Stanford and Oregon have been playing one another since 1900. Stanford leads the series 46-32 but Oregon won the previous two. This game has been particularly entertaining because these teams styles have been so different over the last decade.
Stanford has gone the way of ground and pound, in the trenches football. They play time of possession and field position football. The Ducks have gone with the spread, uptempo offense to get defenses off balance and on their heels. The defense has relied on turnovers and forcing field goals instead of touchdowns inside the red zone.
For a face off that at times is on the same excitement level as rivalries like Alabama vs.