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Stanford has won its last three Pac-10 openers and five of the seven under head coach Tyrone Willingham from 1995-01 ... Tonight's win gives the Cardinal its first 2-0 start since the 1995 season ... Tonight's game marks the 18th meeting between the two teams.
Arizona State leads the all-time series with Stanford 11-7, but the Cardinal have won the last three meetings with the Sun Devils ... At Stanford Stadium, ASU has won five of the nine meetings ... Cardinal head coach Tyrone Willingham is 4-3 vs. Arizona State.
Stanford punter Eric Johnson's 56-yard punt in the first quarter was a career-long.
Sun Devil kicker Mike Barth has made seven consecutive field goals and 29 straight PATs.
Stanford is next in action on Saturday, September 29 at USC in L.A. Memorial Coliseum. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Arizona State is scheduled to host San Jose State on Saturday, September 29 at 7 p.m. in Tempe, Arizona.
Brian Allen had 134 rushing yards this evening for the Cardinal, bringing his career total to 1,411. Allen needs just 182 yards to move into Stanford's all-time top-10 rushing list ... Kerry Carter had 46 rushing yards tonight, bringing his career total to 1,177. Carter, who still has two years of eligibility remaining, is 416 yards shy of the Cardinal all-time top-10 rushers.
Cardinal Teyo Johnson's 23 yard reception in the first quarter was a career long.
Sun Devil Donnie O'Neal set a career-high tonight in receiving yardage with 142. (His previous high was 104 at UCLA, 9/30/00).
Cardinal Jared Newberry's 19-yard TD run in the first quarter was the first of his collegiate career.
Stanford's 21 points in the third quarter is the most since they racked up 22 points in the fourth quarter in last year's game against Washington.
Stanford running back Kerry Carter has 14 career rushing touchdowns (one vs. Arizona State tonight) placing him seventh on Stanford's all-time list. Ahead of Carter is Bill Tarr (1953-55) with 16 in sixth.
In Stanford's two previous games with Arizona State, the Cardinal have amassed 79 points. (50 in '99 and 29 last year).
Sun Devil Shaun McDonald's 68-yard TD reception ties for the longest reception of his career.
The first two catches of Nick Sebes' career were for touchdowns.
Cardinal Brett Pierce's 25-yard reception for a touchdown in the third quarter was the first collegiate TD of his career.
Tonight's game marks the first time since 1999 that Stanford has scored 35 points or more in two consecutive games (Sept. 25 win vs. UCLA, 42-32, Oct. 2 loss vs. San Jose State, 39-44).
Four TD passes by Stanford's Randy Fasani ties his career high for a single game.
Stanford's 51 points tonight is the most points scored by the Cardinal in the series with ASU. The previous high was 50 (1999).
Fifty-one is the most points scored by a Cardinal team since the 1999 win vs. WSU (54-17) on Sept. 11.
Stanford's Tank Williams recorded his fifth career interception in the third quarter of tonight's game. It is his second career interception against Arizona State.
Brian Allen becomes the Cardinal's first 100-yard rusher since last year when Kerry Carter amassed 103 yards vs. Arizona State. He set a new career high in rushing yardage tonight with 134 yards on 13 carries.
Stanford's Greg Camarillo recorded his first career reception in the fourth quarter.
Stanford had seven different recievers record receptions tonight.
Cardinal Stanley Wilson tallied his first collegiate career interception in the fourth quarter.