No. 5 Oregon vs. Stanford - Postgame Notebook
11/02/14 | Football
No. 5 Oregon vs. Stanford - Postgame Notebook
Nov. 1, 2014
•Marcus Mariota passed for a touchdown for the 35th straight game - every game of his career. His streak is second among current players behind Marshall's Rakeem Cato (40).
•Mariota equaled his career-best with two rushing touchdowns and had a season-best 85 yards on the ground. His four total TDs gave him the national lead with 34.
•Mariota has passed for multiple TDs in nine straight games - the longest active streak in the FBS.
•Erick Dargan had a hand in both Stanford turnovers, picking up his team-high fifth interception of the season and forcing a fumble. The senior free safety also led the Ducks with 12 tackles. Dargan's 11 career picks rank tied for 13th in UO history.
•True freshman Charles Nelson scored his third touchdown of the season and first on offense, hauling in a 6-yard pass for the game's first score. Nelson's other TDs have come on punt returns.
•True freshman Aidan Schneider hit the longest field goal by an Oregon kicker in two seasons, connecting from 40 yards out. Schneider, who took over placekicking duties last week at Cal, is now 2-for-2 on attempts this season.
•Royce Freeman came up two yards shy of his fourth straight 100-yard rushing game, finishing with 98 on a game-high 19 carries. He extended his true freshman rushing record to 846 yards.
•Thomas Tyner tied his career-best with a pair of rushing touchdowns.
•Oregon ended Stanford's streak of holding opponents under 30 points at 31 games - the longest such streak in the FBS.
•The Ducks 525 yards ended the Cardinal's streak of holding opponents to under 400 yards of total offense at 15 games, which was also the longest in the FBS .
•Mariota has now guided the Ducks to victory against every Pac-12 school during his career.
