Game Preview: Stanford
Junior quarterback Kevin Hogan threw for 1,723 yards and 13 scores in Stanford's first 10 contests, and
he was the team's second-leading rusher with 259 yards.
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and 72 tackles, respectively, heading
into the annual rivalry game with Cal
Nov. 23. Senior free safety Ed Reynolds was next in line with 62 stops to
go along with an interception and four
passes broken up.
That group has helped to keep Cardinal opponents to 19.5 points per
game in a pass-happy, high-scoring
Pac-12 conference. They aren't alone,
though. Stanford's old-school offen-
sive approach holds on to the football
and helps keep its defense fresh.
Shaw's offense ran the ball on 65
percent of its plays during the first
10 games of the season. The Cardinal
often lines up two or three tight ends
in tight spaces with loaded backfields
and blast its way to first downs with
very little guesswork.
Senior Tyler Gaffney stepped in for
graduated Stepfan Taylor as the work-
