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I notice freshman Jack West got in last night and completed his first pass in a Cardinal uniform. It was, appropriately enough, for four yards when we needed five for a first down.

Of course that was also more or less the case for Jack Richardson's first career completion, 6 yards on third and 9. 

Made me wonder how bad Stanford is on this particular issue versus anyone else. So, here's the percentage of third down completions that went for first downs. I put in two categories: first all third down completions, next third and 9 or less (because lots of third and 10+ passes never get close). 

Arizona    80%,  87%
Stanford 74%, 83%
Oregon    74%,  79%
ASU         69%,  78%
cal           64%,  79%
Or State   63%,  80%
Colo        62%,  67%
U$C         58%,  70%
Utah        58%,  66%
UCLA       57%,  68%


Conclusion: Stanford actually seems decent at this particular thing at least compared to other teams, but man is it frustrating when it happens to your own team - ever.

[CTcard]

I notice freshman Jack West got in last night and completed his first pass in a Cardinal uniform. It was, appropriately enough, for four yards when we needed five for a first down.

Of course that was also more or less the case for Jack Richardson's first career completion, 6 yards on third and 9. 

Made me wonder how bad Stanford is on this particular issue versus anyone else. So, here's the percentage of third down completions that went for first downs. I put in two categories: first all third down completions, next third and 9 or less (because lots of third and 10+ passes never get close). 

Arizona    80%,  87%
Stanford 74%, 83%
Oregon    74%,  79%
ASU         69%,  78%
cal           64%,  79%
Or State   63%,  80%
Colo        62%,  67%
U$C         58%,  70%
Utah        58%,  66%
UCLA       57%,  68%


Conclusion: Stanford actually seems decent at this particular thing at least compared to other teams, but man is it frustrating when it happens to your own team - ever.