stanford TE. McColl averaged 14.7 and Bob Moore averaged 14.3.
The Colorado game will be Stanford's third conference game, and all 3 of those games have been against teams in the South Division. After this game, 5 of Stanford's next 6 games will be against North Division teams.
Stanford's average time of possession is 32:33, which ranks 21st nationally. That's good, but it's a couple of minutes less than last year, when Stanford led the nation with an average time of possession of 34:34. The reason for the difference is the Duke game. Stanford got killed in time of possession against Duke, with only 25:36. Of course, that was absolutely irrelevant to the outcome. In the second half of that game, when Duke was building up its advantage in time of possession, Stanford scored TDs on 4 straight drives, but took an average of only 2:27 on those 4 TD drives. So Stanford ran away with the game in the second half, but didn't hold the ball long. Putting aside the Duke game, Stanford is averaging 34:52 per game.
Stanford as a team ranks 6th nationally in passing efficiency. Two of the 5 teams ahead of Stanford are option teams that don't pass much (Georgia Tech, Air Force).
Stepfan Taylor has broken into Stanford's top 10 in career rushing yards, with 1,841 yards. Last week he passed Tommy Vardell and Ray Handley to move into 10th place.
Last time Stanford played Colorado, David Shaw had 1 reception for 21 yards.