Arizona State Defeats Stanford 26-10

On Saturday night 17th ranked Arizona State pulled off what they couldn’t do in the 2013 season when they defeated the 23rd ranked Stanford Cardinal in convincing fashion 26-10.

Mike Bercovici was firing on all cylinders, finishing 24-34 with 242 yards and one touchdown. He was money on all of his throws where he rolled out of the pocket to the right side, constantly finding Jaelen Strong on the sideline or DJ Foster in the flat.

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Although the running game wasn’t up to par with just 115 yards as a collective unit. Individually Foster had 24 carries and 59 yards on the ground and a touchdown, but caught eight passes for 92 yards as he shone in the passing game.

Strong converted numerous third down conversions and even had a touchdown reception in the second quarter to extend the lead at the time to 14-0. He would finish with eight catches for 75 yards.

Arizona State put up the most points Stanford had given up in a single game all year. The Cardinal entered the contest allowing 10 points per game, which was the lowest such mark in the nation. It was also the most points Stanford had allowed since they gave up 27 points to Utah in October 2013.

Zane Gonzalez finished with four consecutive made field goals (25, 47, 25, 31) after missing his first attempt from 48 yards out. The Stanford special teams unit committed two turnovers that turned into 10 points for Arizona State that proved to be a big difference in the game.

Antonio Longino led the team in tackles with eight and a forced fumble, while Damarious Randal added seven tackles with a forced fumble of his own. The Sun Devil defensive unit held the Cardinal to 288 total yards.

Arizona State controlled the ball for the majority of the game and ran 19 more plays than Stanford did, while also coming up big on defensive 3rd down opportunities by allowing just five of the 13 attempts to go for first downs.