Stanford Cardinal (NCAA 12)

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#13 Boston College vs. #5 Stanford
Discover Orange Bowl
Sun Life Stadium
Miami Gardens, FL
January 3, 2014



Orange Crush
Wilkerson goes out with a bang as Stanford steamrolls to an Orange Bowl win

MIAMI GARDENS, FL - Although he would never admit it publically, Stanford running back Anthony Wilkerson felt he definitely deserved the Heisman Trophy over Boston College back Andre Williams, instead of the runner-up status he was saddled with.

Wilkerson proved his point in the Orange Bowl, ending his Stanford career with a dazzling 205-yard, 3-touchdown performance, as the Cardinal crushed Boston College with an overwhelming 38-13 blowout.

BC's vaunted rushing attack was sufficiently destroyed by Stanford's mauling run defense. Williams had a puny four carries for 65 yards, 64 of which came on one play early in the third quarter. Overall, Stanford outclassed the Eagles in every way imaginable, imposing their will in every facet of the game.

"You always, always want to end your season with a win," a Gatorade-soaked Brian Kudron said after the game. "But especially when you're in a BCS bowl. When I got here three years ago, the team was coming off a win here in the Orange Bowl, and there was a vibe around the program; a sort of atmosphere. It propels you into the offseason with a winning mindset, and if some things fall our way, we could be set up for some great, great things next season."

The most important thing Stanford needs to fall its way is the decision on the horizon for quarterback Brett Nottingham, who has bloomed into an elite quarterback since taking over after Andrew Luck's departure. If he chooses to leave Stanford early, super-recruit Shane Williams is likely to take over and begin his career earlier than expected. But if Nottingham returns for his fifth year, the Cardinal could very well be one of the favorites to make it to the BCS National Championship next year in Glendale, Arizona.

Boston College Eagles at Stanford Cardinal
Jan 3, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
#13 Boston College Eagles (11-3)	7	0	6	0	13
#5 Stanford Cardinal (12-1)	3	28	0	7	38

Team Stats Comparison
Total Offense	180	543
Rushing Yards	131	261
Passing Yards	49	282
First Downs	7	22
Punt Return Yards	2	29
Kick Return Yards	0	81
Total Yards	182	653
Turnovers	0	0
3rd Down Converstion	4-12	8-14
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-1
2-Point Conversion	0-1	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2/0	3/1
Penalties	2-20	5-40
Posession Time	14:06	33:54

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		BC	STAN
6:26	(BC) Darmstatter, 8 yard run (Freese kick)	7	0
1:17	(STAN) Williamson, 34 yard FG	7	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		BC	STAN
9:51	(STAN) Nottingham, 56 yard pass to Wilkerson (Williamson kick)	7	10
6:48	(STAN) Wilkerson, 9 yard run (Williamson kick)	7	17
2:28	(STAN) Wilkerson, 32 yard run (Williamson kick)	7	24
0:14	(STAN) Nottingham, 14 yard pass to Roberts (Williamson kick)	7	31
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		BC	STAN
10:36	(BC) Simmons, 1 yard run (2-pt. failed)	13	31
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		BC	STAN
6:38	(STAN) Wilkerson, 9 yard run (Williamson kick)	13	38

Boston College Eagles PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Rettig 3/10 49 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD C. Simmons 10 18 1.8 1 C. Rettig 10 -8 -0.8 0 J. Darmstatter 9 51 5.6 1 A. Williams 4 65 16.2 0 T. Kimble 2 5 2.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Darmstatter 1 15 15.0 0 A. Amidon 1 28 28.0 0 C. Simmons 1 6 6.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD K. Pierre Louis 10 1.0 0 0 C. Jones 10 0 0 0 A. Louis Jean 7 0 0 0 S. Sylvia 9 0 0 0 K. Edebali 7 1.0 0 0 S. Daniels 8 0 0 0 C. Wujciak 4 1.0 0 0 S. Divitto 2 1.0 0 0 N. McCullough 4 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG N. Freese 0/0 1/1 1 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 N. Freese 8 342 42.7 1 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Coleman 1 2 2.0 0

