Stanford’s passing recreation has continued to sputter within the first season beneath normal supervisor Andrew Luck.
The Cardinal didn’t get contained in the BYU 40 till the fourth quarter in a 27-3 loss Saturday night time in Provo, Utah.
After throwing for 109 yards and an interception in a season-opening 23-20 loss at Hawaii, redshirt senior Ben Gulbranson was 17 of 32 passing for 142 yards and dedicated three turnovers — two interceptions and a fumble — in opposition to the Cougars.
Stanford (0-2) managed simply 161 yards of offense in all.
It was simply the third time since 2007 the Cardinal failed to attain a landing. Two years in the past they misplaced 42-6 in opposition to Oregon, and misplaced 16-6 within the 2015 opener in opposition to Northwestern.
Stanford interim head coach Frank Reich stated he by no means thought of making a change at quarterback throughout the loss.
“No, we did not talk about any switch,” Reich stated. “Hear, I’m not going to make any fast judgment on this. I’ve been round too lengthy to know that quarterback play is the byproduct of a number of issues, and we’d like the safety to be higher. We have to coach higher.
“Yeah, we need to make a few throws as well. But we need to go back and look at the tape.”
On eight first-half drives, Stanford gained simply 20 yards, turned the ball over twice inside its 20, and allowed a security on a accomplished go.
Gulbranson overthrew receiver Myles Libman on a brief crossing sample and the following interception was returned to the Stanford 17. He then was sacked when proper sort out Khalil Home was overwhelmed cleanly by an edge rusher and misplaced a fumble on the Stanford 5. Later within the quarter, Gulbranson accomplished a go to receiver Marcus Brown, who was tackled in his finish zone.
Nonetheless, interim coach Frank Reich caught with Gulbranson, who transferred from Oregon State after spring apply, for the whole recreation.
The Cardinal protection held the Cougars (2-0) to discipline objectives after the first-half turnovers and solely trailed 17-0 at halftime, however BYU opened the second half with a landing and cruised to victory.
Emmet Kenney’s 26-yard discipline purpose with 10:31 remaining prevented the shutout.
True freshman Bear Bachmeier, who dedicated to Stanford earlier than transferring to BYU after spring apply, was 17 of 27 for 175 yards. Older brother Tiger Bachmeier, who spent his first two seasons as Stanford, had a 44-yard punt return for the Cougars.
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