The Stanford Cardinal came into their annual interstate rivalry matchup with the USC Trojans with one thing on their minds: impose your will the entire game.
This was accomplished in impressive fashion by the offensive line of the Cardinal.
The Stanford Cardinal offense had a distinct game plan of grinding out yards with jumbo packages, and exhausting the USC defense. Stanford Head Coach David Shaw knew coming into this game that the Trojans rarely sub out players along the defensive front. With this knowledge, Coach Shaw seemed to run power over and over, and in the end – the Cardinal ended with 295 yards rushing on 47 carries with an average of 6.