Stanford Cardinal PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B. Nottingham 15/25 282 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD A. Wilkerson 34 205 6.0 3 R. Wright 7 70 10.0 0 B. Nottingham 4 -26 -6.5 0 G. Meinken 2 12 6.0 0 T. Montgomery 1 -1 -1.0 0 K. Young 1 1 1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Z. Ertz 5 118 23.6 0 A. Wilkerson 3 78 26.0 1 T. Montgomery 2 18 9.0 0 G. Meinken 2 11 5.5 0 T. Bradford 1 12 12.0 0 J. Roberts 1 14 14.0 1 K. Jackson 1 31 31.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B. Lueders 5 1.0 0 0 D. Carrington 8 0 0 0 J. Vaughters 6 0 0 0 W. Lyons 6 0 0 0 T. Simmons 5 0 0 0 L. Callihan 2 1.0 0 0 J. Hemschoot 5 0 0 0 B. Gardner 3 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG J. Williamson 1/2 5/5 8 34 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 J. Rouse 2 88 44.0 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD W. Lyons 2 61 30.5 0 T. Montgomery 1 20 20.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD T. Bradford 5 29 5.8 0

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Bowl Game Results

New Mexico Bowl: Iowa 41, Nevada 35 (OT)
Beef O'Brady's Bowl: Air Force 7, Tulane 6
New Orleans Bowl: Arkansas State 63, Marshall 17
Las Vegas Bowl: #10 Oregon 43, #23 Fresno State 21
Poinsettia Bowl: San Diego State 45, Colorado State 28
Hawai'i Bowl: Arizona State 38, Utah State 20
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Ohio 24, Utah 13
Belk Bowl: UCF 30, #15 Pittsburgh 24 (OT)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Florida Atlantic 17, BYU 10
Music City Bowl: Ole Miss 29, #24 North Carolina 15
Independence Bowl: #22 Clemson 30, UNLV 0
Military Bowl: Maryland 37, Northern Illinois 17
Champs Sports Bowl: Miami-FL 44, Connecticut 14
Humanitarian Bowl: New Mexico State 24, Bowling Green 7
Holiday Bowl: #9 Arizona 31, Oklahoma 21
Sun Bowl: #16 Washington 32, Florida State 22
Armed Forces Bowl: Western Michigan 34, Boise State 31 (2 OT)
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Southern Miss 28, Louisville 17
Texas Bowl: Ohio State 27, Kansas State 13
Insight Bowl: Penn State 26, Kansas 10
Chick-fil-A Bowl: Mississippi State 20, Georgia Tech 13
Outback Bowl: Tennessee 38, Nebraska 35 (OT)
Capital One Bowl: #8 Georgia 28, #11 Wisconsin 21
Gator Bowl: Illinois 34, #17 Florida 31
TicketCity Bowl: Texas A&M 52, Memphis 17
Alamo Bowl: #25 Oklahoma State 28, #6 California 24
Godaddy.com Bowl: #19 Troy 34, Kent State 30
AT&T Cotton Bowl: #11 TCU 35, #20 South Carolina 31
BBVA Compass Bowl: Virginia Tech 20, Miami-OH 13

Rose Bowl: #7 LSU 44, #3 USC 22
Sugar Bowl: #4 Michigan 27, #12 Rutgers 10
Orange Bowl: #5 Stanford 38, #13 Boston College 13
Fiesta Bowl: #19 South Florida 24, #18 Baylor 23

BCS National Championship: #1 Alabama 19, #2 Michigan State 13

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NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Jan 10, 2014
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (61)	12	2	1525
2	4	Michigan	11	2	1302
3	7	LSU	11	2	1268
4	5	Stanford	12	1	1262
5	2	Michigan State	12	2	1227
6	8	Georgia	12	2	1133
7	9	Arizona	10	3	1061
8	3	USC	11	3	1037
9	10	Oregon	9	4	1018
10	11	TCU	10	3	989
11	6	California	11	3	876
12	16	Washington	9	4	769
13	12	Rutgers	10	3	722
14	13	Wisconsin	11	3	697
15	19	Troy	11	2	661
16	14	Boston College	11	3	634
17	22	USF	10	3	586
18	21	Clemson	9	4	570
19	25	Oklahoma State	10	3	516
20	17	Baylor	10	3	494
21	NR	Penn State	9	4	376
22	23	Fresno State	10	3	295
23	15	Pittsburgh	9	4	265
24	NR	Miami-FL	9	4	185
25	NR	Arkansas State	10	3	154

