Tales from the Stat Sheet--Civil War Edition

Anatomy of dominance

Here are some key numbers from Oregon's 11-0 start:

Points scored
Oregon 555 Opponents 201

Yards Rushing
Oregon 3300 Opponents 1321

Total Offense
Oregon 5959 Opponents 3660

4th down conversions
Oregon 18-28 64% Opponents 4-19 21%

sacks
Oregon 28-171 Opponents 7-44

Individual Milestones and Achievements

With two games to play several Ducks are closing in on Oregon season records and measures of individual excellence.

LaMichael James

In just his sophomore season, James is closing in on the Oregon career rushing record. James has 3,094 career yards after playing ten games this year, and needs 202 yards in the season's final two games to catch Derek Loville (1986-89) at 3296.

At 1548 yards James is in reach of Jonathan Stewart's single season record of 1722 set in 2007.

He has already set school season records for scoring with 120 points and rushing touchdowns with 19.

Darron Thomas

Thomas isn't in reach of any school records, but he's had a very solid year as a first-year sophomore starter, completing 60.9% of his passes for 2373 yards, 26 touchdowns and just 7 interceptions. To give an idea of how solid: his season passer rating is 152.2. The Oregon career record for pass efficiency is 153.0 by Akili Smith. In his first five games, Thomas threw 13 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. In his last five, 12 touchdowns and two interceptions.

Jeff Maehl

There have been only seven 1,000 yard receiving seasons in Oregon history. Through 11 games, Maehl has 61 catches, 857 yards and 12 tds. The 12 tds are already a team record for a season.

Sack Lack

In each of Oregon's last two games, they managed just one sack each. Stanford sacked Ryan Katz five times yesterday in Palo Alto, and for the season the Beavs rank 106th in sacks allowed at 2.91 per game.

Oregon can stuff the Beavers if they get to the quarterback, and they must do a better job than they did against Nick Foles and Brock Mansion.