Stanford gets steamrolled by N.C. State, 59-28
Stanford allowed the seventh-most points in program history Saturday morning in a 59-28 loss at North Carolina State.
It was the sixth straight loss for the Cardinal (2-7, 1-5), and the fifth loss by at least 24 points in that span.
True freshman C.J. Bailey, making his fifth career start, led the Wolfpack (5-4, 2-3) to eight touchdowns in his nine drives before sitting out the final 13 minutes.
After true freshman Elijah Brown got the start last week for Stanford, the Cardinal went back to two-year starter Ashton Daniels against N.C. State. The junior scored on touchdown runs of 67 and 48 yards before taking a hard hit while scrambling and leaving the game in the third quarter. Daniels finished with 129 rushing yards on 11 carries.
Stanford was playing at 9 a.m. Pacific Time for the first time this season and playing its fourth game in the Eastern Time Zone in seven weeks, a consequence of its first year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cardinal came out slowly, giving up the first 14 points for the fifth straight conference game.
Stanford has a bye before playing its final home game on Nov. 16 against Louisville.
The Cardinal allowed 62 points at Oregon State last season, its first year under coach Troy Taylor. The scoring record for a Stanford opponent is 72 by UCLA in 1954.