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Jan 10, 2014
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (39)	12	2	1599
2	7	LSU (21)	11	2	1426
3	4	Stanford (3)	12	1	1338
4	5	Michigan (1)	11	2	1298
5	2	Michigan State	12	2	1259
6	8	Georgia (1)	12	2	1182
7	9	Arizona	10	3	1113
8	10	Oregon	9	4	1075
9	3	USC	11	3	1068
10	15	TCU	10	3	927
11	6	California	11	3	926
12	16	Washington	9	4	831
13	11	Rutgers	10	3	799
14	12	Wisconsin	11	3	782
15	18	USF	10	3	748
16	25	Oklahoma State	10	3	745
17	13	Boston College	11	3	713
18	21	Troy	11	2	642
19	17	Baylor	10	3	562
20	23	Clemson	9	4	547
21	22	Fresno State	10	3	356
22	NR	Penn State	9	4	340
23	14	Pittsburgh	9	4	326
24	NR	Miami-FL	9	4	213
25	NR	Ohio	10	3	116

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Stanford Cardinal Stats - 2013
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Brett Nottingham	239/373	3412	14.2	262.4	94	35	12	165.4
Craig Humphrey	8/14	36	4.5	6.0	10	3	0	149.5
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
Anthony Wilkerson	337	2100	6.2	54	22	20	161.5	0
Remound Wright	80	508	6.3	32	4	5	39.0	0
Kevin Purcell	30	203	6.7	86	2	0	67.6	0
Kelsey Young	16	128	8.0	70	1	1	14.2	0
Geoff Meinken	21	95	4.5	11	0	1	7.3	0
Ryan Hewitt	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0.3	0
Ty Montgomery	2	-1	-0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
Craig Humphrey	9	-34	-3.7	1	0	0	-5.6	0
Brett Nottingham	53	-264	-4.9	18	0	1	-20.3	3
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
Zach Ertz	62	993	16.0	9	64	7	76.3	214
Ty Montgomery	59	896	15.1	12	83	6	68.9	502
Jemari Roberts	28	396	14.1	4	52	0	30.4	259
Kevin Jackson	14	311	22.2	5	94	0	25.9	91
Anthony Wilkerson	24	214	8.9	2	71	2	16.4	276
Terrance Bradford	15	201	13.4	2	39	1	15.4	64
Geoff Meinken	14	118	8.4	0	22	0	9.0	50
Ryan Mitchell	15	112	7.4	0	18	2	12.4	59
Willie Reed	5	76	15.2	0	31	0	15.2	23
Gary Harris	5	57	11.4	1	29	0	11.4	16
Marcus Davenport	2	51	25.5	2	43	0	12.7	3
Ryan Hewitt	4	23	5.7	1	16	0	3.8	15
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
Devon Carrington	55	41	96	1.0	14	5	4	1
James Vaughters	46	32	78	1.0	7	6	0	0
Wayne Lyons	51	22	73	0.0	3	11	4	0
Joe Hemschoot	37	28	65	3.5	19	3	2	0
Blake Lueders	37	15	52	8.5	31	3	0	0
Barry Browning	26	21	47	2.0	6	15	6	1
Ben Gardner	26	13	39	8.5	15	0	0	0
Charlie Hopkins	20	16	36	3.0	8	1	0	1
Jarek Lancaster	22	13	35	3.0	7	2	1	0
Terrence Brown	25	8	33	0.0	3	6	1	0
Scott Mitchell	16	15	31	0.0	3	7	5	0
Usua Amanam	19	10	29	0.5	2	11	0	0
Lance Callihan	20	8	28	7.5	10	0	0	0
Tremayne Simmons	11	11	22	1.0	5	1	1	0
Jacob Gowan	9	10	19	1.0	4	1	0	0
John Arnold	5	7	12	0.5	1	0	0	0
Chris Ham	10	0	10	5.0	7	0	0	0
Quinn Fogle	7	2	9	0.0	0	5	0	0
Anthony Hayes	2	3	5	0.5	2	0	0	0
Lance Pope	4	0	4	3.0	3	0	0	0
Eddie Plantaric	1	3	4	0.5	2	0	0	0
Andrew Edwards	2	0	2	1.0	1	0	0	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
Ty Montgomery	23	713	31.0	60	0
Wayne Lyons	20	517	25.8	51	0
Scott Mitchell	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ryan Mitchell	1	0	0.0	0	0
Willie Reed	1	0	0.0	0	0
Terrance Bradford						41	9.4	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
Jordan Williamson	28	36	77	54	64	66	96	150
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
Jermaine Rouse	49	1934	50	39.4	33.8	0	14	5

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"We have unfinished business"
Nottingham spurns the NFL to return to The Farm

PALO ALTO, CA - Stanford is already losing several crucial, crucial players from their squad for 2014. But it could've been much, much worse.

