Two fumbled snaps in the fourth quarter were all it took. The Stanford Cardinal’s College Football Playoff hopes took a huge hit Saturday night as the team lost 38-36 to the Oregon Ducks in Stanford, California.
Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan fumbled the crucial snap on 3rd-and-1 with just over two minutes to play. It was the third turnover of the night for the Cardinal, who came into Saturday’s game with only nine turnovers on the year.
On a night when Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey broke the program’s single-season record for all-purpose yards, Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams Jr.