Stanford is in the bottom 10 in the country in scoring offense, though it does much better at home (80 points in three wins) than on the road (60 points in five losses). Some of that has to do with the strength of its opponents - the Cardinal has faced three losing teams at home and three AP Top 15 teams on the road.
Against the Los Angeles Chargers and Chicago Bears, the initially formidable rush defense gave up an average of 150 yards per game. Most alarmingly, the per-rush figure rose two full yards, from 3.6 to 5.6. In those two contests, Dan Quinn's club looked much closer to the worst rush defense in the league than to the best. What happened, and can it be fixed?