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Stanford Football: Top 3 takeaways following upset win over No. 15 Washington

By Justin Fried

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 05: Simi Fehoko #13 and Kale Lucas #86 of the Stanford Cardinal celebrates after Fehoko caught a 42 yard touchdown pass against the Washington Huskies during the second quarter of an NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on October 05, 2019 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 05: Simi Fehoko #13 and Kale Lucas #86 of the Stanford Cardinal celebrates after Fehoko caught a 42 yard touchdown pass against the Washington Huskies during the second quarter of an NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on October 05, 2019 in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /
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PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 05: Cameron Scarlett #22 of the Stanford Cardinal carries the ball against the Washington Huskies during the fourth quarter of an NCAA football game at Stanford Stadium on October 05, 2019 in Palo Alto, California. Stanford won the game 23-13. Stanford Football (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

1. Stanford plays classic Cardinal football

If Stanford was to win on Saturday, they were going to need to come out with a gameplan and they were going to have to execute said gameplan to perfection.

After all, Washington had the more accomplished quarterback, had better offensive weapons, and — most importantly — was playing with a mostly healthy roster.

But execute a gameplan is exactly what the Cardinal did as we were treated to a classic run-heavy, defensively dominant Stanford game on Saturday.

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What had been noticeably absent through five games this season was Stanford’s usual bruising run game. Much of that had to do with the insane amount of injuries to their offensive line on top of the loss of Bryce Love to the NFL.

However, Stanford’s offense showed up to play on Saturday as the team’s freshman-heavy offensive line combined with running back Cameron Scarlett to total 189 rushing yards and a rushing score.

Quarterback Davis Mills played well but he wasn’t asked to do too much. He still finished the game going 21-of-30 in the air throwing for 293 yards and a touchdown.

Stanford controlled the time of possession and their defense made Jacob Eason look lost for the majority of the game. The Georgia transfer completed just 44% of his passes as Stanford’s cornerbacks Paulson Adebo and Kyu Blu Kelly made life difficult for the Washington offense.

It was a typical ground-and-pound, defensive victory that has become a staple of Stanford’s program.

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If the Cardinal could play more games like this, then we should be talking about yet another bowl game this winter.

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