• Stanford (1-3, 0-3) returns home for the first time in nearly a month when it hosts Oregon State (3-2, 0-2) on Saturday night at Stanford Stadium. Both teams enter the contest having lost consecutive games to ranked opponents.
• This weekend’s game will serve as Stanford’s Mental Health Awareness Game as well as its Breast Cancer Awareness Game. The Cardinal will continue to partner with Solomon Thomas’ foundation - The Defensive Line - whose mission is “to end the epidemic of youth suicide, especially for young people of color, by transforming the way we communicate and connect about mental health.” Thomas, a current member of the New York Jets, came to campus last May to speak with Cardinal student-athletes and coaches and hold educational workshops on the topic. He will be represented at the game by his parents, Chris and Martha.
• Stanford and Oregon State meet for the 89th time on Saturday. Oregon State is Stanford’s fifth-most common opponent, behind Cal, USC, UCLA and Washington.
• Stanford owns a 59-26-3 record against the Beavers. The Cardinal’s 59 wins against Oregon State are its second most against any opponent, behind only its 65 wins over Cal.
• Junior kicker Joshua Karty attempted - and made - his first two field goals of the season Saturday night at Oregon. His makes came from 23 and 53 yards. The 53-yarder was a career long and Stanford’s longest field goal made since a 54-yarder in 2009. Karty’s previous career long was 51 yards.
• Fifth-year WR Michael Wilson has a reception in 22 consecutive games dating back to the 2019 season. Senior WR Elijah Higgins has a reception in 17 straight games, junior TE Benjamin Yurosek 15 straight and fifth-year WR Brycen Tremayne 12.
• Junior running back Casey Filkins made his first career start at Washington and has impressed through four games and two starts in 2022. Filkins set career highs with 20 rushes for 100 yards in his first career start at Washington. Through four games, Filkins has rushed 61 times for 277 yards and his first two career touchdowns. He’s also added nine catches for 146 yards and his first career receiving touchdown, a 42-yarder Saturday night at Oregon.
• Early enrollee and true freshman David Bailey started at EDGE in the first three games for Stanford. He became the first true freshman to record an official start in a season opener at Stanford since Owen Marecic (fullback) in 2007 and the first defensive player dating back to at least 2000.
• Junior running back Casey Filkins made his first career start on Saturday night at Washington in place of the injured E.J. Smith. Filkins set new career highs with 20 rushes for 100 yards in the game. Through three games, Filkins has rushed 42 times for 197 yards and his first two career touchdowns. He’s also added six catches for 87 yards.
• Stanford is one of four Power Five schools with a Black head football coach (David Shaw) and athletic director (Bernard Muir), joined by Maryland, Michigan State and Virginia. Stanford is one of two FBS schools to have had three Black head football coaches, joined by Colorado. Shaw (12th season) was preceded by Dennis Green (1989- 91) and Tyrone Willingham (1995-01) for a combined 22 seasons in the last 35. David Shaw is the longest tenured Black head coach (12th season) at one school in FBS history and has the most wins by a Power Five Black head coach in NCAA history.