Four very significant juniors - QB Brett Nottingham, FS Wayne Lyons, DE Charlie Hopkins, and WR Ty Montgomery - all flirted with the possibility of leaving Stanford early for the NFL. But Nottingham quickly decided he was going to return, and from there, the dominoes fell, and all four will be back in 2014 for their senior seasons.

"I thought about it for a bit," Nottingham said. "But ultimately, the decision to return was easy. Going 12-1 and winning the Orange Bowl is great, obviously. But we've got unfinished business. We were so close to getting to the National Championship Game this year, that's a goal that's still out there, so I'm coming back to lead us there."

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Texas safety on the radar

PALO ALTO, CA - National Signing Day is less than a month away now, and Stanford's class is nearly complete. San Jose (CA) Valley Christian defensive tackle Danny Clark and Dallas (TX) Woodrow Wilson wide receiver Chris Burks are currently the only two prospects Stanford is heavily pursuing who already hold offers from the Cardinal.

But that may be about to change.

While visiting the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to check in with Burks at Woodrow Wilson High School, a high school coach in the area got in touch with Stanford's coaches and recommended they make the 100 or so mile trip east to the city of Tyler, and John Tyler High School to check out the nation's #232 ranked prospect, four-star safety Terrell Moore.

Moore brings a valuable combination of size (6'1, 197 pounds) and speed (4.52 40-yard dash) to the table, and one glance at his film shows he has the destructive mentality that Stanford coach Brian Kudron values in his defenders.

"I'd love to hear more from Stanford," Moore said. "They came by my school to meet me, and they said somebody had told them I didn't want to go far from home, so they didn't bother recruiting me that hard at first. That really confused me, because location isn't a big deal to me. If I find a place close to home that I like the best, that's a bonus. But above all else I'm just looking for the right fit, no matter where it is."

The usual academic checks are being made, and if Moore's transcripts check out, an offer could be forthcoming. If and when the offer is made, Stanford will battle TCU, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma State for Moore's services.

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Down the stretch they come

February 1, 2014

Signing Day is right around the corner, and Stanford's class has just about reached completion, as the Cardinal picked up verbals from two more prospects, and made an offer to another.

There is now only one spot remaining in the class as 3* San Jose Valley Christian defensive tackle Danny Clark and 4* Dallas (TX) Woodrow Wilson wide receiver Chris Burks jumped aboard in recent days after favoring Stanford for much of the process.

At 6'3, 304 pounds, Clark is the 61st ranked defensive tackle in the country, and could conceivably play one of the defensive end positions in Stanford's 3-4 defense. He picked Stanford over UCLA and San Diego State. Burks, meanwhile, fits the Stanford mold of bigger, more physical receivers, checking in at 6'3, 208 pounds. The #35 wideout in the country was receiving interest from Nevada, Oregon and Iowa, but ultimately chose the Cardinal.

Meanwhile, Stanford has officially offered 4* Tyler (TX) John Tyler safety Terrell Moore, and rumors are they are now the favorite, inching ahead of TCU and Texas A&M for the physical defensive back.

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Stanford Cardinal Recruiting - 2014
NAME	POS	POS. RANK	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
James Garrett	OL	#1	Spokane (WA) Gonzaga Prep	6'5	295
Aaron Johnson	WR	#13	Thousand Oaks (CA) Oaks Christian	5'11	175
Devin Wilson	CB	#5	Las Vegas (NV) Bishop Gorman	5'11	177
Michael Ross	MLB	#1	Houston (TX) Cy-Creek	6'3	235
Will Brown	HB	#7	Monrovia (CA)	6'1	227
Cedric Phillips	MLB	#3	Los Angeles (CA) Loyola	5'10	241
Adrian Turner	OLB	#7	Tucson (AZ) Palo Verde	6'7	230
Jarrett Green	OL	#10	Hyattsville (MD) DeMatha	6'2	297
Greg Fisher	S	#4	San Diego (CA) Cathedral Catholic	6'3	203
Chris Burks	WR	#35	Dallas (TX) Woodrow Wilson	6'3	208
Terrell Moore	S	#5	Tyler (TX) John Tyler	6'1	197
Marvin Moore	TE	#15	Chula Vista (CA) Eastlake	6'8	230
Walter Peterson	DE	#38	Thibodaux (LA)	6'6	245
Justin Hunter	S	#22	San Jose (CA) Valley Christian	6'5	225
Danny Clark	DT	#61	San Jose (CA) Valley Christian	6'3	304